The American Athletic Conference will receive $1 billion for its media rights from ESPN over a 12-year agreement with the television network, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal.
If accurate, the conference will receive around four times the amount of money it was making in its previous rights agreement with the network. The new agreement begins in the 2020-21 season and runs through the 2031-32 season.
The report states each AAC school will receive a nearly $5 million bump in annual revenue, up to $6.94 million, from the new deal.
It is unclear how much of a cut WSU, a non-football member of the American, will receive.