While I’m not expecting anything Earth shattering, the events of today have me wondering about the next few years.
Our uniform deal with Adidas should expire inside of the next year and the new Nike CEO earned his graduate degree at OU.
The MAC TV deal is over in a couple of years. There are a lot more players in the streaming game now with more getting involved every year, and that along with the current going rate of streaming rights plus the addition of a new school/TV Market in UMass makes me think that will be a decent jump in TV revenue. On OU’s front, enrollment keeps rising.
Additionally, I’m not counting out the MAC adding somebody like a WKU/MTSU still.
It makes me wonder how the MAC will be competing with other G5(G6? Seems like new PAC-12 will not be a power conference) conferences within the next few years? I think we already compete with the CUSA and Sun Belt pretty well. The Mountain West is going to be a shell of its former self. AAC could be plundered by the new PAC-12. In comparison, I like our outlook.
I just don't see those 2 coming to the MAC. Would be nice to see my old WR coach (Derek Mason MTSU) but highly doubt Steinbrenner would pull it off.
Why can't we bring a few regional teams up to the MAC? We need markets like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and a few others. Starting to feel down about the MAC and it's direction.