May 14, 2021
2:50:08pm
2:50:08pm
Is there any good reason to NOT try to join the AAC?
So looking at it, I see the following benefits:
1. Build rivalries with teams, play in conference championship games
2. Get more viewers, better exposure (partly as a result of point 1)
3. Get more money (partly as a result of point 2)
4. Better access to NY6
5. Stronger positioning for potential P5 expansion
Drawbacks are:
1. Less flexibility in scheduling games (though we'd still have multiple OOC games free)
2. Inclusion in a G5 conference
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Notes:
B2: UCF, Cincy, Memphis have all drawn more viewers than BYU over the past 4 seasons. This is factual, based on data, not an opinion of any kind.
B3: Data indicates BYU gets about 4.5M/yr from ESPN, which is in line with earlier published reports of ~$1M/home game. Even with a great home schedule in 2019, ESPN only got the following games from BYU - Utah, Washington, Boise St, Liberty, Idaho St. The AAC just signed a deal with ESPN that is reported at $7M/team per year
B4: if Boise, BYU, UCF, Cincy, Houston/Memphis, and 'other' alternated showings, we'd play there every 6 years!
B5: If the Big 12 ever expands, it becomes really hard to take a Cincy or a Memphis over a team that is repeatedly beating them in conference
1. Build rivalries with teams, play in conference championship games
2. Get more viewers, better exposure (partly as a result of point 1)
3. Get more money (partly as a result of point 2)
4. Better access to NY6
5. Stronger positioning for potential P5 expansion
Drawbacks are:
1. Less flexibility in scheduling games (though we'd still have multiple OOC games free)
2. Inclusion in a G5 conference
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Notes:
B2: UCF, Cincy, Memphis have all drawn more viewers than BYU over the past 4 seasons. This is factual, based on data, not an opinion of any kind.
B3: Data indicates BYU gets about 4.5M/yr from ESPN, which is in line with earlier published reports of ~$1M/home game. Even with a great home schedule in 2019, ESPN only got the following games from BYU - Utah, Washington, Boise St, Liberty, Idaho St. The AAC just signed a deal with ESPN that is reported at $7M/team per year
B4: if Boise, BYU, UCF, Cincy, Houston/Memphis, and 'other' alternated showings, we'd play there every 6 years!
B5: If the Big 12 ever expands, it becomes really hard to take a Cincy or a Memphis over a team that is repeatedly beating them in conference
Originally posted on May 14, 2021 at 2:50:08pm
Message modified by krindorr on May 14, 2021 at 3:47:38pm
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Biggest reason to not join the AAC: we wouldn’t have Zach Wilson. (molodyets, May 14, 2021 at 8:11pm)
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Money. The new contract is not 4.5 a year. Being in a conference doesn't make us better positioned for P5
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Tons. And 2, 3, and 5 aren't true. 1 doesn't matter. 4 isn't worth sacrificing what we have in independence.
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it's been had out for years. The arguments are old and boring. Your assumptions are wrong. But that's not new. Faulty
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Yep. I'm not really interested in getting into all of it since it's been done a million times. But your assumptions are
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Nope. Also wrong. The argument has been hashed out many, many, many times. And I personally have pointed out
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The SEC was getting ~43 million. ESPN taking over the lone CBS game is giving them a 20mm bump to 60+.
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