Re:Alabama tracking students' locations to penalize them for...
by eitally on Friday September 13, 2019 @03:17PM
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I don't think that's necessarily true. It's true for the Big 5 "Power" conferences because they negotiate enormous media contracts, but if you're a mid-major school in a 2nd or 3rd tier city, and especially if you're not a consistent winner, I think profitability is a very high bar.
On that latter deal with ESPN, note that the $470m/yr ESPN pays for the CFP games is relatively in the same ballpark as the NFL rights for Monday Night Football games ($600m/yr).
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidching/2018/04/17/big-tens-...
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/espn-reaches...
On that latter deal with ESPN, note that the $470m/yr ESPN pays for the CFP games is relatively in the same ballpark as the NFL rights for Monday Night Football games ($600m/yr).