Caps is on twitter talking about how Cass vs Diz made $1 million. If that's true then Cass is underpaid and this alters the discussion a bit.
Why is there reluctance for those in the community to embrace investors that hold their own events and bring attention to the platform? What will battle rap fans pay for? Pay-per-views work as a business if that number is true. I'm quite interested to see what the culture will tolerate to the point that battlers are labeled as sellouts.
I kind of get the anger as far as investors holding events that do not start on time or are unprofessional in general. However, I doubt any of the big leagues really want to pay battlers Cassidy money. Coming out of this event, fans don't want huge venues and hate shitty crowds. However, how can a company make their money back if they can't charge exorbitant ticket prices and hold pay per views?
He's also using some fidgety math. I know the page said 25k on it, but there's no way we can know if that's just unpaid subs to the channel or channel views or what. 25k people buying the PPV sounds a bit crazy to me TBH. Even if that was the case, how do you judge he's being overpaid? According to what? Did that performance live up to anyone's expectations, or your average, active battle fan's expectations? Did they not have to book a venue and also pay other expensive battlers (Diz, Serius)? That said, Lush said it did well enough to secure another event, so let's see.
People are apprehensive for that exact reason, the battles don't get better, and the people buying in get nothing more out of it. I paid for the High Stakes PPV and while I think Lux vs. Hollow was worth the admission, others were watching that shit on a cracked stream for free (this undermines ALL PPVs). Now you want me to pay $40-50 to see a crummy matchup like Dizaster vs. Cassidy? lolno.
I don't know what the answer is, and right now it just seems to be sponsors who really want to see a battle go down, which isn't sustainable. The other alternative is to create a production you can back from an established subscriber base, like the URL/HBO venture which never worked out. But most importantly, us fans need a better guarantee of quality content, which it seems nobody can do consistently because the kinks aren't being ironed out.
