Sunbelt Television Package

[bbneutralfan]

The Sunbelt commissioner. speaking today at the Southern Miss press conference about them joining the Sunbelt, announced that the Sunbelt has renegotiated its tv package with ESPN through 2031. Why would Marshall remain in CUSA to be seen on Stadium?

 

[herdfan06]

The Sunbelt commissioner. speaking today at the Southern Miss press conference about them joining the Sunbelt, announced that the Sunbelt has renegotiated its tv package with ESPN through 2031. Why would Marshall remain in CUSA to be seen on Stadium?

Apparently DD is demanding it, that is why.

 

[BisonPa]

Did they mention the payout per team?

 

[WV_Celt]

Come on man, some folks like high school AV Club production quality. Or watching games on facebook. Or not at all.

 

[Catfanatic1979v1]

The Fun Belt just got more fun.

 

[herdfan429]

What are the Details of said renegotiated package?

 

[RhinoD]

According to the Daily News and Record (the newspaper that covers JMU)... The current amount is $1.4 million per school. After renegotiating with ESPN, the amount is going to be $1.9-2 million per school.

This is why working with ESPN matters. ESPN is hand-picking what teams go into the AAC and Sun Belt, and because they are doing that with the conference's thumbs up, they are willing to toss a little more money into the pot over the next 10 years. Also, as the same article points out, ESPN+ is a drastically better streaming service than what JMU has in the CAA or Stadium (via Facebook). It's $7 a month and its a reliable stream that can be used not just for off-tv football games but also basketball, and olympic sports.

https://www.dnronline.com/sports/me...cle_35538f6a-8570-544e-a6f8-330b45b36a7e.html

 

[The Real SamC]

Sun Belt TV deal, per Mattsarz website.

Runs through 30 football season.

Minimum 15 games on linear ESPN channels (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU).

Remaining games are on ESPN+ internet.

Conference championship must be on a Saturday and must be on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC.

Note that games on ESPN+, be they SBC, CUSA or anybody else are produced by the school using school resources, and at school expense.

Money is as noted above.

Basketball and minor sports figures I cannot find. Most is on ESPN+ or ESPN3. The SBC has always been a conference that plays its tournament early (IIRC they invented that idea when they were a basketball only league back in the 80s), last year ending it on Monday of “championship week”. ESPN+, with final on ESPN.

The SBC men’s and women’s basketball tournaments early rounds are played at Pensacola State College’s gym, which Cabell Midland’s is way bigger, and the semis and finals are played at the 10,000 seat Pensacola civic center. Apparently signed through 26 season. Previously it was one of those leagues where the tournament was just extra home games based on seeds.

 

[sluggo72]

Sun Belt TV deal, per Mattsarz website.

Runs through 30 football season.

Minimum 15 games on linear ESPN channels (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU).

Remaining games are on ESPN+ internet.

Conference championship must be on a Saturday and must be on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC.

Note that games on ESPN+, be they SBC, CUSA or anybody else are produced by the school using school resources, and at school expense.

Money is as noted above.

Basketball and minor sports figures I cannot find. Most is on ESPN+ or ESPN3. The SBC has always been a conference that plays its tournament early (IIRC they invented that idea when they were a basketball only league back in the 80s), last year ending it on Monday of “championship week”. ESPN+, with final on ESPN.

The SBC men’s and women’s basketball tournaments early rounds are played at Pensacola State College’s gym, which Cabell Midland’s is way bigger, and the semis and finals are played at the 10,000 seat Pensacola civic center. Apparently signed through 26 season. Previously it was one of those leagues where the tournament was just extra home games based on seeds.

do I really want to go to home games on Tuesday night?

 

[RhinoD]

do I really want to go to home games on Tuesday night?

As opposed to Thursday and Friday nights, which we already play on?

App State just sold out a Wednesday night game against Coastal last week... And if by chance you can't make a weeknight league game, you can watch it on ESPN.

 

[The Real SamC]

AFAIK, the SBC only plays weeknight games when they are to be on linear ESPN channels. This is very different from ESPN’s relationship with the lowly MAC, where it schedules multiple teams, sometimes the entire league, for weekday games, tosses which ever one turns out to be possibly good up on linear ESPN, sells one to CBSSN, and puts the rest on the internet. Playing a weeknight to get on the internet is sad. Once or twice a year is enough.

Leaving out the holiday weeks (the week leading up to Labor Day; and the week of Thanksgiving) which really don’t count, I see the SBC playing one Tuesday game, one Wednesday game, seven Thursday games, and one Friday games, all on linear ESPN channels. That is not really that many more than CUSA, or for that matter the AAC or ACC.

The ONLY issue, and it is IMHO, NBD, is that all SBC games not on linear ESPN channels, and that means all but 15, 10 of those on weekday nights, are going to ESPN+, which you have to pay for. How that effects casual viewers (or formerly Marshall centric third rate pubs we discussed a couple weeks ago) is TBD.

 

[WV_Celt]

As opposed to Thursday and Friday nights, which we already play on?

App State just sold out a Wednesday night game against Coastal last week... And if by chance you can't make a weeknight league game, you can watch it on ESPN.

Hell of a game, too. With a GREAT crowd

 

[herdfan93]

The article I read about 2 or 3 weeks ago stated that ESPN was going to increase the SB's linear exposure by 50% and 40% of those games will on Saturdays.

I saw listings for 2 or 3 MAC games on ESPNU last Saturday.

 

[greengeezer]

Greed and ESPN, in my opinion, have ruined the college football experience. I still remember Saturday game days when I was at Marshall and what an exciting time it was. Now, I guess everyone will just go home on the weekend.
No tradition anymore. This all started when they started painting fire trucks lemon yellow. Blasphemy.

 

[sluggo72]

As opposed to Thursday and Friday nights, which we already play on?

App State just sold out a Wednesday night game against Coastal last week... And if by chance you can't make a weeknight league game, you can watch it on ESPN.

Weren’t they playing the #13 ranked team in the country that night??

 

[RhinoD]

Weren’t they playing the #13 ranked team in the country that night??

Of course, but that's just luck of the draw... Maybe we get a top 25 league game on a Wednesday, maybe we get 1-6 Old Dominion. Either way, if the game is on ESPN you do what you gotta do.