Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[bulls phanatic]

What sucks for Houston is that keeping Herman will be tough. I would love for him to stay in the AAC.

[TallyBull]

 

[Flowers4Heisman]

Well, conference shuffling is far from over. As soon as a P5 conference doesn't make enough money, change will happen. And the will eat their own: you are on the clock B12!

As for the American, it's got to find a way to make more money. It's barely putting food on the table when compared to P5 money.

[Bear]

What is the best possible way for the AAC to cut a better deal? Does it have to be after the contract is up? 

[OcalaBull2]

3 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

 

Holy S*** this is my favorite band of all time. 

[Paisa el Toro]

10 hours ago, Bear said:

What is the best possible way for the AAC to cut a better deal? Does it have to be after the contract is up? 

You start putting feelers out before the contract expires. I'm not privy to details in the AAC's media contract, but I think ESPN would have a right of first refusal up to a certain dollar amount. If interest in the AAC seems high, then you renegotiate a contract extension with ESPN for much more money and better exposure to stay for set years before the expiry of this contract. I think getting on a digital platform like Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, or Hulu would be huge for the AAC. Interest from those digital entities is the X-Factor in all of this. 

[charsibb]

11 hours ago, Bear said:

What is the best possible way for the AAC to cut a better deal? Does it have to be after the contract is up? 

To have 12 full stadiums every game

To sell out every advertising spot on broadcast and stream

To sell tons and tons of branded merchandise

To have 3-4 ranked teams every week.

If the public demands more and better access to AAC football ESPN/FOX/CBS/ETC will supply it. Pure economics

 

[ToroDeFuego]

On 9/12/2016 at 2:30 PM, Who'sYourData? said:

You don't know whether they will make a decision or not, so how can something that hasn't even happened yet be ridiculous?

As to your second point, what?  ESPN and Fox give them more money than all other revenues combined.  The conference would be out of their minds not to factor in their single biggest source of revenue.  Ridiculous would be to freeze ESPN and Fox out of the decision.

Just wanted to say that I was of the opinion that this process was a joke back in September and got flack for it.

[Who'sYourData?]

1 hour ago, ToroDeFuego said:

Just wanted to say that I was of the opinion that this process was a joke back in September and got flack for it.

Would you like a cookie?

Since you don't know what's going on the behind the scenes, you don't really know, do you?  Nothing ridiculous about getting TV networks to give you money NOT to do something, which is exactly what it looks like is happening.  Pretty good negotiating on their part.

[Roaming Bull]

1 hour ago, ToroDeFuego said:

Just wanted to say that I was of the opinion that this process was a joke back in September and got flack for it.

 all posts of this nature must begin "It was I who predict...." please remember that next.