Big East TV Deal with FOX, TNT, and NBC

[upstater]

That period of time was a mere blip on the radar screen. Look at the total history of the program, sub .500 win/loss record. Agreed the few early Edsall years were promising but like most college sports, once the good coach left, the program reverts back to mediocrity.

You're not looking at it under the right lens.

The program became immediately viable faster than any program that jumped to D1.

It produced a lot of NFL players over that decade.

While it was in a P5 league, it won more than it lost.

The bottom dropped out after the league broke up and a couple of disastrous coaching hires lead it to the bottom of a pretty poor conference far afield.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[LetsGoUC]

Are we rich now?

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Are we rich now?

No, somewhere between hard working blue collar middle class and peasants.

 

[CL82]

Putting games on Peacock and Max is a ticket to oblivion

You can get away with this if you are a well established league, sport or national team

The Big East is not that

I would be more concerned if it were the only place you can see games, but the fact that games will also be on Fox, one, FS two, and likely CBSSN. I'm not that worried. Keep in mind that I believe we've had games both on Fox and on CBS. Plus the preseason stuff will be on ESPN. Not optimal, but it's not the Pac 12 Apple and CW deal either.

 

[CL82]

Are we rich now?

No, but hopefully will be less poor.

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I would be more concerned if it were the only place you can see games, but the fact that games will also be on Fox, one, FS two, and likely CBSSN. I'm not that worried. Keep in mind that I believe we've had games both on Fox and on CBS. Plus the preseason stuff will be on ESPN. Not optimal, but it's not the Pac 12 Apple and CW deal either.

Looks like CBS is out per the SBJ piece. I actually don't hate the CW as far as visibility goes. At least most people get that with their cable/YouTube tv compared to Max or peacock.

 

[bendm]

Looks like CBS is out per the SBJ piece. I actually don't hate the CW as far as visibility goes. At least most people get that with their cable/YouTube tv compared to Max or peacock.

maybe you were replying to someones post and i cant see it, but what does the CW have to do with the BE? we never had any games on the CW because it isnt related to cbs

 

[bendm]

i'd love if it paid us ~10mil/year, which is what we were getting from the AAC deal which included football. then the few remaining BE haters would have absolutely nothing left to wretch about.

 

[aceboon]

no more Big East games on CBS is disappointing, so once the current deal expires will CBS just have Big 10 and Mountain West games? TNT's tourney games have basically been CBS games from a production standpoint with graphics and broadcasters, but I wonder what happens to all of the Turner guys once the NBA deal is over.

 

[bendm]

no more Big East games on CBS is disappointing, so once the current deal expires will CBS just have Big 10 and Mountain West games? TNT's tourney games have basically been CBS games from a production standpoint with graphics and broadcasters, but I wonder what happens to all of the Turner guys once the NBA deal is over.

Chuck is retiring after next year, or so he says, and Ernie is going to stay with tnt and cover baseball etc. would be cool if he joins a BE basketball studio show but idk how much inventory tnt is getting w/ a tier 2 package.

NBC will have to put together its own studio show for the nba but i could care less about shaq and kenny smith w/o chuck.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Every Big East school should be giving UConn 25% of their revenue because it’s looking like UConn is going to single handedly double or triple the current Big East media agreement.

 

[McLovin]

no more Big East games on CBS is disappointing, so once the current deal expires will CBS just have Big 10 and Mountain West games? TNT's tourney games have basically been CBS games from a production standpoint with graphics and broadcasters, but I wonder what happens to all of the Turner guys once the NBA deal is over.

I think most of the CBS content was CBS sports which I personally think sucked (compared to FS1/2). We’ve had maybe 1 CBS main channel game per year (if that) since rejoining the Big East.

 

[NCHuskie919]

Already have YouTube TV, does this mean I'll have to buy Peacock for 2025?

 

[Sole]

i'd love if it paid us ~10mil/year, which is what we were getting from the AAC deal which included football. then the few remaining BE haters would have absolutely nothing left to wretch about.

$10 million would be more then the aac.. the schools that were there when they made the deal make around $7 million.. the new schools a lot less..10 million would be a nice bump for the big east

 

[ConnHuskBask]

maybe you were replying to someones post and i cant see it, but what does the CW have to do with the BE? we never had any games on the CW because it isnt related to cbs

I was replying to @CL82. I was just commenting that I don't think the CW is as bad as people maybe are thinking it is (wrt to his comment on the pac deal).

 

[CL82]

Looks like CBS is out per the SBJ piece. I actually don't hate the CW as far as visibility goes. At least most people get that with their cable/YouTube tv compared to Max or peacock.

Well the deal is with NBC in games may just end up being shown on Peacock. Somehow that seems more palatable. Being on max just sucks though.

 

[aceboon]

NBC put Purdue vs Arizona and Purdue vs Illinois on Peacock last season, also put Caitlin Clark on there a few times, with the TV numbers UConn put up on Fox it's a guarantee there are gonna be some UConn games stuck on Peacock to drive up subscribers

 

[bendm]

Already have YouTube TV, does this mean I'll have to buy Peacock for 2025?

Yes but it’s only $60 for the year

 

[bendm]

$10 million would be more then the aac.. the schools that were there when they made the deal make around $7 million.. the new schools a lot less..10 million would be a nice bump for the big east

I thought the deal that aresco signed when we were still in the aac was 1 billion dollars over 10 years for 10 teams which would be 10mill per year per team

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Well the deal is with NBC in games may just end up being shown on Peacock. Somehow that seems more palatable. Being on max just sucks though.

My preference would have been to have CBS and CBS SN as opposed to NBC and Peacock but until the linear vs streaming split is out it's tough to argue one way or another.

With YouTube TV I've been able to watch every UConn bb game, nearly every home FB game and a lot of road games. Only really have to get creative with the ESPN+ games for fb.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Yes but it’s only $60 for the year

Right now it’s $20 for the year. Hoping that continues next year.

 

[Minicoop69]

Right now it’s $20 for the year. Hoping that continues next year.

I canceled it and then reupped because of the amount. With commercials, but that's fine.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Peacock is pretty good. It gets Universal movies first, and some of the NBC shows are pretty good.

 

[Sole]

I thought the deal that aresco signed when we were still in the aac was 1 billion dollars over 10 years for 10 teams which would be 10mill per year per team

It was for 12 years and I think there were 11 schools

 

[Blades]

Well now that, that's done, with those networks, isn't it time for ESPN to poach the BE's most valuable property for it's P-4" Coastal " Conference,

 

[CashewCrew]

Well now that, that's done, with those networks, isn't it time for ESPN to poach the BE's most valuable property for it's P-4" Coastal " Conference,

That would be diabolical. Make FOX overpay for the BE and immediately take the whole reason they overpaid.

 

[Hamms30]

No, somewhere between hard working blue collar middle class and peasants.

Kinda like, we tell our friends that our parents own a summer house Vermont that we can all go to and hang out.. but we don't tell them that you need to fill a bucket at the river to be able to flush the toilet?

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Right now it’s $20 for the year. Hoping that continues next year.

Doubtful, feel like that is an Olympics special