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1 minute ago, NewEnglandBull said:

12 friggin years...we will lose just on inflation alone...

Exactly. A **** deal. Fire Aresco.

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They know full well this conference will change within the next 12 years.  They basically alluded to it with the power 5 clause.  We just need to worry about the next few years and winning a conference championship in a sport that actually matters.  I don't know what you guys thought was going to happen... I truly believed there are some who thought they'd something comparable to a power 5 school.  lol 

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16 minutes ago, Calibull said:

They know full well this conference will change within the next 12 years.  They basically alluded to it with the power 5 clause.  We just need to worry about the next few years and winning a conference championship in a sport that actually matters.  I don't know what you guys thought was going to happen... I truly believed there are some who thought they'd something comparable to a power 5 school.  lol 

I don’t think anyone thought we would be near P5 $ but without question putting the contract at 12 years is just plain dumb...

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1 minute ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I don’t think anyone thought we would be near P5 $ but without question putting the contract at 12 years is just plain dumb...

Ya, I don't think anyone thought we'd get P5 money and nobody would have thought we'd get locked into a streaming service for 12 years. As you said, inflation will just destroy this contract.

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Should have negotiated 10M per for 6 or 7 years. Who are the dumb people negotiating for this conference?

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Some of you act like you've never negotiated a deal in your life.  You can ask for more money or less years, but if none of your options are going to bite, you're stuck with the best deal you can get.

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16 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Some of you act like you've never negotiated a deal in your life.  You can ask for more money or less years, but if none of your options are going to bite, you're stuck with the best deal you can get.

No way 12 friggin years was the best deal...

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51 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Some of you act like you've never negotiated a deal in your life.  You can ask for more money or less years, but if none of your options are going to bite, you're stuck with the best deal you can get.

I think the old saying "beggars can't be choosy" comes into play here ..... Can you imagine how bad the deal would have been if the American wasn't the home of a national champion?

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Let's not rush to be angry...

Pros

-More money:  From 1.9 to 6.9 million per school per year.  That's a chunk of new revenue.  Maybe it means the last deal was just *that* bad, but you can't deny a 5 million dollar raise is a 5 million dollar raise.

-No Grant of Rights required- aka schools can ditch the conference at any point during the length of contract.  Realignment threads are safe for the next 12 years...

-Still in ESPN family which, let's face it, is a requirement if you want national exposure; which you need if you want national rankings; which you need if you want more interest in the program;  which you need if you want more butts in seats

Cons

-(Obviously) Not as much as other P5 conferences.  

-Indication that ESPN+ could be the landing spot for many conference games; thus negating some of the aforementioned national exposure 'pro'

-Long contract means long time before being able to renegotiate money.  (For perspective though, the Pac-12 signed a 12 year deal when they last negotiated...so the length isn't necessarily something we got fleeced on.  Of course when you get 20 million per school per year like they did, it's easier to sign that long)

 

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3 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

No way 12 friggin years was the best deal...

You don't know that and if there was a shorter deal to be had, it may have come with much less money annually.

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