(07-26-2010 11:37 AM)uakronkid Wrote: And the MAC makes like $5 per TV game.
CUSA is getting 10 million+
WAC is getting 4.8 million (600k per football school)
MAC is getting 1.4 million (100k per football school)
What it tells me since CUSA has been at the same numbers per school pretty much since the early 90's that there is a glass celing as far as what TV networks are willing to pay a non-AQ conference with so much inventory out there (MWC, CUSA, MAC, WAC, SBC, MVC, CAA, So. Con, Big Sky, Southland, Ivy, MEAC, SWAC, NEC, Pioneer, Great West).
The MAC would be better served with a smaller TV package restricting inventory for more money with better Saturday timeslots on Fox Sport Net/Fox Sports Midwest. That will allow home attendance to grow.
Midweek games are destroying the MAC. Ever since the MAC moved to midweek games attendance is way down. Midweek started full throttle in 2003 but that was such a great season that it wasn't noticable across the league.