(05-21-2017 07:35 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(05-21-2017 12:46 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 09:17 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 09:03 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 05:55 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Let's think about Aresco's modus as commissioner these past 5 years: If anything happens that can possibly, even in the most tenuous way, be touted as some kind of positive for the AAC, he trumpets it to high heaven.

But, if something happens that is negative, he either ignores it until somehow cornered point-blank by an interviewer, or else pooh-poohs it as trivial despite its apparent negative nature. But he doesn't seem to go out of his way to proactively talk about it.

Which makes his silence so far ominous. Sure, as Attackcoog says, maybe Navy is sharing their share of the dough with the rest of us, we just don't know. But IMO, Aresco's silence is ominous.

To be fair, no commissioner talks about he financial details of tv deals. That said, I doubt the money is being shared. I agtee---if this were a positive for future revenue, Aresco would have said so (though he would not have said what the amount is). In a related note I find interesting---I've not heard a peep about the amount CBS is paying. i bet we'd have a number to kick around if McMurphy was still employed.

Really? They might not tell us the fine-grained details, but they do tell us something. E.g. there is usually an announcement such as "the PAC signed a deal with ESPN that will pay the conference $2 B over 10 years, or an average of $20m per school per year". We get that information. And e.g., how do we know how the B1G and SEC and PAC, etc. split their TV and bowl money? Because they've told us. I don't see anything 'proprietary' about whether Navy's share of the Army-Navy contract is being shared by the conference or does it all go to Navy.

Like you, I'd be interested in the $$$ of the new Army/Navy deal as well. Could give us new info about the direction of rights fees generally.

No. I can't remember any such announcement. The number typically leaks out, but it's usually not announced by the conference. Sports articles will certainly give an amount, but I don't remember a conference press release or press conference doing so. They usually speak in vague generalities like "gives us financial security", "best deal in the country", "competitive deal", "similarly positioned", "on a par with" etc.

OK, but even if so, that wouldn't preclude Aresco telling us what we want to know, which is whether Navy's cut of the new contract money will be shared with the rest of the AAC or whether they keep it all. No specific numbers are needed for that.

Correct. While I don't have definitive proof or a link, I'm fairly certain the other AAC teams wont be seeing any benefit from the Army-Navy game. If it were a revenue boost or if it were being shared, Aresco would have said something to that effect (as his track record has been to promote any positive development for the conference).