From the Orlando Sentinel today,

"This includes pushing a Power 6 narrative – a strategic initiative put together by officials to showcase the strength of the league and its member schools – showing how the conference deserves to be included in the other autonomous conferences like the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.

The league has been holding off on such a public push until the end of conference realignment.

Aresco said he spoke to the league members by telephone Tuesday morning and despite what some might think, those conversations went well.

“It hasn’t been awkward talking with them. It’s never been awkward,” he said. “The reason I think it hasn’t been awkward is because we’ve all tried to be sensitive to each other. I’ve tried to empathize with our membership. I understand what they’re going through. I would be going through the same sort of thing if I was in their position. We’ve always had an open dialogue.

The discussions turned to the future – The current TV contract is up in a few years but Aresco said he may reach out to the league’s network partners to discuss a new deal with the hope being to provide more revenue for the AAC’s members."


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/co...story.html

"May or maybe" needs to out of his vocal. He must get this done.

Godspeed Mr. Aresco.

(10-18-2016 03:44 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  From the Orlando Sentinel today,

"This includes pushing a Power 6 narrative – a strategic initiative put together by officials to showcase the strength of the league and its member schools – showing how the conference deserves to be included in the other autonomous conferences like the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.

The league has been holding off on such a public push until the end of conference realignment.

Aresco said he spoke to the league members by telephone Tuesday morning and despite what some might think, those conversations went well.

“It hasn’t been awkward talking with them. It’s never been awkward,” he said. “The reason I think it hasn’t been awkward is because we’ve all tried to be sensitive to each other. I’ve tried to empathize with our membership. I understand what they’re going through. I would be going through the same sort of thing if I was in their position. We’ve always had an open dialogue.

The discussions turned to the future – The current TV contract is up in a few years but Aresco said he may reach out to the league’s network partners to discuss a new deal with the hope being to provide more revenue for the AAC’s members."


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/co...story.html

Wonder what the Power 6 initiative looks like.

Gotta get Army & BYU on board.

Most valuable properties out there.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-footbal...th-big-12/

CBS article about AAC

Here is some ammunition for Aresco.

1. SEC 40.38
2. Pac12 41.38
3. ACC 42.24
4. Big 10 49.70
5 Big 12 54.58
6 AAC 62.49
7 FBS Indep 79.48
8 MWC 83.91
9 MAC 84.59
10 Sun Belt 90.09
11 CUSA 98.48

http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm

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@JonSolomonCBS How much $ do you think the AAC can get on the next deal?


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@CincyBeerGuru No idea. It will be interesting. AAC is establishing itself as No. 6, but still far away from Big 12 in eyeballs.

I think there are TWO hurdles that Aresco and the AAC need to overcome in the future.
1. TV money
2. Bowl game

These two things separate the AAC from P5
1. We are going to struggle getting P5 money from current TV providers because lack the Big name anchor schools. But if we can get 8-10 million we can still be competitive, he might have to go and take a risk on new providers like Google etc.

2. We need the AAC to get an anchor bowl, maybe the Liberty,Outback, Capital that are based in the home city of one of our schools but to that we will need help from city and also get a partner wether it's Fedex or maybe someone like Underarmor to Adopt the league and put big money for the bowl game and demand as part the the AAC champ goes there with the money they put up a quality P5 opponent cann be gathered.
Maybe get such a deal by having the entire league sign under one provider like Nike,Undearmor etc thus that brand will have an economic tie to the league success

(10-18-2016 03:50 PM)3rdWardCoog Wrote:  "May or maybe" needs to out of his vocal. He must get this done.

He has no real leverage over ESPN, question is... Is it worth renegotiating to get another 3 to 5 year locked in from their side. My feeling is the longer he waits the more power he has.

The real question is what will ESPN ask for in return for giving the AAC extra money. Let's face it, our numbers are better than the "G4" because of out teams. For more money for the AAC as it currently stands, they are going to want a grant of rights. How much is a grant of rights worth in our current configuration to ESPN and will that be enough for the members to sign it?

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-...ng-power-6

OPen in Incognito mode in Google Chrome if it asks for a subscription

(10-18-2016 04:48 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  I think there are TWO hurdles that Aresco and the AAC need to overcome in the future.
1. TV money
2. Bowl game

These two things separate the AAC from P5
1. We are going to struggle getting P5 money from current TV providers because lack the Big name anchor schools. But if we can get 8-10 million we can still be competitive, he might have to go and take a risk on new providers like Google etc.

2. We need the AAC to get an anchor bowl, maybe the Liberty,Outback, Capital that are based in the home city of one of our schools but to that we will need help from city and also get a partner wether it's Fedex or maybe someone like Underarmor to Adopt the league and put big money for the bowl game and demand as part the the AAC champ goes there with the money they put up a quality P5 opponent cann be gathered.
Maybe get such a deal by having the entire league sign under one provider like Nike,Undearmor etc thus that brand will have an economic tie to the league success

Good post

I still don't see why adding Army (to get the army/navy game and maybe some sort of deal with CBS) and adding some key MWC teams along with a couple bball onlies is a bad idea.

I think it would be awesome.

(10-18-2016 05:43 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  

(10-18-2016 04:48 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  I think there are TWO hurdles that Aresco and the AAC need to overcome in the future.
1. TV money
2. Bowl game

These two things separate the AAC from P5
1. We are going to struggle getting P5 money from current TV providers because lack the Big name anchor schools. But if we can get 8-10 million we can still be competitive, he might have to go and take a risk on new providers like Google etc.

2. We need the AAC to get an anchor bowl, maybe the Liberty,Outback, Capital that are based in the home city of one of our schools but to that we will need help from city and also get a partner wether it's Fedex or maybe someone like Underarmor to Adopt the league and put big money for the bowl game and demand as part the the AAC champ goes there with the money they put up a quality P5 opponent cann be gathered.
Maybe get such a deal by having the entire league sign under one provider like Nike,Undearmor etc thus that brand will have an economic tie to the league success

Good post

Agree. We need a good anchor bowl for our champion when they aren't in a NY6 or playoff.

(10-18-2016 06:02 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I still don't see why adding Army (to get the army/navy game and maybe some sort of deal with CBS) and adding some key MWC teams along with a couple bball onlies is a bad idea.

I think it would be awesome.

Totally agree. Don't see how adding Army (prestige/history/fans/tv) and adding a couple extra NCAA caliber teams hurts us.

I can only help.

(10-18-2016 06:02 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  I still don't see why adding Army (to get the army/navy game and maybe some sort of deal with CBS) and adding some key MWC teams along with a couple bball onlies is a bad idea.

I think it would be awesome.

It's not a bad idea, it's that unless the American gets a significantly larger payout on their next media deal they aren't in position to raid the MW. Army could be in whenever they want, they just (to this point) don't want to be.

Bring back angry BC#1

I'm about ready for us to sign a GOR and extension until around 2025 when the B12 and P12 deals expire if we can get anything over $5-6m per school annually.

Wichita St. would add value to this league as a non-football school. We should add them as soon as possible I think.