(09-30-2013 04:46 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 04:38 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 11:00 AM)Klak Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 10:48 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  ESPN deal runs through 2020. Money is about one million a year (basically same deal as MAC).

Guaranteed a small number of exposures on ESPN/ESPN2 and another set on ESPNU. The Sun Belt Network deal (CSS/CST primarily) is basically no money but is generally Saturday games.

You are free to telecast your own games as long as they are not distributed outside of states with a Sun Belt teams or states bordering one of those states. Your telecasts cannot be shown head-to-head against Sun Belt home games telecast on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/CSS/CST

All games not selected for ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU that are telecast must be made available to ESPN for showing on GamePlan and ESPN3 in areas outside the broadcast footprint of the entity showing the game locally/regionally.

Georgia Southern currently does a top notch web broadcast. Would we be required to provide that for ESPN3? Not saying that's a bad thing at all, just trying to figure out the legalese.

Heck, if you found a TV station in say Savannah that wanted to broadcast all of your home games that weren't picked up via the SBC Television contract it would work out. The only rule is that the feed cant go out of the general Sun Belt Region, and must be made available via ESPN 3 for the rest of the country, and that you didn't start the game opposite a televised SBC home game.

ASU has gotten games televised statewide in Arkansas thanks to this deal.

The only downside would be a situation like WKU had, where the school had a separate deal with Fox Sports. Much to the chagrin of Hilltopper fans, they had to drop that contract because Fox wouldn't make the gave available via ESPN3. At least that is my rough understanding of what happened.

Main issue was Fox wanted to use a channel with broader distribution than the contract allowed.

I knew it was something like that. I just remember how upset WKU fans were with the situation.

Good info guys. Is the deal only for football games, or is it like the WAC where basketball has some too?

(09-30-2013 06:12 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Good info guys. Is the deal only for football games, or is it like the WAC where basketball has some too?

Covers all sports. CSS/CST does some baseball.

kicking us off of FCS b/c too much of the country could watch topper bball. so effin bogus. ESPN can blow me.

(10-01-2013 03:17 AM)TOPPERSonTOP Wrote:  kicking us off of FCS b/c too much of the country could watch topper bball. so effin bogus. ESPN can blow me.

yes- I've been able to watch some of the txst games on the dreaded longhorn network and there are usually uta and txst basketball and baseball games against ut to be watched also. helps give some more visability to our programs.

(10-01-2013 03:17 AM)TOPPERSonTOP Wrote:  kicking us off of FCS b/c too much of the country could watch topper bball. so effin bogus. ESPN can blow me.

They didn't become the world-wide leader by playing nice.