(01-09-2021 08:22 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 07:28 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 05:46 PM)panama Wrote:  

(01-09-2021 02:24 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  You’d think a Coast-to-Coast AAC would be in the best interest for ESPN and they’d be inclined to financially incentivize it’s creation to provide them some quality content from all of the time zones...unless they know that the Big 12 is likely to be gutted in 2024 and the best of the AAC is likely to be moving on.

If I had to hazard a guess, in 2024 the Big 12 is going to be retuned as the nation’s tweener conference.

"You’d think a Coast-to-Coast AAC would be in the best interest for ESPN and they’d be inclined to financially incentivize it’s creation to provide them some quality content from all of the time zones"

Don't they already have that and what happens when SDSU plays Temple on TV in front of 5k fans?

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Just because mighty Georgia State games draw about as many folks to Neck Cracker Stadium as two old guys playing checkers in the park doesnt mean that cross country AAC games would do the same. As it is---its not like UCF fans fill Houston's stadium when the two play--nor do Houston fans fill UCF's stadium. The AAC is so spread out that we pretty much exclusively rely on our own fan bases to fill our stadiums. Thus, games against cross country foes likely wouldnt affect ticket sales at all. Though---I would think that name recognition of the better known western teams like Boise or BYU might sell at least a few extra tickets--especially if they are having a good year.

Right.
Remember the debates about UCF drawing a hard line on home and homes vs two for ones? They cited $2M per home game. Sounds about right - Navy is around $1.5M probably with ticket revenue, concessions, parking, sponsorship, etc.
BYU would add fans to any AAC stadium. BYU isn't interested for their own srategic reasons.
Army or Air Force? Less than BYU, but their fanbases are national. Do military appreciation marketing and you'll get a bump.
Boise? Meh. Yes a recognizable brand, and ESPN loves them. But there won't be a far flung blue and orange army filling AAC stadia. Marginal gain from casual local fans recognizing the brand name.
Any of the CUSA or SunBelt teams that would dilute the conference brand? Probably a net negative.
Back to the numbers...for most AAC programs that home game revenue is as much or more than the conference media money. That's even true for autonomy conferences with their far larger media money. TV partners would prefer a nine game SEC schedule, but having a seventh home game most years, even against a cupcake, is still worth more to most of them. Comparing the calculus of 30k per AAC home game to 18k for CUSA or SunBelt - even with our greater media money - is yet another example of why discussions that lump the AAC into "G5" are flawed.

As usual on the money. Boise is helpful to ESPN and Boise, its debatable how much it helps the conference. Nobody else below Boise would do anything. Even a SDSU type add is flat and basically is a fill in place holder that doesn't drag to hard. The first three are the best options.