Tom Bowen, Memphis AD, guest hosted the Gary Parrish show on Fri. Beginning around the 21:30 min mark on hour 2, he talks about the future of tv. When asked what amount he'd take now, he said "anything north of 8m or 9 or 10... That would be 8x12, that would be 96m a year. So, you do a five year deal that's half a billion dollars...”

https://d3efjls8gnbg8i.cloudfront.net/16....hosted.cx

we have to at least get 8 or 9 per team.

So we now have a good idea of the contract expectations of the AAC member schools.

(08-05-2018 02:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  So we now have a good idea of the contract expectations of the AAC member schools.

I'm still keeping my expectations at $6 million so if it's more I'll be quite pleased.

(08-05-2018 02:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  So we now have a good idea of the contract expectations of the AAC member schools.

These 8million - 10million expectations have been mention previously although Memphis AD seems to be the most loose about it when asked... I like to see/hear other AAC member AD's share their thoughts in the matter for a change.

(08-05-2018 02:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  So we now have a good idea of the contract expectations of the AAC member schools.

Our prez and AD have been saying $8-10M a year for months now.

(08-05-2018 01:38 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Tom Bowen, Memphis AD, guest hosted the Gary Parrish show on Fri. Beginning around the 21:30 min mark on hour 2, he talks about the future of tv. When asked what amount he'd take now, he said "anything north or 8m or 9 or 10... That would be 8x12 that would be 96m a year. So you do a five year deal that's half a billion dollars...

https://d3efjls8gnbg8i.cloudfront.net/16....hosted.cx

So to me ESPN isn't even ready to offer $8 million. Hopefully we get $6 million and anything more is a plus to me.

Yeah, Bowen first said $8-$10M on the Fish & Stats show last summer. Have any other schools on the Committee to negotiate the new deal been throwing around similar expectations?

Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

(08-05-2018 05:54 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 01:38 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Tom Bowen, Memphis AD, guest hosted the Gary Parrish show on Fri. Beginning around the 21:30 min mark on hour 2, he talks about the future of tv. When asked what amount he'd take now, he said "anything north or 8m or 9 or 10... That would be 8x12 that would be 96m a year. So you do a five year deal that's half a billion dollars...

https://d3efjls8gnbg8i.cloudfront.net/16....hosted.cx

So to me ESPN isn't even ready to offer $8 million. Hopefully we get $6 million and anything more is a plus to me.

Aresco has said on multiple occasions they will probably need to split the package to get to maximize value.

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

(08-06-2018 01:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

I disagree. Aresco has made it clear we likely have to split networks to achieve our best value, so that number means nothing to any individual bidder.

(08-06-2018 06:17 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 01:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

I disagree. Aresco has made it clear we likely have to split networks to achieve our best value, so that number means nothing to any individual bidder.

I think that any given network price out whatever piece they would like to buy, and will have a pretty good idea of what we would take for that piece based on our overall expectations.

Sense everyone is sticking to a number, Iam sticking to $15m, sticking I’ll tell ya
Aim high cowgirls and stick to it !

(08-06-2018 08:38 AM)JHS55 Wrote:  Sense everyone is sticking to a number, Iam sticking to $15m, sticking I’ll tell ya
Aim high cowgirls and stick to it !

I understand aiming high or as the ol saying goes "buy low sell high" is negotiations 101 but under AAC current situation I doubt this league gets anything over $10million ea... Don't get me wrong everyone in this league is way over do for a sleep well at night type of deal rather than trash crappy tv deal.

(08-06-2018 06:17 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 01:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

I disagree. Aresco has made it clear we likely have to split networks to achieve our best value, so that number means nothing to any individual bidder.

Remember, we also had the Tulane rep who said he did not expect the next deal to be much of an improvement.

And he said each school would be required to spend millions on production facilities.

(08-06-2018 09:08 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 06:17 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 01:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

I disagree. Aresco has made it clear we likely have to split networks to achieve our best value, so that number means nothing to any individual bidder.

Remember, we also had the Tulane rep who said he did not expect the next deal to be much of an improvement.

And he said each school would be required to spend millions on production facilities.

Wasn't it the Tulane AD that said all of that?

(08-06-2018 09:23 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 09:08 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 06:17 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-06-2018 01:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

This.

I am sticking to my $5-8M expected range.

I disagree. Aresco has made it clear we likely have to split networks to achieve our best value, so that number means nothing to any individual bidder.

Remember, we also had the Tulane rep who said he did not expect the next deal to be much of an improvement.

And he said each school would be required to spend millions on production facilities.

Wasn't it the Tulane AD that said all of that?

Yes—but that was in the context of trying to get a budget increase. Understand—we pay no production costs right now, so for his statement to be true—-it would mean that after outperforming all ratings expectations for the last 5 years—-we would receive no raise of any significance and most of our content would now be relegated to an ESPN-Plus type platform where we would be expected to shoulder all the production costs. Does that make sense to you? Keep in mind—-the context of this prediction is having just seen the Sunbelt quadruple thier media pay in 2017 and CUSA double thier payout (in just 2 years) in 2017. Neither of those properties have drawn ratings anywhere close to the AAC ratings range. Again—does it make sense that the AAC would receive “no significant increase” AND be relegated to a streaming platform where we pay all production costs?


In fact, if we are going to pay all the productions costs—-we’d likely make more money keeping most of the rights in House and streaming the content to our own proprietary platform while selling some parts to to syndication and some piecemeal packages to networks like NBC, CBS-Sports, and ESPN. I’m pretty sure the Tulane AD was painting a worst case future AAC tv scenario in order to get a bigger budget. He wasn't really lying—he was just using the worst possible outcome as a basis for future planning—which in some ways is quite prudent.

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

I would hope that $8 - $10 million is NOT the AAC's starting point for negotiations!!! That would be pathetic and inept on Aresco's part. The AAC's starting point should be $15 million.

(08-06-2018 11:16 AM)Square Knight Wrote:  

(08-05-2018 06:55 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  Just my opinion but, since he's on the committee, I suspect the eight to ten million dollars is a starting negotiating point. He's made it public, there's a reason. I suspect that's it.

I would hope that $8 - $10 million is NOT the AAC's starting point for negotiations!!! That would be pathetic and inept on Aresco's part. The AAC's starting point should be $15 million.

I wouldn't be suprise if Aresco broke the ice with 25million