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RE: OT - Big Ten, Comcast get BTN deal done
E-zone Wrote:CatsClaw Wrote:E-zone Wrote:bitcruncher Wrote:All this still doesn't rule out a possible BEast association with Penn State. Who knows what the future holds.
I don't expect them to come back. But it doesn't stop me from wishing.
Sound like wishful thinking... The Big East contract in for $200 million (over 7 years I think, but will say 6 year to be on the safe side). Just for the Big Ten Network the Big 10 schools were projecting to make $10 million per year, that's $110 million per year, in like terms ESPN pays the Big East around $15 million per year for the football side of the contract.
Good heck Penn St made around $6 million last year just from the Big 10 Network part of the contract and then you play another $7 million or $8 million on top of that for the Big 10's ABC/ESPN contract.
I don't think Penn St is having a hard time debate about making around $2 million a year in the Big East or making $13 million to $18 million a year in the Big 10 from TV monies. That does not include extra BC$ Bowls or their Bowl tie-in and playing much larger stadium than can be found in the Big East.
Attendance;
#1 Michigan- 110,264
#2 Penn St- 108,917
#3 Ohio St- 105,110
#15 Wisconsin- 81,747
#21 Iowa- 70,585
#22 Michigan St- 70,540
#30 West Virginia- 60,400
#33 Purdue- 59,326
#37 Illinois- 54,872
#38 South Florida- 53,170
#41 Minnesota- 51,791
#51 Rutgers- 43,663
#59 Louisville- 39,881
#61 Connecticut- 38,205
#63 Indiana- 37,004
#66 Syracuse- 35,009
#70 Pittsburgh- 33,315
#75 Cincinnati- 30,246
#85 Northwestern- 24,589
While I don't think Penn State would jump to the Big East I'd love to know where you're getting the figures that Penn State, or any other Big East school, is going to make 2 million dollars a year. Heck, the Big East teams are going to make 2 million dollars per year just on the football television package. Example, UC is probably going to make around 6 to 8 million (maybe more), I would assume, counting bowl game , tournament revenue, and television packages, attendance, merchandise, etc. It may not be in the same territory as Penn State and the Big Ten, but it's definitely power money, and legit BCS money.
Sorry maybe I should have said $3 million if it makes you feel any better. Please fill free to provide me with any links that can better inform me on what the Big East football schools make in TV revenue. I just seemed to recall in April or March reading a write up that had West Virginia making in the $2 million range for TV revenue. But no matter how you slice it, the Big 10 Network pay around $6 million to each Big 10 school and that is projected to go up to around $10 million for the 2008-09 year. Then I have heard the Big 10 schools receive another $7 million to $9 million a year from the ABC/ESPN deal. There is NO WAY that the Big East could even come close to match the money that Penn St makes in TV revenue now in the Big 10. TV revenue is only one area were the Big East won't be able to match what the Big 10 can bring Penn St. Bowl Revenue, Marketing Name, and ect... Heck, I even looked up NCAA basketball credits the Big East has more with 87 (Big 10- 71), but the Big East also has more schools. 87 / 16 = 5.44 vs 71 / 11 = 6.45... So even though the Big East maybe thought the better basketball conference of the 2, it looks like Penn St might make more money (depends on how pay outs are done) from basketball credit being in the Big 10 vs the Big East.
No one here really thinks that Penn St wlll be coming to the BE. Its a pipe dream that some my fellow BE bretheren keep dreaming of. Its similar to the way that some of the MWC fans keep dreaming of replacing the BE in the bcs, which is about as likely as Penn St coming to the BE.
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