Memphis AD on BE TV contract, Notre Dame/NBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:55 am
http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=567006
http://ucf.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1359393&PT=4&PR=2
Memphis AD spoke on radio show as he has C-USA conference meetings AND Big East conference meetings coming up over the next few weeks. Most important part I saw was NBC proposing a doubleheader with ND game on first then Big East game after on NBC, plus games on NBC Sports Network:
"In Conference USA right now we're getting about $2 million a year and that's a ballpark figure," Johnson said. "The BIG EAST right now, the full playing members like Louisville and Cincinnati, are getting somewhere between $8 and $10 million per year.
"The hopes of the BIG EAST people are to get somewhere up in the teens (of millions). Not the $20 million that the Big 12 is getting or the $22 or $24 million that the Big Ten, SEC and PAC-12 got in their new deal, but the time is right. The people are excited. We talk about the geography, but the television people like the inventory. They like the time zones. There's even conversations going on with NBC about trying to do a doubleheader with Notre Dame and a BIG EAST game."
Quick recap...
C-USA Info
•He doesn't think the C-USA and MWC merger will happen. The league would lose the NCAA basketball units and would also lose exit fees.
•UTEP will probably go to MWC.
•MTSU not a C-USA expansion candidate.
•Florida schools (Intl, Atlantic) are expansion candidates.
•UNT is an expansion candidate.
•New TV package will be discussed.
•Only Memphis and UCF submitted men's bball tourney bids. 10 of 12 ADs voted for Memphis, other ADs and presidents don't want to let departing city host. Stated that it makes financial sense to have it in Memphis.
•C-USA with its current TV deal has about a $2M payout per school.
Big East Info
•Surpisingly Memphis (and the other newly invited schools) are current voting members and thus will have input in the upcoming conference meetings.
•New TV package will be discussed. Said he can't think of a network that WON'T be submitting proposals.
•Big East with its current TV deal has about a $6-8M payout per school. Everyone expects that to increase to the teens.
•NBC is proposing, as part of its bid, a Saturday double-header: Notre Dame game and then Big East game.
General Info
•Not everybody likes the BCS system. It may not exist in the future.
•Current contract runs thru 2015. Four team playoff not a done deal.
•Too many schools and conferences like the bowls.
•The bowls want to look out for themselves. Not fans of BCS. Don't like rotating system.
http://ucf.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1359393&PT=4&PR=2
Memphis AD spoke on radio show as he has C-USA conference meetings AND Big East conference meetings coming up over the next few weeks. Most important part I saw was NBC proposing a doubleheader with ND game on first then Big East game after on NBC, plus games on NBC Sports Network:
"In Conference USA right now we're getting about $2 million a year and that's a ballpark figure," Johnson said. "The BIG EAST right now, the full playing members like Louisville and Cincinnati, are getting somewhere between $8 and $10 million per year.
"The hopes of the BIG EAST people are to get somewhere up in the teens (of millions). Not the $20 million that the Big 12 is getting or the $22 or $24 million that the Big Ten, SEC and PAC-12 got in their new deal, but the time is right. The people are excited. We talk about the geography, but the television people like the inventory. They like the time zones. There's even conversations going on with NBC about trying to do a doubleheader with Notre Dame and a BIG EAST game."
Quick recap...
C-USA Info
•He doesn't think the C-USA and MWC merger will happen. The league would lose the NCAA basketball units and would also lose exit fees.
•UTEP will probably go to MWC.
•MTSU not a C-USA expansion candidate.
•Florida schools (Intl, Atlantic) are expansion candidates.
•UNT is an expansion candidate.
•New TV package will be discussed.
•Only Memphis and UCF submitted men's bball tourney bids. 10 of 12 ADs voted for Memphis, other ADs and presidents don't want to let departing city host. Stated that it makes financial sense to have it in Memphis.
•C-USA with its current TV deal has about a $2M payout per school.
Big East Info
•Surpisingly Memphis (and the other newly invited schools) are current voting members and thus will have input in the upcoming conference meetings.
•New TV package will be discussed. Said he can't think of a network that WON'T be submitting proposals.
•Big East with its current TV deal has about a $6-8M payout per school. Everyone expects that to increase to the teens.
•NBC is proposing, as part of its bid, a Saturday double-header: Notre Dame game and then Big East game.
General Info
•Not everybody likes the BCS system. It may not exist in the future.
•Current contract runs thru 2015. Four team playoff not a done deal.
•Too many schools and conferences like the bowls.
•The bowls want to look out for themselves. Not fans of BCS. Don't like rotating system.