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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 17:18:57 GMT -5
The prospect of this bums me out.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 25, 2020 17:26:54 GMT -5
LOL at anyone acting like Florida is going to force them to shut down.
But block tapings would be an excellent compromise in terms of protecting the talent while honoring their TV commitments.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jun 25, 2020 17:29:48 GMT -5
Of course it's important to note this is just a WHAT IF scenario by Alvarez. This company found a way to do shows with 30 percent of a roster, for a month. So I imagine if they could do that, they can figure stuff out at Fyter with a lot more of the roster back. I'm sure they could and may do that. Block taping maybe the smarter way. I get live TV makes it feel better. The thing is AEW hasn't had positive cases yet. So it seems whatever they are doing is working better than the WWE. Mox and QT was precaution right now. So far Mox came up ok, but will have to watch only because Renee. QT don't know yet. Its a fine line regardless what sport or whatever does anything.
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Post by warden on Jun 25, 2020 17:38:14 GMT -5
Why would there be any worry that AEW would shut down? Wrestling is an essential business remember.
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Post by moxfan1 on Jun 25, 2020 17:42:29 GMT -5
While Khan Family could afford it. Let's keep in mind they are business men. If business is costing them millions. They aren't going to keep it going for too long. This isn't TNA when they run at lost for years. They got in the business to make money. AEW was going to be profitable this year. So they can ride this out. But they need that weekly tv money for that to happen.
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Post by AEW19 on Jun 25, 2020 17:51:38 GMT -5
Worst case scenario is having to tape shows for a month. People are taking this post as if AEW are closing doors tomorrow.
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Post by mattyy on Jun 25, 2020 17:59:30 GMT -5
If I'm AEW, I am filming as much as possible the next few days. Tape Fyter Fest early. Postpone the Moxley/Cage match, and just tape in bulk. Get as much content in the can as possible. If they don't need it, cool. Release the matches on YouTube as bonus content(like how several matches were taped at the Bash at the Beach show in case they had issues on the cruise. Get everyone there, and film, and then send everyone home for a month or two.
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Post by Muskrat on Jun 25, 2020 18:10:07 GMT -5
While Khan Family could afford it. Let's keep in mind they are business men. If business is costing them millions. They aren't going to keep it going for too long. This isn't TNA when they run at lost for years. They got in the business to make money. AEW was going to be profitable this year. So they can ride this out. But they need that weekly tv money for that to happen. That’s the thing. Shad gave Tony X amount of money to get this off the ground, that was the extent of his investment. It’s been said for ages that this is not a bottomless source of cash, he gets start up money and has to start turning a profit at some point. As you said, this isn’t a situation of Shad willing to dump money in to keep the company afloat, this was start up money and then they have to become self sufficient or they go tits up
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Post by 3cheers4ramirez on Jun 25, 2020 18:25:15 GMT -5
I don't blame them for staying open, but why the need to call it something it isn't?
You can't call Vince the devil and say he's putting lives at risk, and at the same time let a family worth 12 billion dollars off with doing the same because they don't have the 'resources'. Their resources are greater than the GDP of about 50 countries.
If Tony Khan wanted to foot the bill for paying a bunch of wrestlers to stay at home for the next three months, he absolutely could. None of these people have to put on shows.
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Post by britishbulldog on Jun 25, 2020 18:25:51 GMT -5
If you run a business and have to stop you lose all revenue. Bills still occur. I don’t care how much money you have. You have it for smart business decisions. You do not bleed money and continue the business.
