(02-09-2012 10:54 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-09-2012 09:29 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-09-2012 09:27 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  SportsBusinessJournalDaily.com said during the talks:
"Sources indicate the early numbers range from $110 million to $130 million annually, but conference sources describe those figures as a starting point for any negotiation." http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journ...-East.aspx

Gary Parrish of CBSSPorts.com in October said:
http://www.cbssports.com/story/15715357/...-thinks-so"
"...because there's been speculation for months that the Big East sealed its fate last May when it rejected a nine-year, $1.4 billion television contract from ESPN." That would be $155M a year.

How much per year would that have been for BE members? I don't know the dynamics for the split between all sports members and non-FB members.

Pretty sure nobody on this board knows how the money would have been split. Another possibility is that the 50/50 FB/BB split would have been kept.

I think the $110-$130M estimate was more likely. Say $120M.
$60M for football, divided by 9 schools = $6.667M
$60M for basketball, divided by 17 schools = $3.5M
So $3.5M for basketball schools, $10M for football (all-sports) schools.

Or the split may have been 60-40, or any number in between.

Also, the Boise State contract doesn't guarantee a 70-30 FB-BB split. It just gives Boise State the option of walking without an exit fee--but to where?

The problem though with that logic- if the Big East did that, how would they be perceived? Not great at all. I'm sorry, but I really don't see that at all.