OUGwave Wrote:O'LearyIsGod Wrote:The MWC was in a tough spot. ESPN wasn't going to give them any money for poor ratings. I really think ESPN is going to try to screw the C-USA too. The C-USA can deliver better ratings, but I'm not sure we are going to get more money than the CSTV gave the MWC. Our basketball league will have to prove we have valuable games to show on T.V. I think we will have plenty of football games that is ESPN worthy.
If I had to guess we will get 2X's what the MWC was offered.
I doubt we will get double what the MWC was offered. That would be 12.4 million a year, or 1 million for each school.
My bet is that we end up with something like 10 mil a year, just under 1 million for each school. We will be making about 200k less per school than the MWC, but we'll be getting much better exposure.
The CUSA-lite contract is likely to be: $12 million dollars for six years. That is including the CUSA Championship game.
What many of you fail to recognize is that you are no longer a valued commodity.
CUSA does not offer any games to ESPN that they would be willing to pay for.
In Basketball, what games do you offer? Do you really believe ESPN is going to pay for UTEP vs. Memphis? Get a clue, nobody wants to watch that garbage.
Do you think people want to watch Tulsa vs. ECU in Basketball? HELL NO
In Football what do you offer conference wise? Nothing!
Marshall vs. Houston? Get real, that is not TV quality.
Southern Miss vs. Rice? Who in their right minds would watch that? CUSA fans won't watch that.
Tulane vs. Central Florida? That is ratings winner.
Wake UP! Nobody is going to pay for this crap.
$12 million for six years if you are lucky. That is the most you will get.
CUSA-lite doesn't offer one conference game that ESPN would ever consider showing. CUSA has been destroyed, you no longer have any television worthy matchups.
Most of you are in a dreamland believing that your contract will be anywhere close to what the MWC got. CUSA can't compete, you have nothing to offer. Nobody wants to watch that nonsense. CUSA lost all its valuable TV worthy programs.
You will be lucky to get $150,000 a year for each school. In my opinion that is still shooting high.
In the ESPN renegotiation they may agree to show 3 CUSA basketball games a year. That is alot considering you don't even have one good matchup all season.
In Football they may want to show 5 games a year if you are lucky. The CUSA-lite Championship and four other non-conference games. No way they will want to cover CUSA-lite Conference games, you don't have even one compelling matchup.
You stole WAC school who never got on ESPN. Now you honestly believe ESPN is going to pay you money to show these WAC schools? Get a clue brain dead CUSA morons.
Nobody wants to watch that garbage.
$12 million if you are lucky for six years.
Most likely $8 million for six years. You aren't even worth that.
CUSA is nothing. You can't hang with the MWC.
Wise up.