From the article:

You get what you pay for – and the Big East got a lot.

In hiring CBS Sports programming vice president Mike Aresco, the conference not only reworked the model, it created a new one. A major network exec leaving to become a commissioner? It hasn't happened. It doesn't happen.

Until Tuesday. The slap-hitter known as the Big East hit the shot heard around college athletics. At least as far as commissioners go. Let's put this in perspective. A top executive of perhaps the most powerful over-the-air sports operation in North America just left for a conference on life support.

Aresco, a TV power broker, brought expertise to a league that needs nothing but TV expertise.

“I'll be dipped,” said former Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas when informed of the hire in an early-morning phone call. “I guess they'll be able to negotiate with CBS.”

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...cbs-aresco

Also, now Dodd has gone from "$50 Million" 5 weeks ago to up to $100 Million...something tell me and it just a hunch that we might be get'n close to ACC numbers.

(08-14-2012 11:03 AM)Maize Wrote:  Also, now Dodd has gone from "$50 Million" 5 weeks ago to up to $100 Million...something tell me and it just a hunch that we might be get'n close to ACC numbers.

(08-14-2012 11:06 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:03 AM)Maize Wrote:  Also, now Dodd has gone from "$50 Million" 5 weeks ago to up to $100 Million...something tell me and it just a hunch that we might be get'n close to ACC numbers.

Also, something tells me their "source" is Chuck Neinas..."someone in the industry"...they are the only ones that report such low figures and it is no secret that both Dodds & McMurphy get info from him...not say'n...juz sayn.

Dennis Dodd is still a tool

(08-14-2012 11:10 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Dennis Dodd is still a tool

Yep, he still managed to throw in a few jabs at the BE, but I'll like him for a few minutes, just for the "home run hire" headline, lol.

I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

You have to look at his entire resume. He headed up a lot of sports programming at ESPN, including college football. He has been promoted multiple times at both networks, has tons of connections, and is being almost universally hailed as a great hire.

Nobody is going to have the perfect resume. That person doesn't exist. Most successful people get there by doing one thing really well. Aresco seems to have done at least two things better than almost anybody: Run TV sports programming, and negotiate TV sports deals. Whatever other skills he needs, and lacks, he can cover with the right keeps and/or hires, just like any good CEO.

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

We just need to get the TV deal. That will set the conference up for the next 10-15 years. If this guy sucks, we can always fire him after that LOL.

However, this guy looks like one of those guys straight out of the old boys networks for TV media executives. He might be able to set BE up with a Big East Network and other things.

It was really good for BE to think outside the box. He being an UCONN alum and live in CT where ESPN and NBC Sports are headquartered can't hurt either.

(08-14-2012 11:10 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Dennis Dodd is still a tool

So's Neinas, but MAJOR props for his use of "I'll be dipped."

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

(08-14-2012 11:24 AM)justinslot Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:10 AM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Dennis Dodd is still a tool

So's Neinas, but MAJOR props for his use of "I'll be dipped."

If "dipped" finishes with, "in a vat of sulfuric acid," then I approve.

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

If he can get the all sports 17 mil, the FB onlies 11 mil and the BBall schools 6 mil then no one will be complaining.

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

True, but they didn't have any choice, to maximize marketability and TV dollars. The alternative is to become just another C-USA or MWC, money-wise and prestige-wise.

I think the BE will be just fine. I predict you will feel better about this in the next few years, assuming you really are a Boise fan, lol.

(08-14-2012 11:32 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

If he can get the all sports 17 mil, the FB onlies 11 mil and the BBall schools 6 mil then no one will be complaining.

SIX MILLION EACH for 18 BB schools? Okay, then.

That would be better than any other conference, by almost double. According to Swofford, the ACC will get less than 20% for basketball for 14 schools, which averages out to $3.4M a year, and that's not until 2021. Right now, they get about $2.4M per school, counting 14 for next year.

(08-14-2012 11:33 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

True, but they didn't have any choice, to maximize marketability and TV dollars. The alternative is to become just another C-USA or MWC, money-wise and prestige-wise.

I think the BE will be just fine. I predict you will feel better about this in the next few years, assuming you really are a Boise fan, lol.

Yes, I am a Boise fan, but it doesn't mean I have to like the move regardless if BSU gets $6 million a year for TV. I'm an old school fan who wants to see BSU-Nevada matchups vs BSU-UCF.

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

Money will keep us together, nothing else.

(08-14-2012 11:38 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:32 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

If he can get the all sports 17 mil, the FB onlies 11 mil and the BBall schools 6 mil then no one will be complaining.

SIX MILLION EACH for 18 BB schools? Okay, then.

That would be better than any other conference, by almost double. According to Swofford, the ACC will get less than 20% for basketball for 14 schools, which averages out to $3.4M a year, and that's not until 2021. Right now, they get about $2.4M per school, counting 14 for next year.

The Big East BBall is more valuable than the other leagues. it also places it in markets like NYC, DC, Chicago and Milwaukee also a national name in Notre Dame. They would also get the BE tournament which would be a boon for NBC. It could also be split amongst two or more networks and get around that number. Also it's just BSing on a message board. Im not an TV exec, just a fan. It's a good day for the league so we're all a little high on our potential.

(08-14-2012 11:32 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:26 AM)BroncoPaul Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:17 AM)monty Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 11:14 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  I like the selection made by the Big East, but I do have a question. Is this hire more of a task specific hire? I mean, you found someone that can negotiate your next contract. Great! What after that?

Seeing as the next 4 months determine the future of the conference and the individual teams, I say, so what?

You still have to have someone who can handle the basketball powers of the league and still keep it together. With all the new members, there are now many different attitudes and cultural differences that will need to be dealt with. Conferences were and still are formed and re-formed based on similiarities of universities. The Big East will have to feel that out and it'll quite difficult.

If he can get the all sports 17 mil, the FB onlies 11 mil and the BBall schools 6 mil then no one will be complaining.

$6M is a bit high in that scenario, at $17M with the rumored 70/30 split you'd be looking at $5M which is still more than any other conference.

**** you Chuck