(04-28-2022 11:47 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(04-28-2022 11:43 AM)e-parade Wrote:  

(04-28-2022 11:30 AM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(04-28-2022 10:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  [quote='ballantyneapp' pid='18213653' dateline='1651153081']
[quote='TroyTBoy' pid='18213437' dateline='1651127517']
[quote='templefootballfan' pid='18211352' dateline='1651017464']
ESPN is on the hook for 40 FB games on TV.
that not gonna change.

with 14 schools, ESPN+ gains the extra games
ESPN+ loss content from C-USA
that's a wash

Actually, ESPN's commitment is to broadcast a minimum of 40 football games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ABC.

They may opt to broadcast more than 40 AAC games, some or most seasons, if they believe that the AAC is likely to have a sufficient number of high viewership games.

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Honest question since I don't know the details:

Is there a requirement for number of games on each network? Or would it be potentially possible for everything to be on the preferred ABC/ESPN or for everything to be on the less preferred ESPN2/ESPNU sets? Or instead of everything, just most in one place I suppose.

The AAC press release announcing the 2019 deal said:

Football

A minimum of 40 regular-season telecasts per season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, including at least 20 across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 ....

https://theamerican.org/news/2019/3/27/g...nsion.aspx

Since this is a hotly debated topic, the rest of the section specifying ESPN's football broadcasting of AAC football games is also of interest:

Football

"A minimum of 40 regular-season telecasts per season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, including at least 20 across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, which represents increased annual exposure across those ESPN networks."

"A similar number of Thursday and Friday contests."

"The American Championship game will be televised each year on ABC or ESPN."

"New to ESPN’s TV rights beginning in 2020-21 are all Navy-controlled football games versus Notre Dame, plus first pick of the remaining Navy-controlled football games each year (excluding any games versus Army and Air Force). Beyond select Navy football games and select men’s basketball games, all conference controlled football and men’s basketball games from The American will air on an ESPN network or ESPN+."

https://theamerican.org/news/2019/3/27/g...nsion.aspx

NOTE: What this seems to indicate is that at least 20 games will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2, and an additional ~20 games will be broadcasted on ESPNU, bringing the total to a minimum of 40 games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU.

Thus, if - for example - 22 AAC games happen to be broadcasted on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2 in a given season, at least 18 AAC games would have to be broadcasted on ESPNU.

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