http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/30161/new-acc-tv-deal-is-good-but-is-it-good-enough-to-keep-clemson-fsu-from-leaving/Only time will tell, because while it would appear on the surface that the ACC’s new deal will help bring the league into a similar stratosphere as other rival conferences, including the Big 12, its payout is deceiving because of what the league had to give up to get its money.
Unlike the Big 12, which recently agreed to a new contract with ESPN and Fox that will bring in a reported $20 million per school, the ACC did not retain its Tier III media rights as part of the package.
That means it doesn’t have the ability to work out independent deals on games not picked up by ABC, ESPN or any one of their other networks, inventory that could net each school another $1-10 million per year.
In addition, the ACC agreed to play three conference football games per year on Fridays — with Boston College and Syracuse agreeing to host one each – and another during the day on Thanksgiving. The league also gave up the title sponsorship rights to its lucrative men’s basketball tournament to ESPN, meaning that for the first time in its 59-year history, the ACC tournament will have a corporate sponsor in its name.
Yes, this deal is very deceiving. If I understand all of this correctly, if a school agrees to this deal, they offer their Tier 3 rights to ESPN, and ESPN will reserve the right to put those on their digital platform and/or burn off the remaining, unwanted inventory to Raycom for their own revenue.
So, in other words, to get the $3 million bump per year, they are giving their Tier 3 rights to ESPN so they can re-sell them to Raycom to cover the costs of this increase.
So, 17 million is 17 million. Unlike us, who will make $20 million plus whatever we get from K-State HD, FSN-KC, etc.
