The American Athletic Conference is negotiating a new TV rights deal with ESPN right now, and numbers leaked. The Commercial Appeal in Memphis posted a story on this. While the revenue doubles what the league members currently get, it is still leaving them solidly behind the Power 5 conferences.
The 4 year deal, has the league members getting $5 million in 2020, and escalating up to $8.5 million by 2023. So I guess it could look something like this:
2020 - $5 million
2021 - $6 million
2022 - $7 million
2023 - $8.5 million
Interesting to note that this looks like a 4 year deal, and expiring right before some of the major conference deals are set to expire. I have no idea if that means anything or not.
You can read more about it -- and Memphis capital projects -- at this link:
https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...stributions-new-media-rights-deal/3036457002/
The 4 year deal, has the league members getting $5 million in 2020, and escalating up to $8.5 million by 2023. So I guess it could look something like this:
2020 - $5 million
2021 - $6 million
2022 - $7 million
2023 - $8.5 million
Interesting to note that this looks like a 4 year deal, and expiring right before some of the major conference deals are set to expire. I have no idea if that means anything or not.
You can read more about it -- and Memphis capital projects -- at this link:
https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...stributions-new-media-rights-deal/3036457002/
