Big East commish Aresco talks TV deal, bowls, future

[Water Pony]

Chcago Tribune article on Big East eyes stability with new TV deal

"In Mike Aresco's negotiations for a critical new media rights deal for his conference, the former television executive makes this point: A network can have Big East football playing from noon to 2:30 a.m. on any given Saturday."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012 ... ll-schools

[SMU_Alumni11]

You know he's shifting to basketball because teams like us collapse to actual competition. I knew that since we couldn't be competitive along with Houston, those tv deals have to be brutal. The fact we are saying we will take afternoon spots should give an indication of where we are

[Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans]

"I have talked about adding a 14th team in football. I don’t think there's any doubt when we go to divisional play in football, we'll have 12 teams initially next year, when Navy comes in we’ll have 13 teams. So we'll want a 14th team"

Any thoughts on who that 14th team might be?

"On the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden: "That is clearly a priority for us, we've been working with the Garden, we have a long-term deal in place now, it goes another four years"

That is pretty sweet for SMU , be a new recruiting tool, and a fun road trip. Always wanted to visit the "Garden".

[zimo]

They want Air Force or BYU.

[The PonyGrad]

You know he's shifting to basketball because teams like us collapse to actual competition. I knew that since we couldn't be competitive along with Houston, those tv deals have to be brutal. The fact we are saying we will take afternoon spots should give an indication of where we are

All day progamming has been a sales pitch from the get go

[SMU89]

You know he's shifting to basketball because teams like us collapse to actual competition. I knew that since we couldn't be competitive along with Houston, those tv deals have to be brutal. The fact we are saying we will take afternoon spots should give an indication of where we are

A network can have Big East football playing from noon to 2:30 a.m. on any given Saturday


That's one long afternoon.

[SMU_Alumni11]

Wow 230 am? Why not just say 12 to 12... Anyways my bad. I'm kind of pulling for BYU since they're better than AF and have a huge fan base and only positive for AF nobody wants to screw over military

[Charleston Pony]

I get the feeling the BE would like to lure all the academies and BYU and consider a 16 member football league

[zimo]

I get the feeling the BE would like to lure all the academies and BYU and consider a 16 member football league

From sea to shining sea.

[SMU_Alumni11]

If they do that either call us Big ol USA or giant cupcake conference... I hope army (if they come) is in our division.... Winning

[Stallion]

random comment: Army actually beat Boston College yesterday for first victory

[SMU_Alumni11]

random comment: Army actually beat Boston College yesterday for first victory

Crapp, well doesn't bc kind of suck... They are from liberal town hehe

[03Mustang]

random comment: Army actually beat Boston College yesterday for first victory

Crapp, well doesn't bc kind of suck... They are from liberal town hehe

You would be much more credible on this board (and probably in general) if you learned to leave politics out of your comments.

Just sayin'

[SMU_Alumni11]

random comment: Army actually beat Boston College yesterday for first victory

Crapp, well doesn't bc kind of suck... They are from liberal town hehe

You would be much more credible on this board (and probably in general) if you learned to leave politics out of your comments.

Just sayin'

Meh, if this was all face to face I probably leave it out half the time I do it for laughs especially those who take it serious

[Water Pony]

I get the feeling the BE would like to lure all the academies and BYU and consider a 16 member football league

First, 16 teams makes me nervous (i.e. WAC); BUT, imagine the national coverage with the three academies' FB teams on TV with fans showing up in any stadium coast to coast. Navy and AF are been quite competitively and Army is showing promise.

Combining AF and Army with BYU (note: ND has made a partial commitment to ACC FB, so the Cougars maybe rethinking their previous caution) with their rich tradition and national interest, may be the answer. Alternatively, BYU only.

Lastly, any basis for the "feeling'?