Tuesday, October 18, 2016

ACC TV contract smoke & mirrors?

Great catch by HokieMark


http://csnbbs.com/thread-795070.html


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Quote:In July, the ACC recently extended its Grant of Rights through 2036. That is what launched the Big 12’s most recent look at expansion. One thing that doesn’t get reported very often though is that the ACC’s television money is not set to grow from now until 2036. Unlike what the Big 12 currently has, the ACC’s new deal does not escalate by the year, which means that particular league is of the belief that the television industry is going to continue to decline.

It was a gamble by the ACC, who is set to launch its ACC Network with ESPN in 2019. Only time will tell if they are winners are losers here.

It is known though that for the next eight years at least, the Big 12 will be in front of the ACC when it comes to per school revenue. When comparing the two leagues though, the question is what happens to the Big 12’s situation after 2024?

The extended Grant of Rights gives the ACC added much-needed security, but not necessarily more money.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/2016/10/willia...anking-on/

I'm not aware of ANY source for details fo the new ACC TV contract, much less one that an Iowa State fan would have access to. There's a lot to question here, but what I want to ask you guys is if you think there is any truth to any of this at all?



https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/money-in-the-big-12.160331/


DotCom of Warchant.com

"Big12 teams will receive a $30+ million distribution per school for the 2015-16. The ACC hasn't been released the 15-16 figures yet yet but it's expected to be in mid 20-millions per school. Keep in mind that Big12 schools also keep their third tier TV right so Texas will get another $15 million for the LHN. Oklahoma and Kansas receive right around $5-6 million for their third tier rights. Even Kansas State gets around $4 million extra. So while everybody rips the Big12 those schools are way ahead of FSU in terms of financial distribution.

Yes, the current ACC (online only) Network will add a couple million to the pool but until 2019, when the real network is supposed to kick in, the metrics show the ACC will lag well behind the other conferences financially. That may change after 2019 but the financials that far out are pretty speculative. "

2 comments:

  1. Thoughts?

    Iowa State fan is speaking 100% BS. The amount of BS would be impressive were it not so pathetic.

    *The ACC contract increases by ~$1M/school every year from ESPN and will continue to do so all the way through 2036 (or whatever the year is). Just like when the SEC signed their network deal, they didn't get "more" money from ESPN per year, but their annual increases were simply extended another 10-12 years (however long they actually extended their agreement).

    *Big 12 may be ahead of the ACC for much/all of the next 8 years, though. Prior to this deal the ACC and Big 12 would've probably jostled back and forth depending on the location of the CFP semi-final sites/New Year's 6 bowl games. But now that they're receiving even more money and are also going to receive Big 12 CG money, they're probably easily ahead of the ACC until the ACCN comes online. At that point, if the ACCN makes roughly what the SECN makes, then any Big 12 lead is likely eliminated. (Side note: The ACC's Orange Bowl deal being significantly less than the Rose and Sugar bowls hurts us. That has to be fixed next go-round.)

    *Iowa State fan literally makes zero sense talking about how the ACC thinks tv is going to die and that the ACC mainly just wanted the security of an even lengthier grant of rights. The whole point was the ACCN that better have the exact same distribution as the SECN.

    Pure and utter nonsense.

    Was that Warchant excerpt a comment that was in reply to an OP who asked about that Iowa State article? All I can read is that it was posted yesterday.

    *No, the ACCN Extra/+ (whatever they're calling it) is NOT going to bring in an additional $1-2M/school. It's FREE. It's a rebranded ESPN3. ESPN3 didn't pay out any money to the ACC and neither is the current digital only ACCN.

    *FSU also keeps 3rd tier rights. Every school/conference retains different 3rd tier rights, so you pretty much out yourself as a buffoon when you talk about other conferences having 3rd tier rights and then ignore the ACC's. FSU is at the tail end of a $66M, 10-year ISP Sports deal and it is a competitive amount for when it was signed, especially since FSU football was heading down the drains.

    http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2007/02/20070212/This-Weeks-News/ISP-Sports-To-Take-Over-Seminoles-Rights.aspx
    http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2009/03/20090309/This-Weeks-News/ISP-Deal-Would-Put-Georgia-Into-Top-Tier.aspx

    ***This year's conference payouts are going to be bad for the ACC. They are not going to be much different than last years, but all 4 other P5 conferences are going to see a minimum increase of $2-4M. We could be $10M+ behind both the Big Ten and SEC.***

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    1. "Was that Warchant excerpt a comment that was in reply to an OP who asked about that Iowa State article? "

      No, no direction relation to the Iowa Sate article.

      Should be interesting to see how the payout goes, by comparison, over the next 5-10 years.

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