Big East wanted $300 million per season from ESPN

[Whitey23]

In today's piece of delusional Big East thinking, the struggling conference initially asked ESPN for $300 millionper season in rights fees according to CBS Sports. That would have been a record for rights fees, crushing the$250 million per season the Pac-12 is earning from ESPN and Fox! Naturally, hearing about this sheer madness from the Big East, ESPN let their exclusive negotiation period lapse.
Now in January, the Big East still doesn't have a TV deal. In December, their TV rights were valued at between $60 and $80 million, a 75-80% drop over what they initially requested from ESPN at the beginning of the negotiation period. With Rutgers, Louisville, and the seven Catholic schools leaving the Big East, their rights have likely taken another huge hit, not to mention the national scope of the conference getting kicked in the teeth with Boise State doing an about-face and staying in the Mountain West along with potentially San Diego State.

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/january/big-east-wanted-300-million-per-season-from-espn.html

 

[OrangeMojo]

In today's piece of delusional Big East thinking, the struggling conference initially asked ESPN for $300 millionper season in rights fees according to CBS Sports. That would have been a record for rights fees, crushing the$250 million per season the Pac-12 is earning from ESPN and Fox! Naturally, hearing about this sheer madness from the Big East, ESPN let their exclusive negotiation period lapse.
Now in January, the Big East still doesn't have a TV deal. In December, their TV rights were valued at between $60 and $80 million, a 75-80% drop over what they initially requested from ESPN at the beginning of the negotiation period. With Rutgers, Louisville, and the seven Catholic schools leaving the Big East, their rights have likely taken another huge hit, not to mention the national scope of the conference getting kicked in the teeth with Boise State doing an about-face and staying in the Mountain West along with potentially San Diego State.

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/january/big-east-wanted-300-million-per-season-from-espn.html

hahahahahaha

quite a brain-trust they've developed up there in Providence - sad to see SU no longer aligned with that juggernaut

couchburn

 

[SmilinBob]

So much for the phrase "It never hurts to ask".

 

[JJReddawg]

$300,000,000? Bwaaaahahahahahahaha. :rolling:

 

[BORZAK]

WHILE IT'S NOT A SLOW DEATH

 

[SU2NASA]

 

[kingtidge]

haha... shooting for P12 eclipse when they should be hoping to get what the A10 gets...

 

[Jake]

Pretty simple. The big east wanted to ask for so much that ESPN had to say no in order to put the contract into the open market.

 

[44PRIDE]

How much longer can they drag that name through the mud?

With the exception of UConn, Cinci and USF, there are no teams from the old big east...and cinci n usf are Conference USA retreads.

Just shut it down already.

 

[SU2NASA]

How much longer can they drag that name through the mud?

With the exception of UConn, Cinci and USF, there are no teams from the old big east...and cinci n usf are Conference USA retreads.

Just shut it down already.

I'm looking forward to the inevitable Sun Belt-Big East merger to make the Sun Beast complete.

 

[Madbiker]

The BE braintrust (and I use the term loosely) still don't get that when they rejected ESPN's billion dollar offer in the summer of 2011 they changed the game from ESPN having a vested interest in seeing the BE succeed to making them a mortal enemy whose interest was served by seeing them destroyed.

 

[brandokc]

 

[longtimefan]

In today's piece of delusional Big East thinking, the struggling conference initially asked ESPN for $300 millionper season in rights fees according to CBS Sports. That would have been a record for rights fees, crushing the$250 million per season the Pac-12 is earning from ESPN and Fox! Naturally, hearing about this sheer madness from the Big East, ESPN let their exclusive negotiation period lapse.
Now in January, the Big East still doesn't have a TV deal. In December, their TV rights were valued at between $60 and $80 million, a 75-80% drop over what they initially requested from ESPN at the beginning of the negotiation period. With Rutgers, Louisville, and the seven Catholic schools leaving the Big East, their rights have likely taken another huge hit, not to mention the national scope of the conference getting kicked in the teeth with Boise State doing an about-face and staying in the Mountain West along with potentially San Diego State.

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/january/big-east-wanted-300-million-per-season-from-espn.html

Our old buddy Frank the Tank has his own take on the BE TV dealings:

http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/

 

[DoctorBombay]

Pretty simple. The big east wanted to ask for so much that ESPN had to say no in order to put the contract into the open market.

Negotiation- 101

 

[retro44]

Pretty simple. The big east wanted to ask for so much that ESPN had to say no in order to put the contract into the open market.

Jake, with that girl doing that lap dance on you from above your post,what the hell did you say again