(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.

The bulk of that money went to UConn, USF, and Cincy, the conference as a whole didn't get much from it.

In 2012 the AAC "took" the TV deal it got because that was the best it could get. Obviously, the AAC would have liked to have gotten a lot more money, but nobody was offering it.

And 8 years later, what was on offer was ... $7m a year for 12 years.