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Big East officials are hoping that the combined money will come close to generating a $15-17 million per school per year.
The words "hoping" and "come close" are operative.
I think the low end is the realistic number. $10MM seems to be the floor, and $15MM seems to be the ceiling, although schools with valuable Tier 3 rights could do better.
Actually, the numbers people are hearing from various BE people are the following:
Low end: $12M to $14M
Middle or expecting: $15M to $17M
High: $18M to $20M
Anything less than $15M would be utter failure.
I think the low end is the realistic number. $10MM seems to be the floor, and $15MM seems to be the ceiling, although schools with valuable Tier 3 rights could do better.
Agreed. Anyone expecting ACC money is simply not living in reality.
Agreed. Anyone expecting ACC money is simply not living in reality.
That might be true if ACC actually got market value for their deal. They went first and got a bad deal with ESPiN. Their media deal is undervalued. ......
That might be true if ACC actually got market value for their deal. They went first and got a bad deal with ESPiN. Their media deal is undervalued. Therefore, using ACC's media deal as a comparison is wrong to start with. BE is hitting the market now while it is hot. ACC is tied to ESPiN for the next 16 years. BE will get market value for its products. I suspect basketball value will be huge part of the deal as it should.
The bottom line is that no matter how good the current market is, I highly doubt any network executive signs off on paying Memphis/Temple, etc. $17M a year to broadcast their football and basketball games.
You can't look at it like that. I mean, Wake Forest gets millions. So does Vanderbilt and Miss. St., and Baylor and TCU.
Those schools are infinitely better than Memphis and Temple and in addition to that, when you have the rights to Alabama, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, etc. you can afford to pay the lower end teams the big bucks.
you can't really compare the $'s between contracts because there are so many dynamics impacting the market today, most of which favor the BE.Those schools are infinitely better than Memphis and Temple and in addition to that, when you have the rights to Alabama, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, etc. you can afford to pay the lower end teams the big bucks.