BE Associate Commissioner Said BE TV Deal Could Equal or Exceed ACC's Deal

if the nbe does get these type of #'s rumored. then espn will work with fox and cbs to do more damage. they will get the sec to add 2 more quick and the b12 to add to atleast 12 which will make the acc add more and kill off more of the nbe. they are just waiting to see what the nbe gets. espn will make a power 5 out of it in the end, there doing things slowly on purpose and baiting nbc into thinking its got something and investing into it before they pull the plug on its dreams.

just imagine the nbe gets 14mil or w/e the number is. the b12 gets between 20 and 22. then espn and fox(b12 tv) get a couple acc schools for 12. then the sec adds 2(espn and cbs) for 16. now the b10 is looking and the b12 knows it has to get to 16 before the pac starts sniffing. the acc to survive has to add also to keeps its new contract which already is the worst of the power 5. uconn, rutgers, temple, byu, usf will all get swept up in that by someone. possibly even more. they will make it a power 5 in the end and espn will f with nbc.

the final result is a power 5 confs with a mwc and a cusa fighting for 6th, but very far behind. when the playoff goes to 8, you can have 5 auto bids basically and 3 opens for a 2nd sec, a nd possible and others who are top 10 teams etc...i just can't wait for it all to happen and for uconn in 10 years to go from nothing to in the convo.

Then we'll end up in a new conf so no worries. By the way you've just layed out the reasoning for NBC to do better than $14M.

That is the sad truth of it all, isn't it. Of all the defections, I get TCU. They've wanted the Big12 for quite some time, and they'll be playing regional teams in a conference that is going to pay them a lot of money. Of course, the higher money makes sense for the other defections too, but my gut tells me that if someone told WVU and especially Cuse that they would make ACC money by staying put, I think they would have. The past is the past, I'm afraid. Time to look to the future...

Articles like that crack me up. The Daily News article is pure conjecture, filled with 'may' and 'might'. If something is repeated enough times I guess that changes it from conjecture to fact? Obviously they have interest they wouldn't be presenting to the league if they didn't.

If NBC wanted to give an idea of how much they would pay the league they would just tell them.

I believe that NBC is still prevented from openly negotiating. Well know soon enough just how much the deal once ESPN's exclusive period ends.

They are, which would lend credence to this report, because it would behoove NBC to leak potential numbers so that the BE knows what they're dealing with in ESPN's exclusive timetable. Sort of pre-bidding.

We have 3 spots to get to 16... Who could we add to move the needle? Best case would be FSU, PSU, and ND...
Realistically af, byu and UNlv or reno

NBC can whisper in an ear. It's just as likely that the league itself is floating a number if someone is really giving Weiss a number and he's not just making it up.

I apologize for being so horrifically wrong.

Your posts actually are easier to read when you add all the slashes.

A bleacher report article on the prospect of the BE on NBC. Yeah, I know, it's just some guys opinion, but it's something to read.

Yep, and as such it is a "floor" not a "ceiling".

NBC wants to make sure that ESPN doesn't get the BE inexpensively. ESPN should match it, largely because they don't want NBC to have the rights, then NBC will beat it to get the deal. If ESPN passes, then 14M per school should be the number.

Please just don't read my posts.

I am teasing your writing style. As I have said numerous times before, you add a lot with all of your hard work on your recruiting side and I remain appreciative.

Here is what you need to understand, in EVERY new Conference TV Contract the final numbers have been HIGHER then reported and HIGHER then the focus groups have forecast, the same company that negotiated the PAC12 mega-deal was hired to negotiate the new BE deal, and last but not least if NBC is willing to pay 14 mill per year per team for F&B before negotiations begin, what they will agree to after negotiations will surprise people, I can guarantee that if numbers are leaking out about what NBC is willing to pay it is a lot less then they are really willing to pay, that's how you negotiate these kind of contracts.

True, if the leaks are coming from NBC. If they're coming from the Big East they might be overestimates, trying to scare Fox and ESPN into upping their bids.

Bad tactics to make numbers and link them to a specific buyer if you are the seller. Too big a chance that you get a PR from the 'buyer' repudiating it.

From what we know, we have no idea if it's a floor or a ceiling. NBC either wants the Big East or they don't. If they don't want the Big East what ESPN pays them really is immaterial to NBC. I don't imagine the Big East will sign a deal with ESPN before they hit the open market - so we'll probably have a better idea at some point, but we still may never know.

This is what I'm talking about with how the speculation feeds on itself.

My fault for clicking on something from Bleacher Report but...

Thursday, the New York Daily News reported that the Big East and NBC may be very close to working out a deal for the television rights to the conference (h/t Big East Coast Bias).

I bolded very close. There is absolutely nothing in the NYDN that says the Big East and NBC are 'very close'. It is some guy's opinion who should improve his reading comprehension before he continues to write.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=338

I believe BE will end up with a deal pays each all sports school north of $15M a year. This is what I predicted more than 1 year ago and I think it is more than possible now.

Well he said maybe. Maybe they are and maybe they aren't...

(Yes Whaler I know that that they aren't even officially talking to each other. It's the Bleacher Report.)

Keep in mind that the same phenomena explains why some people are sure that the BE won't get a good TV contract. They heard it so often from nonauthoritative sources that they are sure that it's true.