(06-25-2019 07:49 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Aresco did say production quality would have to be upgraded, which could be costly. The schools are obligated to provide an ESPN-level production.

I suspect at many G5 schools, the existing 'in house' production is of public access cable quality. But two mass-com majors wielding steady-cams for internship credit won't cut it.

But the capital costs of the upgrade don't have to be paid every year ... only the operating costs. So there's a wide range of financial impacts depending upon the qualify of the broadcast infrastructure already in place. I'm thinking "as much as $2m" is more like the worst case, and for a BBall focused school with a third tier broadcast deal in the range of a million, it's not likely that UConn is anywhere near the worst case for required upgrade costs.

The reduction in travel costs is likely to be a much bigger financial increment. Half of the Big East is closer than the second closest all-sports AAC member, four of the AAC schools are farther than the longest Big East trip.