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[QUOTE="MaxwellCuse, post: 391034, member: 1240"]
Looks like our soon-to-be-ex Big East brethren will be shopping their media rights around after the 60-day "exclusive" window w/ ESPN expires in 5 days. Brett McMurphy reports:
 
[url]http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8554125/big-east-negotiate-networks-other-espn-new-tv-deal-according-sources[/url]
 
None of this is "new news" but it is oftentimes forgotten the financial reality of where we are now and where we are going:
 
"The Big East's current six-year media rights deal is worth $3.12 million annually for each of the eight full members and $1.5 million annually for each of the eight non-football members. The eight football members split $13 million; the 16 basketball members split $24 million.
 
In April of 2011, former Big East commissioner John Marinatto recommended the Big East accept a nine-year deal from ESPN worth $1.17 billion, an average of $130 million annually. That deal would have earned full members $13.8 million a year and non-football members $2.43 million a year. However, the league's presidents voted to turn it down.
  
Based on a 14-team football league (with four football-only members) and a 17-team basketball league, a $60 million deal per year would be worth $4.06 million each for the 10 full members; $3 million each for the four football-only members (Boise State, San Diego State, Navy and TBA); and $1.06 million each for the seven non-football members. A $130 million deal per year would be worth $8.8 million each for the 10 full members; $6.5 million each for the four football-only members and $2.3 million each for the seven non-football members."
 
Don't know about you guys but I'm not going to miss the NBE all that much.
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