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Post by chazraps on Jun 25, 2020 18:32:06 GMT -5
Did the Kahn family lose all their money in a Dice game or something? It's all tied up in Beanie Babies at the moment.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 25, 2020 19:23:16 GMT -5
While Khan Family could afford it. Let's keep in mind they are business men. If business is costing them millions. They aren't going to keep it going for too long. This isn't TNA when they run at lost for years. They got in the business to make money. AEW was going to be profitable this year. So they can ride this out. But they need that weekly tv money for that to happen. That’s the thing. Shad gave Tony X amount of money to get this off the ground, that was the extent of his investment. It’s been said for ages that this is not a bottomless source of cash, he gets start up money and has to start turning a profit at some point. As you said, this isn’t a situation of Shad willing to dump money in to keep the company afloat, this was start up money and then they have to become self sufficient or they go tits up Yet, they aren't turning a profit due to no gate and whatever money they are getting from TV is being used to sanitize the arena and buy all the testing equipment. They are most likely paying whoever isn't there as well. Their sources of income in TV and PPV as it stand right now They probably would end up saving some money if they were forced to shut down Do the Khans have billions of liquid money? No. But they do have more than enough hundreds of millions and AEW itself isn't sunk cost because they were turning a profit already in year one. It's not like operations is costing them millions per month
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Post by XIII on Jun 25, 2020 19:25:07 GMT -5
This isn’t exactly news, I’d be in trouble if I stopped getting paid too. 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 25, 2020 19:25:46 GMT -5
That’s the thing. Shad gave Tony X amount of money to get this off the ground, that was the extent of his investment. It’s been said for ages that this is not a bottomless source of cash, he gets start up money and has to start turning a profit at some point. As you said, this isn’t a situation of Shad willing to dump money in to keep the company afloat, this was start up money and then they have to become self sufficient or they go tits up Yet, they aren't turning a profit due to no gate and whatever money they are getting from TV is being used to sanitize the arena and buy all the testing equipment. They are most likely paying whoever isn't there as well. Their sources of income in TV and PPV as it stand right now They probably would end up saving some money if they were forced to shut down I'm honestly not sure what the hell their profit margins are right now. They're still selling merch, not having fans hurts, they did a great PPV Number, way better than expected, TV Revenue. They were in the green in May I think, or maybe that was April. I'm really not sure what their margin looks like now, but I'm gonna assume it's straddling the line at the moment.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 25, 2020 19:29:41 GMT -5
Yet, they aren't turning a profit due to no gate and whatever money they are getting from TV is being used to sanitize the arena and buy all the testing equipment. They are most likely paying whoever isn't there as well. Their sources of income in TV and PPV as it stand right now They probably would end up saving some money if they were forced to shut down I'm honestly not sure what the hell their profit margins are right now. They're still selling merch, not having fans hurts, they did a great PPV Number, way better than expected, TV Revenue. They were in the green in May I think, or maybe that was April. I'm really not sure what their margin looks like now, but I'm gonna assume it's straddling the line at the moment.Which is still better Year one of a company you expect to be in the red and i'm sure that's what they budgeted for. They were ahead of the game before the pandemic hit so as I said it is not like you're throwing money at a sunk cost if AEW shut down for a little while Going live, cleaning the arena, buying the testing supplies is all costing them money. You can minimize that factor by killing the live show and doing block tapings so those other cost would be minimal if they are really penny pinching
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Post by Cyno on Jun 25, 2020 19:37:24 GMT -5
Best thing to do would be block tapings. I do think being more proactive about testing, especially compared to WWE, has helped a lot in keeping things under control. At the very least it's a lot more proactive, like with Moxley and QT Marshall self-reporting and quarantining. But then you see people doing stuff on social media like nothing's wrong and it's just like "What are you doing?" The amount that Florida especially has messed up its response to this pandemic is baffling in its stupidity and recklessness.
Block tapings minimize the risk of spread on top of the precautions already being taken, especially for those with spouses or SO's in WWE or elsewhere that have been directly exposed to the virus. It also helps cut down a lot on overall costs compared to doing weekly or even biweekly tapings.
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Post by moxfan1 on Jun 25, 2020 19:42:12 GMT -5
That’s the thing. Shad gave Tony X amount of money to get this off the ground, that was the extent of his investment. It’s been said for ages that this is not a bottomless source of cash, he gets start up money and has to start turning a profit at some point. As you said, this isn’t a situation of Shad willing to dump money in to keep the company afloat, this was start up money and then they have to become self sufficient or they go tits up Yet, they aren't turning a profit due to no gate and whatever money they are getting from TV is being used to sanitize the arena and buy all the testing equipment. They are most likely paying whoever isn't there as well. Their sources of income in TV and PPV as it stand right now They probably would end up saving some money if they were forced to shut down Do the Khans have billions of liquid money? No. But they do have more than enough hundreds of millions and AEW itself isn't sunk cost because they were turning a profit already in year one. It's not like operations is costing them millions per month AEW turned small profit in April do to taping all the shows in two days. They probably came close to that in May as well with Double or Nothing. June probably first month they probably where in the negative. Tv money is keeping them in a good spot. They have a very big roster. So without that money they would be in big trouble. But the fact they are still signing talent and haven't released anyone. Well that tells you they are doing fine. But if you take away 5 million plus they probably make off tv every month. That would start to put them in send them deep in the red. Which they couldn't keep things going the way they are for too many months.
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Post by bearned on Jun 25, 2020 19:53:43 GMT -5
My opinion is they have got to start taping as much as they can again but I think as long as they manage to control the situation and work as safely as they can, they’ll probably just keep doing what they are doing now.
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Post by Andy Martin on Jun 25, 2020 20:01:42 GMT -5
I mean, Shad & Tony Khan’s collective resources are pretty deep... But ultimately, it’s not how much they have. It’s how much they’re willing to invest.
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Post by . on Jun 25, 2020 20:13:20 GMT -5
So would WWE. This is a nothing sandwich of an article
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