Sun Belt TV Deal

[The Real SamC]

The Sun Belt is signing an eight year deal with ESPN. ESPN gets rights to all SBC games in all sports for about $100K/school/year.

Reports are that most SBC content will find its way to the new "over the top" ESPN Plus which will be a pay website. AFAIK ESPN has not yet announced a price for this new service, which comes out in April.

Press conference at 4 PM.

(If you don't know, all CUSA contracts except for the one with BE In Sports expire after this current season, AKA next weekend.)

I have heard nothing out of CUSA about next year's TV deals at all.

 

[mindblown42]

The Sun Belt is signing an eight year deal with ESPN. ESPN gets rights to all SBC games in all sports for about $100K/school/year.

Reports are that most SBC content will find its way to the new "over the top" ESPN Plus which will be a pay website. AFAIK ESPN has not yet announced a price for this new service, which comes out in April.

Press conference at 4 PM.

(If you don't know, all CUSA contracts except for the one with BE In Sports expire after this current season, AKA next weekend.)

I have heard nothing out of CUSA about next year's TV deals at all.

Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

In other news, the Sun Belt just announced a new contract with ESPN through 2027-28. Every football & basketball game will be on an ESPN platform (includes digital) beginning in 2020.

 

[oldeherd]

The Sun Belt is signing an eight year deal with ESPN. ESPN gets rights to all SBC games in all sports for about $100K/school/year.

Reports are that most SBC content will find its way to the new "over the top" ESPN Plus which will be a pay website. AFAIK ESPN has not yet announced a price for this new service, which comes out in April.

Press conference at 4 PM.

(If you don't know, all CUSA contracts except for the one with BE In Sports expire after this current season, AKA next weekend.)

I have heard nothing out of CUSA about next year's TV deals at all.

Heck, SamC, the way this conference "operates" I doubt if the Headquarters clowns in Frisco even know that the league's contracts expire shortly!!

 

[All4TheHerd]

$100K?!
I guess we are starting to see the true value of these conferences and schools.

 

[Herd Fever]

$100K?!
I guess we are starting to see the true value of these conferences and schools.

I think its 100k more than the 400k they was already getting from ESPN

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

I think its 100k more than the 400k they was already getting from ESPN

400K? They currently get 100K/year per team.

 

[Herd Fever]

So you mean ESPN is pretty much paying the Sun Belt the same as CUSA is getting from all of our Media Partners and will have all sports on ESPN networks for the next 8 years?

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

So you mean ESPN is pretty much paying the Sun Belt the same as CUSA is getting from all of our Media Partners and will have all sports on ESPN networks for the next 8 years?

Yes, if you consider this new streaming service to be an ESPN network.

 

[Herd Fever]

Probably will be better than the BS cusa.tv where we might be able to watch a game straight through