Big East TV Deal

[usfgrad84]

I know its NBCSN. Just easier to refer to it as NBC.

From what I understand it will be a complete rebranding of the sports network. They are supposed to be stepping up to compete with ESPN. If it is just a re-titled Versus I agree ESPN is the better place to be, but it is supposed to be taken to a complete different level.

All depends on their strategy and vision for the network. If their vision comes to fruition then NBC is the better place to be.

[Brad]

Who has FIU,AU beaten of any fame?

[Reliable Source]

I say that the BE manage their own media contract. Shop the games to the highest bidder every week. I mean how could you do much worse than 1.8 million a year.? It also leaves you the flexibility to negotiate a better contract down the road. If the BE outperforms the ACC like it has traditionally, numbers could skyrocket. It would also leave us an escape hatch if anybody else makes a better offer. Who really needs a media deal? The OL sites will always pick up the stragglers and premium games will become really valuable if you can shop them to multiple bidders. Content is only going to become more valuable, if history is a guide. The BE was dead supposedly when BC, UM and VT bolted. Well that didn't happen. It's completely the wrong time to negotiate a TV contract. With so much upheaval we are really getting the short end of the stick. If ESPN or Fox can successfully sell off our less desirable product to 3rd parties, why can't media wizard, Mike Aresco do the same thing internally?

[usfvictor]

Big East Conference @BigEastConf 58m "... ESPN and the BIG EAST will continue, for years to come, their long-term relationship, which began in 1979."

Greg Auman retweeted Big East Conference @BigEastConf 58m ESPN has matched the third-party offer that the BIG EAST Conference received, and subject to BIG EAST board approval

[Quo Vadis]

It's official: ESPN and BIG EAST agree on TV deal:

 

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8977673/big-east-conference-espn-agree-tv-rights-deal

[GaUSFBull]

It's official: ESPN and BIG EAST agree on TV deal:

 

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8977673/big-east-conference-espn-agree-tv-rights-deal

[Triple B]

In 2011, ESPN offered a new nine-year deal to the Big East worth $1.17 billion or an average of $130 million annually. However, the Big East's presidents voted to turn down the deal that would have earned football members nearly $14 million a year

 

Isn't this pretty much a moot point considering the 16 teams leaving the conference since it was offered? The contract would have been torn up, wouldn't it?

[The Sheriff]

The stupid shall be punished. If that deal was signed, maybe the Big East would actually be a player with the other five conferences. Either way, talk about an outhouse deal from ESPN. Brett McMurphy was correct months ago (even worse, the deal was even less than the $500 million offer he said we would be lucky to get). Fail!

[slick1ru2]

The same price? And they took ESPN when they would be featured on NBC? I wonder how many USF games will actually be on TV vs the internet compared to if they went with NBC. What about a counter offer from NBC?

[cmhatter]

got taken to the woodshed

 

if this conference has any brain they will sell the conference naming rights like english soccer's "barclays premier league"...