Is the AAC even P6?

[billybud]

Since 2012..the mantra for some has been..."the ACC is doomed"..."ESPN is doomed".

Seems like the ACC is doing great....and ESPN is obtaining cable carriage as well as wrapping up over the top digital...with folks like Hulu, Vue, roku, playstation, sling TV, etc under contract.

I surely don't know how long it will take to amortize an investment into a network...but I'll bet some that ESPN had some bright guys working it out.

It won't be as quick as the SEC...but it will be there. And the SEC is throwing off $$$$.

"Based on subscriber number and fee estimates, the SEC Network is generating approximately $545 million off subscriber fees alone -- more than NBC Sports, MLB Network and NBA TV. That doesn't take into account the revenue generated through SEC Network's placement on over-the-top platforms Sling TV, DirecTV Now and the recently launched Hulu Live TV."

 

[dayooper]

No, I think the negotiation for UConn is possible with or without precedent for a football-only membership, but it is more probable with that Navy precedent.

Tell me why would the AAC allow UConn to leave its football, arguably its weakest sport, in the AAC and take its most valuable out. UConn football in NYC would be nonexistent unless they were winning. Can they? Absolutely they can turn it around. Will they? I don’t know and would the AAC be willing to take that chance. Navy football is a national product and their other sports really can’t compete in a the AAC, it made sense. UConn football, without basketball, doesn’t.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Just drop football and be done with it.

 

[Zissou]

Tell me why would the AAC allow UConn to leave its football, arguably its weakest sport, in the AAC and take its most valuable out. UConn football in NYC would be nonexistent unless they were winning. Can they? Absolutely they can turn it around. Will they?

If UConn decides to join the Big East, then the AAC’s question is “do I want to lose UConn football, and all the claims we have made for it in the NE and NYC market, right before contract negotiations which will be 90% based on football?”

I don’t think “what if UConn sucks forever really plays into it”. The value is baselined with the institution. The Big 10 apparently doesn’t care if Rutgers sucks. But, to address your concern of it being a scenario, the AAC could keep UConn for now (and the negotiations) and could cut them someday if they continue to suck forever (see Temple’s Big East history). UConn likely cycles back before that happens, and with Big East resources supporting the other sports UConn has more of the AAC cash to keep on football.

Just drop football and be done with it.

That’s like throwing away a car with a bad wheel bearing. You have too much into it already to do that.

 

[gampelcrazies]

If UConn decides to join the Big East, then the AAC’s question is “do I want to lose UConn football, and all the claims we have made for it in the NE and NYC market, right before contract negotiations which will be 90% based on football?”

I don’t think “what if UConn sucks forever really plays into it”. The value is baselined with the institution. The Big 10 apparently doesn’t care if Rutgers sucks. But, to address your concern of it being a scenario, the AAC could keep UConn for now (and the negotiations) and could cut them someday if they continue to suck forever (see Temple’s Big East history). UConn likely cycles back before that happens, and with Big East resources supporting the other sports UConn has more of the AAC cash to keep on football.



That’s like throwing away a car with a bad wheel bearing. You have too much into it already to do that.

No it's like having a car with a blown engine. Much easier to just get rid of it then spend money to rebuild it.

 

[dayooper]

If UConn decides to join the Big East, then the AAC’s question is “do I want to lose UConn football, and all the claims we have made for it in the NE and NYC market, right before contract negotiations which will be 90% based on football?”

I don’t think “what if UConn sucks forever really plays into it”. The value is baselined with the institution. The Big 10 apparently doesn’t care if Rutgers sucks. But, to address your concern of it being a scenario, the AAC could keep UConn for now (and the negotiations) and could cut them someday if they continue to suck forever (see Temple’s Big East history). UConn likely cycles back before that happens, and with Big East resources supporting the other sports UConn has more of the AAC cash to keep on football.

Your baseline value isn’t right. Rutgers brings the NYC market for the BTN, not the main media contract. The main media contract is mostly based off of the quality of the teams in the conference. Since the AAC doesn’t have a conference network, it really makes having their football team in the NYC market a moot point. Now UConn’s basketball team is another story, thus my reasoning on the AAC not wanting UConn basketball to leave.

Look, we can argue about this all day and in the end, you will still be pushing your agenda here.