AAC Media Contract

[Lobot]

The deal will be officially announced tomorrow

[Lobot]

They preempted their own press conference at 1:00

https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2019/03/espn-and-american-athletic-conference-reach-long-term-media-rights-extension/

[swilsonsp4]

They preempted their own press conference at 1:00

https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...hts-extension/

What this doesn't address are the financial ties; just the array of platforms to be utilized.

Twelve years is a long time in this day of shifting media outlets. I seriously doubt that the makeup of the conference members will look close to what it does now by the midpoint of this contract, since no GOR agreement was included.

[Lobot]

I’ve since found that the ESPN+ broadcasts will be done by the schools with assistance from ESPN. Looks like the Crew from BearcatsTV will be doing the production. Matt Noonan’s going to be busy.

[Lobot]

Breakdown on the UC angle of the contract by Justin WIlliams this morning $

https://theathletic.com/990831/2019/05/23/what-the-new-aac-tv-deal-means-for-the-bearcats/

Short version: We're sort of getting screwed because the distribution is equal between schools.