Could Uconn try this play with the ACC?

[husky210]

That's the real problem. In this hypothetical, UConn would get a cut from the ACC for all sports but football. I don't know what financial arrangements Notre Dame has with the ACC, but I'd imagine the payout would be the same. If you buy the idea that football is 80 % of the contract value (a comment that came up during the last renegotiation), that means less than $4 million for everything else. Let's round it to an even $4 million for all non-football sports.

The deal BYU has with ESPN reportedly averages $4 million per year. BYU has both a much longer (and more successful) football history and a more national following. I don't see how UConn could possibly match that. But assuming that UConn could, it means only $4 million for football.

So in total that means $8 million for all sports. Obviously its unknown what a new Big East deal would yield per school. But I think most would be shocked if it's less that $8 million. So basically a pretty optimistic view of an ACC move vs. a pretty pessimistic view of staying in the Big East are about the same money wise. It's hard to justify the financials of this hypothetical, which is part of the reason the "rumors" are hard to believe. It only really works if UConn can land its football team somewhere. And the only sensible option is the Big East. So it boils down to if the Big East is willing to keep UConn football for the sake of the overall league. I guess it depends on how bitter the Big East would be if UConn tried such a move.

I had thought the byu deal was worth upwards of 1mil per home game

 

[Jericho]

I had thought the byu deal was worth upwards of 1mil per home game

I saw that number mentioned as well, but I was taking the numbers from this article:

http://espn.go.com/college-football...ence-divided-14th-football-member-sources-say

which comes directly from ESPN, who actually signed the agreement. I figured that would be most accurate (although it does not cover any BYUtv revenues)