(02-15-2013 09:47 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:39 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:07 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  What ever happened to signing a 1 year basketball deal with ESPN and CBS that would be similar to the current deal?

My guess is that the only way to get a contract with a basic-cable outlet was to bundle the last year of Big East Louisville-UConn-Georgetown basketball with the Aresco League deal.

(I think NBC-SN would still have signed the Aresco League, but for even less money.)

Less money? Less than 20 million a year? At anything less than that I'd prefer to sign no TV deal and let every school just have their own rights and do the best they can with them.

I think some of you guys might be just as good with an arrangement like that--each school gets the TV rights to their road games to sell in their market (negotiate how overlaps would work if SMU signs with Fox Sports Southwest and Houston with CSN Houston) and pool the money. Or don't pool the money.

(02-15-2013 09:47 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:39 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:07 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  What ever happened to signing a 1 year basketball deal with ESPN and CBS that would be similar to the current deal?

My guess is that the only way to get a contract with a basic-cable outlet was to bundle the last year of Big East Louisville-UConn-Georgetown basketball with the Aresco League deal.

(I think NBC-SN would still have signed the Aresco League, but for even less money.)

Less money? Less than 20 million a year? At anything less than that I'd prefer to sign no TV deal and let every school just have their own rights and do the best they can with them.

I'd prefer that as it is. I wish we would just do a one year basketball deal and pass on the current round of negotiations. There's nothing out there worth signing for multiple years. Give the rights back to the teams for 2014 and let them sell one year on the open market. Take another look at doing a deal next year. The only other way I'd sign the NBC deal for this money is if it has an opt out clause every 2 years. We can walk if we get a better offer. I'm fine if they have a non-binding right to match, but if this is all they want to pay, no reason to tie us to anything of any real duration. The perception of zero stability is killing the value. Let a couple of years pass with no more disaster news stories and the value will likely improve. The current contract has zero up side and it is not in our best interests to even sign it--much less sign on for 6 long worthless years.

(02-15-2013 10:03 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:47 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:39 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 09:07 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  What ever happened to signing a 1 year basketball deal with ESPN and CBS that would be similar to the current deal?

My guess is that the only way to get a contract with a basic-cable outlet was to bundle the last year of Big East Louisville-UConn-Georgetown basketball with the Aresco League deal.

(I think NBC-SN would still have signed the Aresco League, but for even less money.)

Less money? Less than 20 million a year? At anything less than that I'd prefer to sign no TV deal and let every school just have their own rights and do the best they can with them.

I think some of you guys might be just as good with an arrangement like that--each school gets the TV rights to their road games to sell in their market (negotiate how overlaps would work if SMU signs with Fox Sports Southwest and Houston with CSN Houston) and pool the money. Or don't pool the money.

Don't pool the money. The schools get all the rights. The rights the schools don't sell could be pooled and sold (that income could be shared). I'm sure CBS-Sports and NBC-Sports would both be interested in the rights garage sale. That's thier favorite price point.