MAC, ESPN expected to reopen media rights deal
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:47 pm
MAC, ESPN expected to reopen media rights deal
The Mid-American Conference -- fresh off a Bowl Championship Series appearance -- and ESPN are expected to reopen media rights talks at the halfway point of an eight-year deal running to 2016-17, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Though it's premature to outline potential new terms, ESPN is amenable to a possible restructure as a good business practice with its midweek football partner.
The MAC's eight-year contract with ESPN is worth roughly $1 million per year, according to a league source. Split among 13 schools, that's less than $100,000 per school. Obviously the MAC would like to increase that total.
ESPN values the MAC's midweek appearances. The MAC is scheduled to play 11 Tuesday or Wednesday games on ESPN in 2013, plus the league title game.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... ights-deal
The Mid-American Conference -- fresh off a Bowl Championship Series appearance -- and ESPN are expected to reopen media rights talks at the halfway point of an eight-year deal running to 2016-17, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Though it's premature to outline potential new terms, ESPN is amenable to a possible restructure as a good business practice with its midweek football partner.
The MAC's eight-year contract with ESPN is worth roughly $1 million per year, according to a league source. Split among 13 schools, that's less than $100,000 per school. Obviously the MAC would like to increase that total.
ESPN values the MAC's midweek appearances. The MAC is scheduled to play 11 Tuesday or Wednesday games on ESPN in 2013, plus the league title game.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... ights-deal