Fox, Big Ten Closing In On Media Rights Agreement (Sports Business Daily)

[dayooper]

Purdue or Perdue? Somewhere in here, there is a chicken joke to be made.

They are known for a big drum and . . . That's all I got.

 

[TruthNnumbers]

They are known for a big drum and . . . That's all I got.

Funny thing is Texas says theirs is bigger...

 

[huskymedic]

Good read.

Frank the Tank's Slant: B1G TV Deal Coming Out Like a Fox

Digest this comment: "In effect, we’re about to enter into a world where Rutgers and Northwestern are going to earn significantly more TV money than Florida State, Oklahoma, USC and even Alabama and Notre Dame."

Another comment within:
>>In any event, the short length of the TV deal means that conference realignment talk might cool down in the immediate term, but will pick up a huge amount of steam in the next 5 years. Whether it’s a coincidence or not (and I tend to think “not”), the end of the 6-year deal term in 2023 is shortly before the expiration of the Big 12’s grant of rights agreement in 2025, which makes any possible damages for a Big 12 defector to be much lower and/or negligible compared to a Big Ten windfall.<<

 

[Drew]

UConn't be serious?!

hurriCANe, uCONN'T

 

[upstater]

BE could be looking at games being shunted aside in favor of B1G, so how is that good for the BE?
And, if the ACC breaks up, the best of the old BE is going to get back together and squat right on top of the former also-rans.

 

[pj]

BE could be looking at games being shunted aside in favor of B1G, so how is that good for the BE?
And, if the ACC breaks up, the best of the old BE is going to get back together and squat right on top of the former also-rans.

But the Big East will have a better name than the North Atlantic Coast Conference.

 

[billybud]

Good read.

Frank the Tank's Slant: B1G TV Deal Coming Out Like a Fox

Digest this comment: "In effect, we’re about to enter into a world where Rutgers and Northwestern are going to earn significantly more TV money than Florida State, Oklahoma, USC and even Alabama and Notre Dame."

Another comment within:
>>In any event, the short length of the TV deal means that conference realignment talk might cool down in the immediate term, but will pick up a huge amount of steam in the next 5 years. Whether it’s a coincidence or not (and I tend to think “not”), the end of the 6-year deal term in 2023 is shortly before the expiration of the Big 12’s grant of rights agreement in 2025, which makes any possible damages for a Big 12 defector to be much lower and/or negligible compared to a Big Ten windfall.<<

But Rutgers would need $50 million more a year to just equal FSU athletic revenue for 2014-15. Like most, he doesn't look at the total revenue picture.

 

[mavblues]

But the Big East will have a better name than the North Atlantic Coast Conference.

Actually, the new conference is going to be called the North Atlantic Divisional Schools. (NADS)

The new conference will mandate that during all interconference contests (including national championship playoffs / tournaments), fans of member schools must root for the conference as a whole, rather than the individual schools. This will only be a temporary measure, designed to rapidly increase the new conference's Q factor for TV.

So instead of yelling "Let's Go Huskies!", you'll soon be cheering "Go Nads!".

Also sets up a debate as to which is better : our NADS or Delaney's Big 10.

 

[huskymedic]

But Rutgers would need $50 million more a year to just equal FSU athletic revenue for 2014-15. Like most, he doesn't look at the total revenue picture.

His statement that Rutgers is going to earn significantly more TV money than Florida State is NOT incorrect though...

 

[Seaa Blue]

But Rutgers would need $50 million more a year to just equal FSU athletic revenue for 2014-15. Like most, he doesn't look at the total revenue picture.

Rutgers has already scored a couple well rated (small slice of very BIG market) BTN games in NYC. Rutgers doesn't see that revenue directly, but the Big Ten is happy, and no doubt the new television deal is leveraging the addition of the new markets.

 

[Nostical]

You'll soon be cheering "Go Nads!"

The B1G's Associate Athletic Director, Robert Ickles, is on record being against the formation of NADS. It will be interesting to see if his objection prevails or if we loudly cheer "Go Nads" to test Ickles reaction.

 

[sportsart]

The B1G's Associate Athletic Director, Robert Ickles, is on record being against the formation of NADS. It will be interesting to see if his objection prevails or if we loudly cheer "Go Nads" to test Ickles reaction.

Pun intended?

 

[billybud]

His statement that Rutgers is going to earn significantly more TV money than Florida State is NOT incorrect though...

Not incorrect...but not that meaningful....

As I have posted....and it makes some sense when discussing Rutgers...

That old southernism..."Does the wooden spoon taste the soup?"