(02-09-2019 02:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-09-2019 02:11 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  Rumor is BYU is getting paid $8 million a year. Is it true?

Before anybody start with realignment scenarios for BYU, it all starts and ends with Utah. Unless they get a Big XII invitation (in its current form), BYU won’t join a conference while Utah enjoys the benefits of being in a P5 league. They’d rather stay independent and play multiple P5 rather than playing a MWC or AAC schedule.

It changes. What people have been able to piece together is that they are paid more for appearances on certain networks. If they are on ESPN or ABC---they earn more than being on ESPN2 or ESPNU. Based on the numbers, 8 sounds a little high and would be a figure they might approach in a best case scenario where all their games are on ESPN and ABC. My guess is 4-6 million a year is more where they typically live under this deal.

That would be bad for us (AAC) in my opinion. I feel like whatever BYU gets will be the high end of what we get per school, because BYU has the flexibility to schedule better games than we can on average.