New AAC ESPN Contract Value Poll

[dante]

If it's under 10 mill I'm hoping UConn gets to keep 3rd rights like some Big 12 schools and maybe negotiate with SNY for a package of men & women bball,football,hockey,baseball and women's field hockey LOL which has won 3 of the last national championships plus the men's & womens soccer.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Just gonna leave this quote from Aresco here:

“We need to get paid for what we’ve done,” Aresco said. “It’s going to be an interesting negotiation. A lot of different platforms are interested in our product. We love ESPN, so we hope we can get something done.”

 

[whaler11]

Just gonna leave this quote from Aresco here:

“We need to get paid for what we’ve done,” Aresco said. “It’s going to be an interesting negotiation. A lot of different platforms are interested in our product. We love ESPN, so we hope we can get something done.”

lol so that means amazon? certainly everything someone says in the media during a negotiation is true.

im sure places like stadium, dazn and other stuff is interested. i like how you think that quote is some kind of mic drop.

like the guy from memphis saying they are happy. whats he going to do come on the air and say his league made a bad deal

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[TRest]

So a guess.

 

[Hurleyman216]

lol so that means amazon? certainly everything someone says in the media during a negotiation is true

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Nowhere did I say he was negotiating with Amazon, but he has most certainly been putting feelers out there. Aresco is no dummy. You don’t think he can convince ESPN that the American is worth 1/4 of what the SEC is or 1/2 of what the ACC is? ESPN knows they severely underpaid this conference and now they’re going to have to pay significantly more. The ACC schools are making 25-30 per year and are complaining because ESPN is under paying them. The market is going up and the AAC is rising. I will guarantee you if Aresco negotiated a deal within the negotiation window that it is at least $10 M/year per school.

 

[whaler11]

Nowhere did I say he was negotiating with Amazon, but he has most certainly been putting feelers out there. Aresco is no dummy. You don’t think he can convince ESPN that the American is worth 1/4 of what the SEC is or 1/2 of what the ACC is? ESPN knows they severely underpaid this conference and now they’re going to have to pay significantly more. The ACC schools are making 25-30 per year and are comparing because ESPN is under paying them. The market is going up and the AAC is rising. I will guarantee you if Aresco negotiated a deal within the negotiation window that it is at least $10 M/year per school.

thats not how any of this works. the american is worth whatever someone will pay for it. what they pay the sec has nothing to do with what they the aac.

i know aresco keeps saying things like we are x good so we get y money - but he knows that isnt how it works

you get what someone is willing to pay and the only mechanism for that number to rise is additional bidders

its not ucf beat auburn give us money - it’s nbc offered us 70 million - what’s your offer?

im sure aresco had conversations with ‘platforms’ - but they aren’t your fantasy players like amazon - they are small time players nowhere near critical mass like flosports.

im sure they talked to stadium and how they stream direct and through facebook watch

they are going to get some money for moving stuff to espn+ - thats been obvious now for years

 

[Hurleyman216]

thats not how any of this works. the american is worth whatever someone will pay for it. what they pay the sec has nothing to do with what they the aac.

i know aresco keeps saying things like we are x good so we get y money - but he knows that isnt how it works

you get what someone is willing to pay and the only mechanism for that number to rise is additional bidders

its not ucf beat auburn give us money - it’s nbc offered us 70 million - what’s your offer?

im sure aresco had conversations with ‘platforms’ - but they aren’t your fantasy players like amazon - they are small time players nowhere near critical mass like flosports.

im sure they talked to stadium and how they stream direct and through facebook watch

they are going to get some money for moving stuff to espn+ - thats been obvious now for years

I understand how negotiating works, but thanks for the explanation. I’m glad you’re on the opposite side of this argument and think Aresco is a fool because you’re usually wrong.

 

[HawkHusky]

Should be more options between $4 and $10 as I believe that is the floor and the ceiling.

I'll go with $7.5 million.

 

[whaler11]

I understand how negotiating works, but thanks for the explanation. I’m glad you’re on the opposite side of this argument and think Aresco is a fool because you’re usually wrong.

lol sure i am. why dont you go take a stroll through the conf realignment board and the tv discussions there and let me know who is usually wrong and who is usually right

i explained it to you because you dont seem to have a single clue as to what you are talking about. mike aresco is going to bluff espn to huge contract. good one

 

[billybud]

Link?

Predictions: The deals of 2019


Even though AAC schools will not sign a grant of rights, the conference works out a renewal with ESPN. Expect rights fee to settle in the $8 million per school range — up from its current $2 million per school, but below the $10 million per school that the AAC wants. All eyes will be on Central Florida and Cincinnati, which will be open to bolting for a bigger conference. But neither school will leave the AAC because the Big 12 is not going to expand — at least not this year.

