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CBS, ESPN sign media rights deals with CUSA.https://sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Breaking-News/2022/11/Conference-USA-media-deal-CBS-Sports-ESPN.aspx…
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Amanda Christovich@achristovichh
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2mPer SBJ, Conference USA schools can expect $750K each per year w this new deal -- putting them behind MAC + Sun Belt in the Group of 5.It's not a blockbuster deal money-wise, but it does appear to solidify the conference's existence, at least.
CUSA, which will add five new members for the 2023-24 academic year, will play most of its October league games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with a handful of games also planned for Thursday and Friday nights.
ESPN and CBS Sport Net will share the inventory of midweek football games for linear TV.
This was the only alternative if you didn't want more Stadium and ESPN+
We'll still have most of our games (except October) on ESPN+. Doesn't say how many ESPN games, but CBS will have 18 (up 4 from current deal).Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
We will have to think of creative ways to fill the stands for those week night games.
Won’t be there with kids having homework and early bedtimes
CBSSN is airing 18 games controlled by C-USA this year. That includes 11 conference regular season games, the C-USA championship game, plus 6 OOC games at C-USA schools.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
7 (2 Thursday, 5 Friday) of the 18 CBSSN C-USA games are not on a Saturday this year.
And it’s always been our rule that we don’t skip church for hunting or sports. So Wednesday is out anyway.
Cardboard cutoutsQuote:
Originally Posted by qng001
Judy says ESPN+ is the same as ESPN.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
Great job by Judy, the Presidents, and the ADs
Judy has finally met her match in a mini-car race in Tech XXII.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Fetterman > Judy
All this tells you is that CUSA is a crap sell for weekends because the level of competition is so bad that they had to go somewhere else. It was either mid week evenings or going to mid day with the soap opera shows.
Midweek gamessuck except for TV. MACtion has helped make some their teams and games more known, and the same can happen for a CUSA that needs to introduce new teams to FBS audiences. It's not great, but it could have some benefits.
As someone who can usually only come up for games in October because November is so busy for me, I hate this. I guess this is a good deal for us financially?
As individuals, yes. If I can’t come, I’m not buying tickets. Helps me out financially. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Heavyarms
Last night's MAC game between Buffalo and Central Michigan made for good entertainment. CMU trailed the favored Buffalo 24-7 at the half, put in a true freshman QB in the 2nd half, and all he did was rush for 300 yards, in one half, and lead CMU to a 31-27 victory.
Was an excellent distraction to the news of: Well, Arizona has managed to count another 100 votes this evening...only 600,000+ votes to go!
As for media deals, CUSA is in no position to complain. Take whatever scraps someone is willing to toss our way.
Between TV timeouts and midweek games, TV is going to kill our football program. Is $800,000/year worth it? Not that we could individually not accept the deal.
Not really a great deal. You’ve got to think this will drive our attendance even lower than it already is.Quote:
Originally Posted by THEarmada
Is it actual CASH? or Disney $ like the SBC deal with no actual cash influx to the individual institutions?
We are talking about a max of TWO home football games a year in most cases -
Odds are - right now I'm more likely to attend a Tues/Wed game than I am a Friday/Saturday game...
Conference USA Announces Multimedia Rights Deal - Conference USA
The multi-year agreement positions CBS Sports Network with tier one selection status for C-USA football (18 games annually) and men’s basketball (18 games annually) over the length of the partnership, while also televising the football championship, men’s basketball semifinal and championship games, the women’s basketball championship game, and baseball and softball championship games.
C-USA membership approved a linear television-friendly scheduling format for football that sees all October league matchups played on midweek evenings. The broadcast partners will share C-USA’s October weeknight football games on linear television across CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
ESPN linear networks will carry eight midweek football games per season via the October midweek scheduling. In addition, ESPN+ or ESPN3 will carry all additional regular season football games, while also serving as the exclusive digital home for all of Conference USA’s Olympic sports (soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, etc.), including all C-USA tournament games aside from the title games for baseball and softball, which will air on CBS Sports Network. Consolidating all digital inventory with ESPN provides a much more streamlined process for C-USA fans under one banner. Over 450 live sporting events will be available and streaming on ESPN+/ESPN3.
ESPN linear networks will also broadcast a minimum of five regular season men’s basketball games and one regular season women’s basketball game on its linear networks, while holding digital rights to all additional women’s regular season basketball games and all men’s basketball regular season games beyond CBS Sports Network’s selections.
To me, the best news is no more CUSA.tv. All games for All sports will be on ESPN+ if it's not televised.
So next year, there should be no more than 16 midweek games w/ 9 teams. In 2024, there will be up to 20 midweek games.
Is that what that means? The last sentence is a little hard to parse for meQuote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
I hate it.
It actually benefits me, and I still hate it.
Whatever you're getting in dollars (should say pennies) more than you'd have for Saturdays and whatever national exposure you might get by being on with less competition - you lose out on in the experience for students and the local fans who actually buy tickets and tshirts and care about the program.
