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[TakeItOrLeavitt]

It certainty doesn't hurt us. 

[bullsfan1983]

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Will need to put these types of ratings together for multiple seasons for it not to be looked upon as an aberration. Contract negotiations start this Jan though so not sure how much these ratings wil help. 

The AAC is already putting up much better ratings numbers than the other "non power" conferences. There is a sizeable gap actually.

Black Friday match between Houston and Memphis on ABC last year had over 3 million viewers and was ahead of a PAC 12 matchup on FOX and an SEC matchup on CBS.

AAC Championship last season drew 50% more viewers than an undefeated team in the MAC championship, more than double the CUSA championship, and triple the MWC championship.

2015 AAC Championship drew 30% more viewers than the MAC, CUSA, and MWC championships combined, and the MAC championship was on a Friday with no competition.

There is plenty of ammunition for the AAC commish to go into the next round of negotiations and get a better deal for the conference.

[NewEnglandBull]

48 minutes ago, bullsfan1983 said:

The AAC is already putting up much better ratings numbers than the other "non power" conferences. There is a sizeable gap actually.

Black Friday match between Houston and Memphis on ABC last year had over 3 million viewers and was ahead of a PAC 12 matchup on FOX and an SEC matchup on CBS.

AAC Championship last season drew 50% more viewers than an undefeated team in the MAC championship, more than double the CUSA championship, and triple the MWC championship.

2015 AAC Championship drew 30% more viewers than the MAC, CUSA, and MWC championships combined, and the MAC championship was on a Friday with no competition.

There is plenty of ammunition for the AAC commish to go into the next round of negotiations and get a better deal for the conference.

Still, I don’t see a huge number from ESPN for a variety of reasons. I think they will go no higher than 4 mil per team and that will take some arm twisting. Going no out in the open market will be interesting but then you are taking more money for less exposure. NBC would give us the best chance but going to some of the social media sites would be a huge mistake. 

[USFBulls727]

3 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Will need to put these types of ratings together for multiple seasons for it not to be looked upon as an aberration. Contract negotiations start this Jan though so not sure how much these ratings wil help. 

I was just wondering if the Temple-Navy CCG from last year out-did the bottom four conferences combined. I doubt it, but not sure.

[bullsfan1983]

3 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

I was just wondering if the Temple-Navy CCG from last year out-did the bottom four conferences combined. I doubt it, but not sure.

Sun belt didn’t have a CCG, the other 3 drew 2.3 mil viewers combined. Temple-Navy drew just over 2 million. 1.3 million were for the MAC championship on the Friday before featuring an undefeated team. 

[Mama_Bull]

I would have posted this earlier, if I had heard it before.

AAC Commish Aresco had a 50 minute interview with Austin Cox. It was done right before the CCG was played.

It covers a lot of ground.

I think it is very informative:

 

[USFBulls727]

On 12/10/2017 at 11:44 PM, Mama_Bull said:

I would have posted this earlier, if I had heard it before.

AAC Commish Aresco had a 50 minute interview with Austin Cox. It was done right before the CCG was played.

It covers a lot of ground.

I think it is very informative:

 

He said that Boise State asked for a "special deal" upon entering our conference, and that the special deal was already in place in the Mountain West, which was frustrating other members of that conference. Any idea what the details of the special deal are?

[Mama_Bull]

1 hour ago, USFBulls727 said:

He said that Boise State asked for a "special deal" upon entering our conference, and that the special deal was already in place in the Mountain West, which was frustrating other members of that conference. Any idea what the details of the special deal are?

No.

They apparently have a special deal with NBC, according to some posts I've read, but I don't know the details. You probably could find out more by doing a google search. Perhaps, someone here knows the specifics. 

[USFBulls727]

7 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

No.

They apparently have a special deal with NBC, according to some posts I've read, but I don't know the details. You probably could find out more by doing a google search. Perhaps, someone here knows the specifics. 

Whatever it was, Aresco said no to them for that reason. It was also mentioned that the AAC has had around 40 games in the last three years that hit 1 Million viewers. Not bad.

[Mama_Bull]

2 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

Whatever it was, Aresco said no to them for that reason. It was also mentioned that the AAC has had around 40 games in the last three years that hit 1 Million viewers. Not bad.

Those are some of the things he mentioned which I said were informative. I hope that others here also listened to the interview, because he had a lot to say.