New Big East TV deal is miniscule

[Ahab]

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/st...er-sources-say

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Whoops!

[GatorSean]

Still too much.

[TheGator]

Who watches Big East football? I don't understand how they still get an automatic bid in the BCS.

[Gator Mike]

The seven Catholic schools leaving the Big East to form their own conference?

They're supposedly going to get $3-$4 million/year from the new Fox Sports 1 channel.

[atlantagator86]

And the next question is what happens to that deal when UConn and Cincy turn around and bail on them.

[Gatorrick22]

Originally Posted by GatorSean

Still too much.