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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1741605, member: 27"]
That article says Fox will pay the B1G a maximum of 250 million per year.  It is tied to number of games they get.  The article also says that the second contract might cover less games than what Fox will get.

From this, I am assuming the B1G will only get 250 million per year from Fox if they give Fox more than half the content available.  Which is going to make the second contract worth less than 250 million.

The thing I am most interested in regard how much content the B1G gives Fox.  Given the absolutely dismal ratings the Big East has gotten on the Fox channels, the B1G has to be reluctant to give even 50% of their available games to Fox.  You want cash and national exposure and if a significant percentage of their games are on Fox, how many will it hurt their exposure and the perception of the league?

I expect Fox gets somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-33% of the content and ESPN gets the rest.  Fox will end up paying around 125 million per year. ESPN will end up paying around 250 million a year and the B1G will end up getting around 375 million per year for the six year window we are discussing.

If the rumors about ESPN upping the ante to ACC schools by 3 million per school if an ACC network in not in place this summer, the gap between the conferences is even less...the ACC goes up over 300 million per year.

Not great but significantly better than the way things looked when the B1G was recruiting schools to their conference with super optimistic projections of revenue.

I am also interested to see what happens to the B1G Network as cord cutters continue to erode their audience each day.
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