 

[CL82]

Predictions: The deals of 2019


Even though AAC schools will not sign a grant of rights, the conference works out a renewal with ESPN. Expect rights fee to settle in the $8 million per school range — up from its current $2 million per school, but below the $10 million per school that the AAC wants. All eyes will be on Central Florida and Cincinnati, which will be open to bolting for a bigger conference. But neither school will leave the AAC because the Big 12 is not going to expand — at least not this year.

I thought this was interesting as well:
The ACC Network launch will be considered a modified success.

The ACC Network’s launch will look more like that of the Big Ten Network — which endured a couple of years of brutal carriage fights — than the launch of the SEC Network — which nearly had full distribution from the start. ESPN already has a negotiating blueprint thanks to its Altice deal. Plus, you won’t find a better distribution executive than Justin Connolly, who was behind the SEC Network’s launch. It won’t be an unqualified success, but it will be good enough to keep schools happy.

If true this is potentially good news for UConn since Fairfield County in Connecticut falls within the the NYC DMA and would be useful in getting the network first tier pricing. This was the engine that made Rutgers attractive to the B1G.

 

[whaler11]

Predictions: The deals of 2019


Even though AAC schools will not sign a grant of rights, the conference works out a renewal with ESPN. Expect rights fee to settle in the $8 million per school range — up from its current $2 million per school, but below the $10 million per school that the AAC wants. All eyes will be on Central Florida and Cincinnati, which will be open to bolting for a bigger conference. But neither school will leave the AAC because the Big 12 is not going to expand — at least not this year.

that this article has been posted a hundred times is funny.

sure it says $8mm a team.

it also completely dismisses uconn as a program that could leave the aac.

 

[uconnfan68]

How so?

Millennials are the biggest cord cutting group. And since we’re not a P5 team, I’ll never pay to watch one. I don’t think I’m alone in that.

 

[Stinger92860]

Rule number 1 and we are doomed, so I voted for about what we are getting now.

 

[billybud]

that this article has been posted a hundred times is funny.

sure it says $8mm a team.

it also completely dismisses uconn as a program that could leave the aac.

I think that you putting more than a few syllables in their mouth....the fact that they mentioned that eyes would be on UCF and Cincinnati for bolting...isn't exactly "completely dismissing" UConn (nor Houston, Memphis, et al).

It also says that is not happening this year because the Big 12 isn't expanding.

 

[whaler11]

I think that you putting more than a few syllables in their mouth....the fact that they mentioned that eyes would be on UCF and Cincinnati for bolting...isn't exactly "completely dismissing" UConn (nor Houston, Memphis, et al).

It also says that is not happening this year because the Big 12 isn't expanding.

no kidding the big 12 isnt expanding. no one else is either.

just after reading the fever dreams of cr here for years i didnt expect an article that puts uconn behind cinci and central florida to be a positive because the tv contract is predicted to be a whole 8 mill each

 

[billybud]

A multiplication of current revenue is a positive....

And yes, it isn't SEC or B1G money....but short of being picked up by a P5 conference, $8-10 million may be what the market (well, ESPN) will bear.

If only Amazon and others were more tooled up at the stage that ESPN made their offer....but lack of competition, as Whaler has posted, limits the incentive for ESPN in what is essentially a sole source bid.

An opening bid with no other paddles in the air becomes the final knockdown price.

 

[StunningSteve]

Whaler doesn’t know chit. Lol.

Nothing he’s said has come true.

 

[StunningSteve]

 

[Storrs South]

Why is he the only one talking about the deal? Where is Aresco? Other member presidents/ADs? Herbst/Benedict?

 

[Hi-Low]

Why is he the only one talking about the deal? Where is Aresco? Other member presidents/ADs? Herbst/Benedict?

Has it been ratified by members yet? Maybe he is doing some lobbying

 

[Huskyforlife]

We have no official timetable for the announcement?

 

[CL82]

We have no official timetable for the announcement?

I think we should hear in 20 minutes.

 

[HawkHusky]

Why is he the only one talking about the deal? Where is Aresco? Other member presidents/ADs? Herbst/Benedict?

He is one of 3 AAC Presidents on the TV deal committee. Not sure who the other 2 are, but he seems to be the leader.

 

[StunningSteve]

Why is he the only one talking about the deal? Where is Aresco? Other member presidents/ADs? Herbst/Benedict?

Renu Khator is also on the committee.

Live look at the fine folks commenting in this thread. lol.
Whaler should make that bald dude in the middle his profile pic. rofl