New Big East Rights to be announced later this week?

[XU_Lou]

Does this mean Val did a good job? There were a lot of negatives floating around about her a short while ago.

To be clear, all from one person.

[GoMuskies]

To be clear, all from one person.

Yes, that was very strange. I wonder if Broering or one of those other 24/7 douches was saying negative things and the vibes were just being repeated?

[xudash]

Does this mean Val did a good job? There were a lot of negatives floating around about her a short while ago.

There is one important aspect of this story that people are either missing or choose to ignore: the first phone call by Fox was not made to the conference commissioner. It was made to another media company.

A 95% increase. Multiple platforms while “implementing” streaming now.

Maybe the inflated rumors didn’t help with perceptions of the proceedings.

IMO, she/BE Leadership did a good job, given the circumstances.

[Xville]

Does this mean Val did a good job? There were a lot of negatives floating around about her a short while ago.

I have been pretty critical of her due to other factors outside of this agreement and still feel uneasy with her. If you look outside of this chatboard, there are others out there who feel the same.

However, I think she and the others involved did a good job, not a great one, with this deal. The numbers were what was expected.

[Xville]

Yes, that was very strange. I wonder if Broering or one of those other 24/7 douches was saying negative things and the vibes were just being repeated?

Never seen anything from them that were negative regarding Val. It’s extremely rare that I agree with anything Rick says.

[sirthought]

I thought the teams would each be getting around $8mil and optimistically $9mil.

But this isn't too much of a shocker. They should be happy, as obviously other schools are looking at bigger mountains to overcome.

The overall deal it's a positive move, but I'm concerned for things moving forward in the media landscape. The task of how to acquire fans and viewers is not getting better with this deal. But it's not an uncommon issue for college hoops. Even when X was winning more than losing, the number of people who cared enough to watch wasn't great, so beyond getting a better product on the court they need to figure out a way to build interest. Hopefully these streamer networks will market things better, but I bet they are just throwing darts and hoping for the best.

The six-year contract is not very long. That could be good and bad, but it acknowledges that things are really changing pretty quickly and there's not a firm confidence that the Big East programs will stay in their position of a strong conference. Fox is holding on to rights almost as a means of spending as little as possible and still not letting competitors have as big a piece of the pie. But their attention on the Big East won't be as strong. Peacock and MAX streaming is cutting a new path and are elated to get a conference with street cred, just like FS1 was years ago.

Let's see how things look in 2031. NIL and all the changes with possible unions and transfer portals has made life absolutely crazier for every team. Will things settle down and return more to the college basketball we loved as a pastime?






Val should definitely sue, or more publicly protest, on the NCAA expecting them to pick up that lawsuit tab.

[X-band '01]

We can officially say that TNT will have a lot more room for Big East games now that they will not be part of the NBA's new media rights deal. They're going to argue that the NBA is illegally locking them out of the new deal, but I don't see how they would win such a potential lawsuit.

[MHettel]

We can officially say that TNT will have a lot more room for Big East games now that they will not be part of the NBA's new media rights deal. They're going to argue that the NBA is illegally locking them out of the new deal, but I don't see how they would win such a potential lawsuit.

They could have easily win the lawsuit if they had a clause in their existing contract that allows them to match any offer. It sounds like they belive their last minute offer met the criteria of what it means to match, and the NBA said it did t meet the criteria. Both parties obviously did their legal work already and a court will have to interpret the contract and make the call….

[webxu]

Pipe dream here, but if TNT would cover the BE games with the inside the NBA crew or even just Barkley and Johnson that would be amazing.

[X-band '01]

Barkley's retired anyhow.