Sources: Conference USA TV - ESPN, CBS SN, ASN, beIN Sports, 5th TBA

[sportdawg]

Conference USA to see big drop in media rightsAwful Announcing‎ - 3 hours ago

[sportdawg]

Media bubble leaking air?

Smaller properties feel the pinch as network negotiations get tougher.

[sportdawg]

Here's what we were getting. FB Championship alone was worth $4.4/year

Property	Current Rights holder	term	avg annual value	total value	yr expires
Conference USA football championship	ESPN	5 years	$4.4 million	$22 million	2015
Conference USA	CBS Sports Network	6 years	$7 million-$7.5 million	$42 million-$45 million	2016
Conference USA	Fox	5 years	$8.6 million	$43 million	2016

[sportdawg]

Although C-USA TV revenues are falling, Judy MacLeod says league's TV profile "will be fantastic"

Conference USA commissioner Judy MacLeod said her league's football and basketball teams will have better TV exposure next season, but acknowledged that TV revenues will plummet.

“We’re going to sign short-term deals, continue to build our relationships and then try to take advantage of the changing market in the future,” MacLeod said. “We’ll have three or four television partners and a couple of other digital partners as well. I wish there was more money, but we’re going to try to make that up in other areas.”

C-USA is expected to sign broadcast agreements with Fox Sports, the CBS Sports Network and the American Sports Network. The Virginian-Pilot reported last week that ESPN is also negotiating with C-USA.

[PawDawg]

Low attendance schools like UAB, FIU and FAU don't care.

Schools like UTEP, LaTech, Marshall and ODU are getting screwed.

[sportdawg]

http://www.recode.net/2016/5/2/11634...ideo-delorenzo

The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land a deal to stream live NFL games, wants to stream other sports via its growing web video operation.

Could we be watching Tech football on Amazon next year???

“We’ll have three or four television partners and a couple of other digital partners as well.

[HogDawg]

This statement from the article is incredible:

The Big Ten recently concluded a deal with Fox Sports that will pay out $250 million per year for half of the league’s most appealing content. C-USA, meanwhile, appears likely to earn about $6 million per year through deals set to be signed later this month.

[olddog75]

This statement from the article is incredible:

The Big Ten recently concluded a deal with Fox Sports that will pay out $250 million per year for half of the league’s most appealing content. C-USA, meanwhile, appears likely to earn about $6 million per year through deals set to be signed later this month.

Hell, we are the minor leagues. All of a sudden the title of mid-major looks pretty appealing.

[Dawg06]

The Big Ten recently concluded a deal with Fox Sports that will pay out $250 million per year for half of the league’s most appealing content. C-USA, meanwhile, appears likely to earn about $6 million per year through deals set to be signed later this month.

Hell, we are the minor leagues. All of a sudden the title of mid-major looks pretty appealing.

Yet we've won how many straight games vs. the Big Ten? Beat Illinois a couple times in football, Ohio State in basketball this year, and I believe we took the baseball series from Minnesota a couple years ago.

No matter how wide the revenue disparity gets, the real results are still determined on the fields and courts, and there is no gap there.

[Dowty]

Yet we've won how many straight games vs. the Big Ten? Beat Illinois a couple times in football, Ohio State in basketball this year, and I believe we took the baseball series from Minnesota a couple years ago.

No matter how wide the revenue disparity gets, the real results are still determined on the fields and courts, and there is no gap there.

But whether it's right or wrong, to the rest of the world (i.e. the casual fan and the people running the show) perception is reality, and that perception has created a $240MM/year gap in conference TV revenue. Closing that gap by even 20% would be a great thing for us.

[Dawgpix]

Somebody tell me again why NiftyTV (a Tech entrepreneurial) could not be one of the streaming solutions for C-USA.

[Dawg06]

But whether it's right or wrong, to the rest of the world (i.e. the casual fan and the people running the show) perception is reality, and that perception has created a $240MM/year gap in conference TV revenue. Closing that gap by even 20% would be a great thing for us.

Which is why we should be part of the solution by refusing to accept the disparaging "mid-major" term and not contributing to further a negative perception by referring to us as the "minor leagues." We compete in major college athletics, and no amount of money consumed by the cartel will change that.

Games will always be won on the fields and courts, not at the bank.

There is a law of diminishing returns. And no matter how much money the cartel has, there is still a finite amount of talent with the same scholarship limits. Money can't buy the cartel more scholarship athletes.

[Dixonfor6]

Which is why we should be part of the solution by refusing to accept the disparaging "mid-major" term and not contributing to further a negative perception by referring to us as the "minor leagues." We compete in major college athletics, and no amount of money consumed by the cartel will change that.

Games will always be won on the fields and courts, not at the bank.

There is a law of diminishing returns. And no matter how much money the cartel has, there is still a finite amount of talent with the same scholarship limits. Money can't buy the cartel more scholarship athletes.

Mo' money mo' problems.

[Dowty]

Which is why we should be part of the solution by refusing to accept the disparaging "mid-major" term and not contributing to further a negative perception by referring to us as the "minor leagues." We compete in major college athletics, and no amount of money consumed by the cartel will change that.

Games will always be won on the fields and courts, not at the bank.

There is a law of diminishing returns. And no matter how much money the cartel has, there is still a finite amount of talent with the same scholarship limits. Money can't buy the cartel more scholarship athletes.

I agree with you, but we aren't even close to receiving enough money to think about the diminishing returns on our end yet.

[Dawg06]

Mo' money mo' problems.