(09-10-2021 05:22 PM)arkstfan Wrote: Sun Belt got a bigger better TV deal, and then a raise and extension because of what small market Arkansas State, Louisiana, Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, and Georgia Southern have done or because of what larger market Georgia State and Texas State have done?
I honestly don't know exactly what the Sun Belt media terms are; mostly because I'm a basketball guy who thinks that low level FBS football and all FCS football is a fools errand.
But if you wanna share with me the numbers of the contracts, and also the dates of the contract term, that'd be awesome.
I spent another thread trying to explain money vs time to people.
And I also think that there's a diminishing returns principle as well. The college sports TV deals don't always fall along the lines of a relative value. They fall along a pragmatic approach by the network.
It's basically the In-N-Out theory. You know how people out west talk about how great In-N-Out is, and everyone else says that Five Guys is a better burger? Five Guys IS a better burger, but it also costs me $12 bucks to eat there, and I can get THREE double-doubles, fries and a shake at In-N-Out for like $12. In-N-Out is by far the better value.
There is far less bang for the buck in C-USA TV rights. They don't win enough to pay them for their markets. The market value of SBC rights is totally what someone is willing to pay.
The BRAND on the jersey isn't strong enough for people to tune in regardless of their record. People are watching C-USA football or SBC football because of STAKES. It's 1 vs 2 in each conference that's the marquee game to TV.
If you have to pay Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Hampton Roads prices for CUSA 1-vs-2, but only pay Atlanta, Mobile, San Marcos prices for SCB 1-vs-2... the choice is simple for ESPN: Sun Belt.
Again, in everything I say, I'm a pragmatist, I don't want to sound like I'm bricking on the chest of any school or fan base. My school is never getting into the Big East because we're in a town of 16,000. Even if our fan base is a cult that lives everywhere else but that town. I just like really analytical discussions, and over-intellectualizing things, and sports