The American Athletic Conference Signed A 1 Billion Dollar TV Deal With ESPN

[Tennesseefan2019]

The AAC signed a 1 billion dollar TV deal with ESPN that lasts from 2020-2031. The AAC will get 83 million a year from ESPN and each school in the AAC will get 7 million a year.

Report: American signs $1 billion TV deal with ESPN

 

[bamawriter]

Awww...

That's kinda cute.

 

[LouderVol]

3.5x raise

 

[wmcovol]

Jewelers and tat artists in Memphis attitude just perked up!

 

[BUBear]

The new longwhorn network???



Yet another ESPiN channel nobody will watch.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

The new longwhorn network???



Yet another ESPiN channel nobody will watch.

ESPN is throwing around money pretty freely for them being in finantial trouble

 

[bamawriter]

The new longwhorn network???



Yet another ESPiN channel nobody will watch.

It's just a media rights deal. They aren't creating a stand-alone AAC network.

 

[Burger]

Bad decision...

 

[05_never_again]

ESPN is throwing around money pretty freely for them being in finantial trouble

They laid off all those people to free up money to commit to stuff like this. Live sports is about the only relevant thing they broadcast now, and they know it.

ESPN has ESPN+ now, a streaming option, but they were about 5 years behind the curve on debuting it because I think many of the media rights deals they signed had them contractually prohibited from having a streaming service.

 

[volfanbill]

They laid off all those people to free up money to commit to stuff like this. Live sports is about the only relevant thing they broadcast now, and they know it.

ESPN has ESPN+ now, a streaming option, but they were about 5 years behind the curve on debuting it because I think many of the media rights deals they signed had them contractually prohibited from having a streaming service.

This is true. Their best business move was letting all the insiders go. So Yahoo or The Athletic gets credit for "breaking" the story, but everyone still tunes into ESPN who then reports the same story.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

They laid off all those people to free up money to commit to stuff like this. Live sports is about the only relevant thing they broadcast now, and they know it.

ESPN has ESPN+ now, a streaming option, but they were about 5 years behind the curve on debuting it because I think many of the media rights deals they signed had them contractually prohibited from having a streaming service.

Yep and it's still killing them because they still can't do a true ESPN Access subscription plan. I know I would do it if I got access to all the ESPN networks , or even better if I could choose which ones I want.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

The AAC has been gaining a lot of momentum and legitimacy in the last couple of years.

 

[XknoxvolsX]

The AAC has been gaining a lot of momentum and legitimacy in the last couple of years.

This will only help add to it!