SBJ article discussing BE tv deal situation at http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Jour ... -East.aspx

SBD article reporting that ESPN has matched NBC BE proposal at http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Dail ... -East.aspx

USAToday article discussing BE tv deal situation at http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co ... ll/1937241

Brett McMurphy article discussing BE tv deal situation at http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... media-deal

"The Big East and ESPN are finalizing a seven-year media rights deal worth $130 million through the 2019-20 school year, league sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy on Thursday.

In 2011, ESPN offered a new nine-year deal to the Big East worth $1.17 billion or an average of $130 million annually. However, the Big East's presidents voted to turn down the deal that would have earned football members nearly $14 million a year."

130 million annually to 130 million total. Ironic. A painful lesson learned. Something about a bird in a bush I think.

One wonders that in 2011 if those BE Presidents were delusional about the conference's worth, or were falsely told a bigger offer would be coming from elsewhere?

Maybe some of those BE Presidents knew then they had membership offers forthcoming from elsewhere, and sabotaging the offer would make leaving easier.

In 2011, what advice or recommendation did the BE Commish give the BE Presidents as to action?

Brett McMurphy article with update on BE/ESPN deal at http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ights-deal

SBJ article discussing robust future of Sports tv rights fees at http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Jour ... Media.aspx

Pete Thamel article reporting that BE BB/Cath Con 7 will announce tv deal with Fox next Tuesday at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... &eref=sihp

SBJ article discussing ESPN/Fox alliance at http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Jour ... N-Fox.aspx

SBD article discussing Fox Sports 1 announcement(No announcement of FOX/BE/Catholic 7 deal yet).Link at http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Dail ... a/FS1.aspx

Brett McMurphy article reporting that MWC is close to finalizing tv deal with ESPN that combined with CBS deal will pay them about $18 million per year.Link at http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ng-sources

Article out of Greensboro discussing college athletics revenue derived from tv deals and ticket sales at http://www.news-record.com/home/873079- ... han-ticket

NYTimes article discussing Fox/BE BB and ESPN/BE FB tv deal situations at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/sport ... html?_r=1&

Birmingham BizJournal article with comments from SEC Commish regarding expected SEC TV Network announcement sometime next month at http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/n ... april.html