Wac To Get Boost From Espn

MeanGreen61 · July 11, 2008

Proposed deal would increase exposure, pay $4 million per year

WAC to get boost From ESPN

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbc...032/SPORTSFRONT

GreenMachine · July 11, 2008

Proposed deal would increase exposure, pay $4 million per year
WAC to get boost From ESPN
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbc...032/SPORTSFRONT

$900K to $4M. Now is it worth it?

UNTflyer · July 11, 2008

$900K to $4M. Now is it worth it?

I don't think so... Assuming the WAC administrators take a portion of that money and distribute the rest, that's going to be about $300,000 a year, spread out between all of our sports. That would not help much with travel costs, especially for games in Hawaii.

UNTFan23 · July 11, 2008

Games would be spread across the various ESPN properties, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. The new package would likely include more midweek games in football but would not include UH without the Warriors' approval because of travel logistics.

Since I am someone that travels 6 hours (one-way) for North Texas home games:

I. Hate. Weekday. Games.

VideoEagle · July 11, 2008

$900K to $4M. Now is it worth it?

No.

MDH · July 11, 2008

Fresno State has 4 ESPN and 1 ABC game this year

Why they're picking up the SJSU game (apparently our rival...been a while since that ones been a big game) is beyond me.

stebo · July 12, 2008

That is great news for the WAC. We don't have to hate those guys just because we don't want to be in their group. I am happy for schools like NMSU and Idaho, hopefully the WAC doesn't screw them out of a full share. If the 8 games are all on weekdays than I would say that the $4 million is about what those teams will lose in ticket sales so I am glad that they got a good amount. $500K per game, divided by the WAC members equally... well, that comes out to about $55K each per game. Will that offset the ticket sales? Probably. San Jose State wouldn't likely make that much on a home game whether it was on Tuesday or Saturday. So it is good for the WAC and sets a level that we can shoot for as our stock rises in the Belt.

Arkstfan · July 12, 2008

It's a nice bump and if their BCS streak comes to an end, it will temper the lost revenue from that and the dropping NCAA money. Very well timed for the WAC.

GoMeanGreen1999 · July 12, 2008

$900K to $4M. Now is it worth it?

Nope.

Since I am someone that travels 6 hours (one-way) for North Texas home games:
I. Hate. Weekday. Games.

Thankfully, unless I go to a game in Fayetteville, I don't have to travel 6 hours myself, but I still don't like the weekday games.

BleedGreen64 · July 12, 2008

Weekday games are not as big a concern for those schools. The attendance boost from the visiting team will be minimal due to the distance.

UNTflyer · July 12, 2008

I know the WAC is tempting. The attitude of many of our fans is "anything but the Sun Belt". We should wait for the coming shakeup with the Big East, C-USA, PAC-10, and MWC. Spots are going to open up. In the meantime, we need to get the stadium at least to ground-breaking so that when the time comes and conferences are looking for new members, we'll be ready to make the jump.

Arkstfan · July 12, 2008

I know the WAC is tempting. The attitude of many of our fans is "anything but the Sun Belt". We should wait for the coming shakeup with the Big East, C-USA, PAC-10, and MWC. Spots are going to open up. In the meantime, we need to get the stadium at least to ground-breaking so that when the time comes and conferences are looking for new members, we'll be ready to make the jump.

La.Tech leapt at the chance but they had three regional opponents and the shake-up didn't work so well. When you are grousing about an $800,000 payment not helping your program much, you've got trouble.