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[QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 2294726, member: 523"]
ACC is in 5th place at about $22M per school depending how you count ND.  The AAC is 6th at under $6M in payouts by the conference.  Anything less than $10-12 will still be a huge problem.   Besting the current deal isn't on the list of goals.  If they can't get more than they are making now, they should just fold.

The challenge will be to cobble together that amount or more if a single outlet won't pony up that much.  If the can top $15M per school then we can start to believe the P6 hype.  I don't think they get anywhere near there without being creative to the point of making it harder for fans to follow their teams.

One of the benefits of being under a big network umbrella is consistent familiar timeslots on the same networks.  Big Monday at 7pm was always a BE game and more often than not a UConn game.  The B1g and SEC enjoy this.  The AAC needs to prioritize dollars.  If that means the only people who see your games are hardcore fans streaming it online or some hodgepodge of outlets, so be it.   The NHL makes it work somehow without consistently being on a major network.
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