(01-12-2016 05:17 PM)perimeterpost Wrote: Current G5 contracts-
AAC- $126M/7yr through 2020
MWC- $126M/7yr through 2020
MAC- $124M/13yr through 2027*
*$8M/yr for final 3yrs of current deal, $10M/yr for 10yrs of new deal starting in 2018.
those numbers only show cash initially reported and arent 100% accurate. The MWC can make less depending on a few factors and the AAC contract is closer to $130 million....but thats not the real difference.
The real difference is that 90% of all football and basketball games in the AAC are on ESPN with some on CBS. 100% of the home football games are aired.
the MWC didnt even come close with most industry sources saying that about 60% or less of the MWC games will be shown.
Then look at times slots. A significant portion of the MWC will be shown in the late night western time slots, which has significantly lower viewership.
When comparing contracts, there is so much more than just dollars and cents. Aresco did a great job of getting the American alot of exposure and he has repeatedly said that this contract was undervalued because of the newness of the league and timing factors. With 7 stable years and the Big 12 finally not expanding, I expect to see ESPN, Fox, NBC and CBS all make bids for our league.
2016 is the Big 10 and many analysts have said they think that many networks saves their money in order to make big bids for them. Only one will win and I tend to believe that Fox will go HUGE in order to secure it, since they are already 51% partners on the Big 10 network. They need to pair the Big 10 with the Big East in order to have a foundation for their sports network.
That will leave ESPN, NBC and CBS as needing content.... and Fox could still use some more, since the Big 10 tier 1 rights are only roughly half the games (the other half go on the big 10 network)
If NBC and CBS are smart, they realize that ESPN and FoX have been boxing them out of college sports and they make a large bid for an "expanded" AAC. You add CSU, Air Force, BYU and SDSU into the AAC, and promote the hell out of them as the next P5 member. Take 2 games each week and put it on NBC at the noon and 4pm time slots, with Notre Dame rounding out the day. Then CBS gets second pick to show 2-3 games per week and probably uses BYU as the night time feature. The rest of the content goes to their networks.
That type of exposure would eclipse what ESPN could do for us and I bet they can get it all for roughly $96 million a year. ($6 million per team x 16 teams) Thats dirt cheap for a conference that has put up the viewership and wins that we have.... and its the type of money that I believe BYU would go for.... especially with that type of exposure.