AAC & CBS Sports Network...Blech

[tcf15]

Kevin Duffy ‏@KevinRDuffy 1m
CBS Sports Network will broadcast 25 AAC basketball games in 2013-14 through sub-licensing deal w/ ESPN.

Anyone remember the Paradise Jam broadcasts last year? Not looking forward to this, but I figured this was going to happen.

Link to press release.

 

[Rico444]

25 games throughout the entire league this season...probably no more than one or two that we'd have to worry about.

 

[tcf15]

True, but I'm just hoping that none of our games get chosen for any of those broadcasts.

 

[UConnJRod]

This station is horrendous...they pushed back the UConn start time in the Paradise Jam to show some horrible, dirt track racing live. I really hope we're not featured too much on this station.

 

[ctchamps]

The question is will these all be national games or regional games?

 

[upstater]

The question is will these all be national games or regional games?

National but many providers don't even carry them on anything but sports tier.

I'm thinking that CBS SN is taking all the games that would otherwise be on SNY, which sucks.

Remember, a key part of the ESPN deal was that percentage wise, MORE games would be on ESPN than would have been on with the BE.

CBS Network is taking 6 conference games and 6 OOC games.

 

[ctchamps]

National but many providers don't even carry them on anything but sports tier.

I'm thinking that CBS SN is taking all the games that would otherwise be on SNY, which sucks.

Remember, a key part of the ESPN deal was that percentage wise, MORE games would be on ESPN than would have been on with the BE.

CBS Network is taking 6 conference games and 6 OOC games.

Let them take Ville games this season. We'll see how ESPN chooses the games in the future. I much rather have ESPN broadcast than CBS Sports if on ESPN or ESPN2. Not as much if on the U. I'm sure there will be wins and losses. Conference cannot afford lack of exposure.

 

[Rumrunner]

SNY can't be too happy.

As for UConn, nothing like seeing the money flow to the common good. CBS SN is a graveyard. And UConn loses money in the proposition.

 

[UChusky916]

CBS doesnt even have Gus Johnson anymore... what are they good for then?

 

[Rumrunner]

I wonder what sny is going to do with its pregame and coaches interview shows? It looks like content (2014 for fb) will be siphoned away from sny. At what point will SNY demur on having expanded coverage when it doesn't get a game?

This would not be an issue if UConn forced the AAC (like Navy did) in retaining certain rights.

As an aside, that debate about espn's national networks (assumed to be espn, espn2, espnu and espn news) and whether it included espn3? I wonder when we'll get a definitive answer?

 

[Tenspro2002]

This sounds like a potential major step down in national exposure (considering that nobody randomly watches CBS SN). I hope I'm misinterpreting things, but we really can't afford that.

 

[upstater]

I wonder what sny is going to do with its pregame and coaches interview shows? It looks like content (2014 for fb) will be siphoned away from sny. At what point will SNY demur on having expanded coverage when it doesn't get a game?

This would not be an issue if UConn forced the AAC (like Navy did) in retaining certain rights.

As an aside, that debate about espn's national networks (assumed to be espn, espn2, espnu and espn news) and whether it included espn3? I wonder when we'll get a definitive answer?

SNY never paid UConn for any of those games.

It grabbed those games from ESPN and paid ESPN.

One concern I'd have if I were UConn is that so many women's games are going to CBS Sports. But SNY is on Basic cable in much of Connecticut.

If that continues, it's going to have repercussions for SNY, for UConn, etc.

Didn't Aresco promise Warde Manuel that special arrangements would be made for UConn women?

This really sounds like a royal screwing over. UConn controlled its women's games before, and was in position to ask SNY to pony up. No other schools in the AAC invest in women's bball, so why in hell is Aresco spreading out the goods like this?

 

[upstater]

This sounds like a potential major step down in national exposure (considering that nobody randomly watches CBS SN). I hope I'm misinterpreting things, but we really can't afford that.

Whoever ends up on CBS SN gets little exposure.
It doesn't have to be UConn.

 

[mcs333]

Let's see. Didn't CBS lowball the AAC in TV contract talks. Now they buy on the cheap from ESPN.

 

[dsturdy5]

Am I misunderstanding this? The league will lose 1-2 football games/week to CBS SN and a couple of basketball games/week. Wouldn't the rest be on SNY, ESPN (something or other), or CBS national?

The way I am reading some posts between here and the football board, all of UConn's games are moving. I view this like the old Big East Game of the Week type of scenario.

 

[Husky15]

This sucks, I don't want to have to pay extra for CBS sports. Hopefully UCONN doesn't have any games on there

 

[WestHartHusk]

Let's see. Didn't CBS lowball the AAC in TV contract talks. Now they buy on the cheap from ESPN.

And it was all structured by a former CBS employee...soft landing anyone?