New Thread ... what the heck is ESPN doing?

[ZooCougar]

Pudge is actually on to something here. If we had politicians with some stones, this would have already been done.

 

[zls44]

Amen.

The sugarplum dreams people are having about our next television contract have to be tempered by the fact that no network is going to want to show a Memphis/Temple/UCF/SDSU game to anyone anywhere at any time. That's dreck.

Are people still following that weird MV guy on Twitter?

Remember, if ESPN offers less than $12 million per team, its because of collusion, not because NOBODY HAS OR WILL EVER GIVE A SHIT TO WATCH MEMPHIS-TEMPLE.

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[ZooCougar]

What you mean putting Memphis, Temple and Georgia State in the Big East won't magically transform them into big time programs? Say it ain't so.

 

[Pudge]

The ACC recently signed a 15-year, $3.6 billion contract extension with ESPN. The Big 12 inked a $1.2 billion contract with Fox for the conference’s second-tier rights last year. ESPN and Fox partnered for a historic joint deal with the Pac-12 last year worth $3 billion over 15 years.

There's a big difference between those above, fron the POSITIVE ESPN article last month, and today's $60-130m per annum.

For you ... of little faith ... I have no response. But, this will all be put to bed soon ... and you know that because? ESPN is getting more interesting by the day.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If Rutgers and Louisville go to the Big12 it absolutely causes the the basketball onlies to split from the Big East. In that scenario, I see the Mountain West reforming with Boise State and San Diego State leaving as football onlies and we would be looking at: UConn, Cincy, USF, UCF, Houston, Temple, Memphis, SMU in an all sports conference. I don't see how UConn ever recovers from that.

If the Big12 expands by 4 teams, Louisville and Rutgers are a given. It would be between UConn, USF and Cincy I would have to imagine.

Think about it. Unless the BE TV deal comes in pretty heavy, Boise and SDSU will split anyway. The BCS is over, so there is no auto bid. Add those to to the MWC teams and it could be a better football conference than the NBE. The NBE has been on life support all along.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

This is far from over.

There might add a 7th bowl, which could mean good news for the BE if its champ is tied to it.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Officials-may-add-7th-bowl-to-playoff-3879070.php

Also, Orange Bowl wants to have the option to select the best possible opponent for the ACC vs. being tied down to the selected conferences and ND. This could also mean good news for the BE champ if it has no tie-in and it is ranked high enough. I really don't want BE champ to play the ACC in any top tier bowl, but it is a possibility as of today.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=1633

 

[uconnfan68]

Pudge is actually on to something here. If we had politicians with some stones, this would have already been done.

Yeah, the only stones are the rocks in their heads.