In addition, ESPN+ or ESPN3 will carry all additional regular season football games, while also serving as the exclusive digital home for all of Conference USA’s Olympic sports (soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, etc.), including all C-USA tournament games aside from the title games for baseball and softball, which will air on CBS Sports Network. Consolidating all digital inventory with ESPN provides a much more streamlined process for C-USA fans under one banner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
Thanks, I can't readQuote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
@Brett_McMurphy: Conference USA’s new 5-year media rights deal w/CBS Sports Network & ESPN, starting in 2023, will earn each school at least $800,000/year sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. This is nearly double $425,000/year each C-USA school currently receives. @SBJ 1st reported C-USA’s 5-year deal
Yeah, is it the world's greatest deal? No. Do tuesday night games suck for travelling fans? Yes. Do I think this is a good deal for us? Yes.
We sacrifice two home games a year not being on a Saturday (or a Thursday or Friday based on some previous experiences) for a night where we will be one of the only two teams playing on ESPN and a much easier fan experience for watching our games. I think the increased visibility is worth it and part of CUSA's perception problem the last few years is that people didn't see our games on TV. CUSA has shown in bowl games that it can be just as good and if not better than the sunbelt most years, but the sunbelt grew in strength perception because they played on Tuesday nights and fans got to see the teams actually play. While we laughed at the idea at playing on tuesday, people actually saw there games in places while ours would probably never be turned on outside of a money/body bag game.
[QUOTE=sportdawg;1841573]Conference USA Announces Multimedia Rights Deal - Conference USA
CBS Sports Network with tier one selection status for C-USA football (18 games annually)
ESPN linear networks will carry eight midweek football games per season via the October midweek scheduling. [/QUOTE]
Current: 17 CBSSN + Title / 12 Stadium; 14 teams ~ 56 conference games / 28 nonconference home games = ~ 84 games (CUSA Home Games)
Future: 18 CBSSN + Title / 8 ESPN Networks; 9/10 teams ~ 36/40 games / 18/20 nonconference home games = ~ 54/58 games (CUSA Home Games)
Current: 29 of 84 games on TV (12 on stadium) or ~35% of games / remaining on ESPN+
Future: 26 of 54/58 on TV or ~ 48/45%
Definitely a better percentage of games on TV, but it will suck to not be able to attend some.
I might’ve missed it somewhere, but I can’t see the Ruston restaurants being very pleased with losing what has to be a better money making game day on a Saturday than the likely reduced fan count for a week night game. Wouldn’t it make good business sense for a University and the city it’s in to work together for the betterment of both. Obviously the key is, “make good business sense,” which is debatable if Tech ever does that.
I mean we were there for the UTEP game and Ruston was pretty dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
With success, our midweek attendance could still surpass our current Saturday attendance. We still won’t reach full potential on a weeknight even with a ton of success. Not while 1,000 of our 12,000 students attend games no matter how good we are. Not when families pick other more affordable options for weeknight or Saturday entertainment. We have many things wrong with our athletics. It doesn’t feel like we are making strides to fix any of it. It feels like we are plodding along in concrete shoes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
Well, at least students won’t be home for the weekend or able to go to another school’s game on those days…
Yep, it could help draw a few more students. Some WAC games were during the week and had good attendance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech52
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Originally Posted by Tech52
Our administration has to get involved. For starters, let the students know how important they are to the teams and the university.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle2180
The fact that this contract will earn us almost double the old contract is a huge win in my book given the state of C-USA. Mid-week games are terrible for those of us out of town, but it's time to make some lemonade out of the lemons we have been gifted and use this to get students in the seats and get future alumni excited about the program.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
As soon as the home Wednesday game is announced, make sure Terry, Karl, Willie, Paul, Trace, Kix, Sonja and Leon (even Phil) have their calendars cleared. It'd be cool to have Tech's "First-Name" royalty present.
The ESPN portion of the deal is probably Disney dollars and is just a coverage deal. The CBS portion of the deal is where probably most if not all of the hard cash comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
Let me start the eulogy for cusa.tv. With all of the snafus on Monday, we can officially pronounce cusa.tv dead and buried at the end of this school year. That can't be considered a negative by anyone.
https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.1989...arent,t.u2.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
You are way out of the box on this. Good stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
How many current Tech students were alive to watch any of the people mentioned play sports? Surely Tech has some more recent success stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
I wish we could get Brooks and Dunn to have an after game concert. Seems like that’s something that Kix could put together.
Correct. The cash portion of the deal with CBS/ESPN for CUSA is probably greater than the cash portion for either the Sun Belt or the MAC because CBS is lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by FriscoDawg
I sure we know the answer already.... but, has anyone asked? Too late this season, but plenty of time for them to add a concert at TAC for 2023. Did Tech give up trying to bring in concerts to the TAC?Quote:
Originally Posted by SicemDawgz
USM always has concert before the game. Off the top of my head one was the mollie ringwalds. Adam Doleac (current country music “star”) blamed baseball at USM and each year he’s one of the concerts. Seems like Kix would be willing.
I wouldn't go to one of these pregame concerts if you told me Elvis, Prince and Michael Jackson were all performing. Not with the team performing like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by THEarmada
Jimi Hendrix?Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
If those three were performing it must be Rock & Roll Heaven!Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
That is the key for this to be successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgcrazy