Conference TV deals

[B1GEast]

ESPN put together some good info on tv deals

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/32789/college-tv-rights-deals-undergo-makeovers#more

BIG12
First-tier rights: $480 million, ESPN , eight years through 2015-16
Second-tier rights: $1.17 billion, FOX, 13 years through 2024-25
Per-year average: $150 million
Per-school, per-year average: $15 million

PAC-12
First- and second-tier rights: $3 billion, ESPN/FOX , 12 years through 2023-24
Per-year average: $250 million
Per-school, per-year average: $20.8 million

SEC
First-tier rights: $825 million, CBS, 15 years through 2023-24
Second-tier rights: $2.25 billion, ESPN, 15 years through 2023-24
Per-year average: $205 million
Per-school, per-year average: $14.6 million

BIG TEN
First-tier rights: $1 billion, ESPN, 10 years through 2016-17
Second-tier rights: $2.8 billion, Big Ten Network, 25 years through 2031-32
Select basketball rights (minimum of 24 games, men’s tournament semifinal and championship games): $72 million, CBS, six years through 2016-17
Football Championship Game: $145 million, FOX, six years through 2016
Per-year average: $248.2 million
Per-school, per-year average: $20.7 million

ACC
First-, second- and third-tier rights: $3.6 billion, ESPN, 15 years through 2026-27
Per-year average: $240 million
Per-school, per-year average: $17.1 million

BIG EAST
First-tier rights: $200 million, ESPN , six years for basketball through 2012-13; seven years for football through 2012-13
Second-tier rights: Basketball, $54 million, CBS, six years through 2012-13

Some important notes:

• No per-year average or per-school, per-year average has been calculated for the Big East, because it does not make public its revenue-sharing method between basketball-only members, football-only members and full members.

• A number of these contracts have escalator clauses, including the Pac-12 contract. In the early years of that contract, it will be $180 million per year (or $15 million per school) and in the later years it escalates, according to statements made by Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott via conference call following the contract’s announcement.

• Deals for third-tier rights vary by conference. Some third-tier rights are bundled by conferences and sold to regional networks while others are retained by schools and sold individually to local or regional networks. For example, Pac-12 schools have pledged their third-tier rights to the upcoming Pac-12 Network, while the University of Texas has granted third-tier rights to The Longhorn Network, a partnership between ESPN, IMG and the University.

 

[UConnDan97]

You know, it just dawned on me after looking at this list of numbers; most of these schools are killing each other over an extra 5 to 10 million per year. Meanwhile, schools like Harvard and Yale have endowments that are 24 and 19 BILLION dollars respectively, if I'm not mistaken. It just puts everything into perspective when considering the football haves and have-nots, that there is yet another form of haves and have-nots that the Alabamas of the world are nowhere near....just a thought...

 

[HuskyFan16]

You know, it just dawned on me after looking at this list of numbers; most of these schools are killing each other over an extra 5 to 10 million per year. Meanwhile, schools like Harvard and Yale have endowments that are 24 and 19 BILLION dollars respectively, if I'm not mistaken. It just puts everything into perspective when considering the football haves and have-nots, that there is yet another form of haves and have-nots that the Alabamas of the world are nowhere near....just a thought...

Why play football, when you can own football teams.

 

[UConnDan97]

Why play football, when you can own football teams.

It's scary to think that Yale could run the entire state of Connecticut for a full year by themselves!