Almost 20 days in and not a peep.

[2000bull]

ESPN is low balling the Beast for sure... the reason why you won't hear anything until after the negotations are complete is because all sports news is generated by ESPN, and the Big East does not want to leak to NBC that ESPN is low balling them.

The Big East will want to leave the negotiations with ESPN and tell NBC that ESPN offered some cooked up number in an attempt to trick NBC into out matching ESPN.

i'm sure mcmurphy would let it slip in one of his articles

[88Alum]

Sounds like it already is slipped...

[South_Florida_Flip]

Interesting that the negotiations with ESPN are 20 days in and not a word on how they are going

Why do you seem surprised?

I think we all knew that ESPN wants nothing to do with the league.

[BDYZR]

Negotiations are exclusive, not private. I'm sur NBC has an idea of what is going on. No, I don't think NBC knows everything, but I don't believe that espn will surprise them too much.

[BullFan98]

Interesting that the negotiations with ESPN are 20 days in and not a word on how they are going, meetings or even if they have met in person. Just a McMurphy vague reference as to value of a BE contract.

Likely because ESPN is in back door negotiations right now with the Big 12 to take 2 Big East teams before they can get to the open market.

Right on, and love the avatar.

[Economics_Nerd82]

If I recall correctly, last Thursday the BE commish was in the booth and they asked him about a new TV deal. He didn't say much, but I believe he said they hadn't even met yet and were just starting to talk.

[DELdaBull]

Exclusive 60 day window to espn must mean "We have 60 more days to try to completely annihilate you"

[gibbsak]

Interesting that the negotiations with ESPN are 20 days in and not a word on how they are going, meetings or even if they have met in person. Just a McMurphy vague reference as to value of a BE contract.

There has been word: Notre Dame-ACC deal.

[usfgrad84]

Why on earth would you make negotiations public? That goes for either side. Negotiating a contract like this and putting anything out in public would be the most idiotic thing I have ever heard of.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Still nada