(01-08-2018 05:53 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Well given that NBC/Universal's MO is to pay big for major events and otherwise seek out bargains who knows how they'd view it.

If they want in they can almost assuredly snag any mix of AAC, MWC, CUSA, and Sun Belt for a bargain price.

Starting in October, NBCSN jumps into the NHL with both feet generally with a Tuesday and Wednesday night line-up and no NHL on Thursdays or Fridays (except opening week when they normally do a doubleheader the first Thursday).

They could easily do a Thursday and Friday weeknight telecast and most Saturdays have at least two windows available for football after soccer, sometimes three. They could offload some content to NBC Sports Regionals, the only rub being that they are really limited in footprint. NBC Sports Bay Area and NBCS California isn't going to care about anything but some MWC content. NBCS Northwest and Chicago none of what is coming up for bid is useful for anything but filler. NBCS Washington, Boston, Philadelphia and SportsNet NY aren't going to be crazy for anything that would be in south and southwest.

They actually have been buying some mid-range sports (I guess that's how one would classify them) properties of late. MLS and US Premier rights would fall into that category. Not AAC cheap (20 million), but not Big10 priced (350 million) either.