(10-10-2021 05:42 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-10-2021 05:21 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(10-10-2021 02:11 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-10-2021 01:58 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  

(10-10-2021 11:23 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  LMAO....you guys also think none of the SBC teams are interested in joining the AAC. It's hilarious to be honest.

It doesn't matter if they are "interested in joining the AAC" or not. It won't happen. The SBC schools are already under contract with ESPN for roughly 500K each, and the AAC schools are under contract with ESPN for $7M each (or whatever it is). Why would ESPN allow the SAME teams they have under contract for 500K to move to the AAC and have to pay them more $$$?? Won't happen.

CUSA schools are the best targets because they are not already under contract with ESPN. Moving them to the AAC is a net gain for ESPN.

I was leaning in that direction for a while---now I wonder if thats a factor at all. Given that the CUSA deal is up for grabs in a year---ESPN could have the whole thing--or certainly first tier position---for 10 million or so. Thats about what it would cost them just to move a team or two the AAC at 7 million a pop.

Since it would be another year at least before any team could actually move to the AAC---Im starting to question if the "dont raid any ESPN properties" factor really has any bearing at all in how this plays out.

CUSA presidents would turn them down again. Playing on Tuesday and Wednesday while incurring all the cost associated with ESPN+ is not happening at 500 or 700k. I can guarantee you that

Been on the AAC board too long. Just one big echo chamber over there

lol---Another gem from the same guy that said the AAC deal would fall by 50% when UConn left and thought every Big12 school would be snapped up by the Big10, Pac12, and ACC because "they were so valuable". Frankly, I think CUSA would flourish under a ESPN tv deal. The current hodge-podge deal they have right now has not helped CUSA much financially or done much to increase its profile.

I agree with the LAST part of your post above. I think CUSA would flourish if, 1) they FIRED their commissioner, Judy, and 2) got an ESPN TV deal. I, for one, am damn tired of searching for our football games each week on a different channel, usually behind some paywall, or a network that's hard to find.

As for Dawgxas, I think he brings a very interesting perspective to most everything we discuss here. Yeah, he's a bit acerbic, but for goodness sake, who's not? LOL! He does seem to be very well informed on the issues we encounter here. That's a lot more than I can say for some fans on this board.