Z.I.P. Posted July 27, 2007 Report Posted July 27, 2007 I was listening to the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner on radio this morning, explain why the WAC turned down ESPN's latest contract offer -- the second time so far they've turned their back on the biggest cable sports channel.The gap in negotiations? $$S Somewhere around 4 million a year to be exact. Commish says that the Mountain West Conference's deal with the heard-of, but never seen except on satellite, College Sports TV network pays $7 mill a year! He said the negotiations with ESPN are stuck because ESPN has refused to go beyond about $3M/year. ESPN offered to add 9 men's college basketball games above what was televised last year -- which wasn't much. However the commish is interested purely in dollars -- not exposure.I know in the past, when ESPN - MAC contracts were announced, all the attention was given to how many games would be broadcast. Does anyone know if the MAC gets ANY up-front money from the network for broadcasting rights? Quote
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