(07-11-2020 10:25 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-10-2020 07:50 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-28-2020 09:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-28-2020 09:04 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  The AAC is basically the same as CUSA circa 2005

with a WAY better TV contract, which leads to better money, better exposure, and the ability to grow our football program (as seen over the past 6 years)

The AAC received peanuts for the TV deal the past six years, so that wasn't why Memphis football improved over that time. As for exposure, that's far less valuable these days, because basically everyone has exposure these days, you can find anyone's game somewhere on cable or streaming.

and I neglected to mention the ~100 million left behind in exit fees/NCAA tourney credits from departing members...that was why the AAC took a low money/high exposure TV deal.

Didn't UConn/Cincinnati/USF receive a majority of those exit fees though? I believe they got a much higher percentage to account of the significant drop in TV revenues from the BE contract to the AAC contract. I seem to recall reading about the financials of both UConn and Cincinnati that referenced that (and, one of many reasons that UConn announced they were leaving in 2019 - when the exit fees and war chest funds officially ran out).

For the first several years of the AAC TV deal, UConn/UC/USF were receiving close to what they were getting in the BE (via exit fees) and the new members were all still being paid more than what they were getting in C-USA - so it was a financial win/win for everyone at the time.