inTransit Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 15 Content Count: 399 Reputation: 28 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/19/2012 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Why wouldnt ESPN match this? 20M is chump change, will deprive a competing network of inventory and they get UCONN hoops which has as won more national championships in the last 25 years than the entire C7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gismo Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 417 Content Count: 9,688 Reputation: 1,237 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/24/2009 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I think ESPN will offer more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabull80 Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 96 Content Count: 4,501 Reputation: 93 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/25/2001 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Anyone who looks at the conference, schedule, tv deal.... whatever ... and says "we're stuck" needs to get out of the way. That never stopped Boise State / TCU. That shouldn't stop us. I don't give a **** what conference you're in - if you are winning, and putting 60k bodies in the stadium, and making heads turn, the rewards will come. Anyone who lays down and gives up at this deal, or the new conference needs to shake that mentality. The major issues, IMO, are two: 1. Fund raising. Once we were invited to the adult's table, we made a bunch of ongoing spending commitments predicated on an adult's level of income. If we go back to a small baby allowance, we'll need to find huge infusions of cash to cover those commitments. With our alumni base, that's going to be very difficult. 2. OOC games. Like Boise found, it will be difficult for us to schedule any decent OOC opponents even if we agree to 2-1, 3-1, or 1-n-dones. There's no upside if they win, and huge downside if they lose. This is all the more relevant now than it was for Boise because SOS is now ,part of the playoff system. We're stuck playing the ODU's and Georgia States of the world. While we're being squeezed from access to funds, we're simultaneously being squeezed from access to competition. Essentially we're back in FCS but still spending like we're in BCS. There should be some concern about finances but don't forget the 70 million sitting in the BE coffers with more to come. There will be some kind of split with the Catholic 7 but there should be plenty left for Cinci,UConn and USF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullrush33 Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 3,807 Reputation: 793 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/20/2008 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Can anyone answer if this deal is for Tier one rights only or all three? The positve out of all of this is we would be able to see every game on TV. I for one am tired the ESPN 3 and the other assorted options like SUNY which I dont even have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Does this change anything?http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/comcast-buying-g-e-s-stake-in-nbcuniversal-for-16-7-billion If anything, it makes it worse. Comcast is dropping a ton of coin in GE's pocket. That's coin that Comcast no longer has to pay for content. Add this to Comcast's conservative, penny-pinching attitude, and it makes a bad situation worse. Not only are they low-balling us, they won't have much motivation to cross-network advertise our games to generate additional viewers. We're lost in limbo land. Oh, how the mighty have fallen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I sure hope we don't sign a 6 year deal for that amount. Give them a one year with option for another, but to lock us in at a low amount for over half a decade is crazy. Go Bulls! Agree. If it's only $20, let's make it a short-term deal. But then, we may just shoot ourselves in the feet. Think about it, who will be watching? NONE of the nBE schools even own their HOME market, much less any kind of national audience, other than Navy. School - Most popular football school in their OWN hometown Memphis - Volunteers USF and Central Florida - Gators and Noles SMU - Longhorns and Frogs Houston - Longhorns and Aggies Tulane - LSU East Carolina - UNC, NCSU, and Duke Cincinnati - Buckeyes on the north and UK Wildcats on the south Temple - Penn State Navy - Terrapins and Hokies and UCONN doesn't even HAVE a home market (at least not for football) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Can anyone answer if this deal is for Tier one rights only or all three? The positve out of all of this is we would be able to see every game on TV. I for one am tired the ESPN 3 and the other assorted options like SUNY which I dont even have. Unlikely that every game will be on TV. Some will be on Versus, most will be on the web. Probably very few will ever end up on the NBC over-the-air network. Maybe 4 games/ year or so? Edited February 13, 2013 by charsibb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted February 13, 2013 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 7,007 Reputation: 2,260 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I am truly shocked that the Big East is seriously contemplating this low ball, first offer. I thought they would at least negotiate, hold off, etc. I want to hear a statement from Doug, or Aresco. Even though they will not tell it like it is. I want to know what the hell happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I am truly shocked that the Big East is seriously contemplating this low ball, first offer. I thought they would at least negotiate, hold off, etc. I want to hear a statement from Doug, or Aresco. Even though they will not tell it like it is. I want to know what the hell happened. Um, perhaps because NO ONE ELSE is offering? Like I said in post #110 - nobody wants to watch us play, why should anyone want to broadcast us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hem Posted February 13, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 64 Content Count: 4,663 Reputation: 401 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/24/2012 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I am truly shocked that the Big East is seriously contemplating this low ball, first offer. I thought they would at least negotiate, hold off, etc. I want to hear a statement from Doug, or Aresco. Even though they will not tell it like it is. I want to know what the hell happened. Um, perhaps because NO ONE ELSE is offering? Like I said in post #110 - nobody wants to watch us play, why should anyone want to broadcast us? The other networks already have CFB, they don't need the Big East. Fox needed premium basketball so they offered the C7 a ton of money to split from the BE and left BE Football to rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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