Ahab
02-18-2013, 04:15 PM
They've got to be kicking themselves.
The seven-year deal would be worth between a total of $140 million to $161 million, or about $2 million per school per year. In 2011, the Big East turned down a nine-year deal from ESPN worth $1.17 billion, an average of $130 million annually. Since then, 16 schools have announced they were leaving the conference.
That proposed 2011 ESPN deal, voted down by the league's presidents, would have earned full members $13.8 million a year and non-football members $2.43 million a year.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8953431/espn-week-meet-nbc-big-east-offer-sources-say
The seven-year deal would be worth between a total of $140 million to $161 million, or about $2 million per school per year. In 2011, the Big East turned down a nine-year deal from ESPN worth $1.17 billion, an average of $130 million annually. Since then, 16 schools have announced they were leaving the conference.
That proposed 2011 ESPN deal, voted down by the league's presidents, would have earned full members $13.8 million a year and non-football members $2.43 million a year.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8953431/espn-week-meet-nbc-big-east-offer-sources-say