Earlier today, ESPN and the American Athletic Conference announced a 12-year extension to their current TV deal, which is rumored to be worth roughly $1 billion. As part of this extension, a good chunk of the AAC’s content will move to ESPN+, the network’s streaming service, when the new deal takes effect for the 2020-21 academic year.
While many AAC games will move to ESPN+, football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball will still have a select amount of games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Those amounts are:
- At least 40 games per season for football, including a minimum of 20 on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.