Big East TV Deal

[JTrue]

What's the total take going to be for USF after they settle exit fees? Maybe a nice bulk check from selling the name to the Catholic 7?

[bullcocky101]

When are we going to file the conspiracy suit against Pitt and the others who left after turning the deal down?

[JTrue]

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"...

I like this idea. And wasn't there talk of naming rights for the Sun Dome?

[charsibb]

It's not a done deal yet. "Expected" is not the same as "Signed"

 

"The league's presidents could vote as early as Monday, when they are expected to approve the deal, sources said."

[Skingraft]

Ugh

[slick1ru2]

It's not a done deal yet. "Expected" is not the same as "Signed"

 

"The league's presidents could vote as early as Monday, when they are expected to approve the deal, sources said."

I expect the sun to come up tomorrow.

[Triple B]

 

Where does everyone get te idea that every Big East game will be regulated online to ESPN3? Nothing being reported suggests that.

Not every game, but most or on the low end, half.

The quote from the Big East source,

“ESPN over matched the offer. The deal they offered in terms of exposure is better than the deal we have now in football. It was more than fair.â€

 

 

Screw football .... There's only 5 or 6 games a year that I wouldn't definitely see that would be a worry about where it was being televised. Bigger thing is hoops coverage, which is where  ESPN > NBC probably because of ESPN3.

[Joe]

Yeah that statement sounds more like basketball won't see the same glamorous coverage we have now, for the obvious reasons

[Quo Vadis]

 

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?

Yes and No. Surely, that $1.17 billion deal would have included clauses allowing ESPN to reduce its payment if teams left, just as it would have included clauses for increased payments if new teams were added. But, there is only a limited amount of leeway involved. These modification clauses would not have allowed radical changes, so the reduction in payments that ESPN could have gotten with all those teams bailing out would still mean they would be paying us FAR more than they will under the terms of the contract ratified today.

[slick1ru2]

 

 

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?

Yes and No. Surely, that $1.17 billion deal would have included clauses allowing ESPN to reduce its payment if teams left, just as it would have included clauses for increased payments if new teams were added. But, there is only a limited amount of leeway involved. These modification clauses would not have allowed radical changes, so the reduction in payments that ESPN could have gotten with all those teams bailing out would still mean they would be paying us FAR more than they will under the terms of the contract ratified today.

At a certain point the contract would become void.