PROVIDENCE, RI – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco and ESPN Executive Vice President of Programming and Scheduling Burke Magnus have announced that The American and ESPN have reached agreement on a 12-year media rights extension beginning in 2020-21. ESPN has been the Conference's principal media rights holder for football, men's and women's basketball and Olympic sports since the league's reconstitution in 2013-14. Financial terms of the contract, which will run through 2031-32, were not disclosed.
With the new agreement, The American will have a stronger and more extensive presence on ESPN's primary TV networks – ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.