Michigan State on the outside of major media contracts...or so it seems? The Enlightened Spartan: Michigan State on the outside of major media contracts...or so it seems?

Monday, December 13, 2010

Michigan State on the outside of major media contracts...or so it seems?

Michigan State not among IMG clients... are they missing out on profits? Read the most recent column in Street & Smiths, and see that while Michigan is raking in a cool $86 million of its 12-year contract with IMG, the Spartans aren't among those listed. But should they? Or, who is the alternative? Why is MSU not on this list? Are they not recently signed, or is the Big Green settling for another media rep? I say, let's settle for WILL TEEMAN and his terrible, terrible basketball broadcasts!!!!

Read it here.

A SAMPLING OF RECENTLY SIGNED MULTIMEDIA RIGHTS DEALS

SCHOOL

TOTAL VALUE
(MILLIONS)

LENGTH

AGENCY

Tennessee

$133.0

15 years

IMG College

Nebraska

$112.5

13 years

IMG College

Ohio State

$110.0

10 years

IMG College

Florida

$100.0

10 years

IMG College

North Carolina

$97.5

13 years

Learfield Sports

Texas*

$94.0

10 years

IMG College

Georgia

$92.8

8 years

IMG College#

Michigan

$86.0

12 years

IMG College

Arizona

$80.4

12 years

IMG College

Connecticut

$80.0

10 years

IMG College

Kentucky

$80.0

10 years

IMG College

Wisconsin

$76.0

12 years

Learfield Sports

Alabama**

$75.4

10 years

Learfield/IMG College#

Oklahoma

$75.0

10 years

Learfield Sports

LSU

$74.5

10 years

CBS Collegiate Sports Properties

Arkansas

$73.0

10 years

IMG College#

Arizona State

$70.0

10 years

IMG College#

Oregon

$67.1

10 years

IMG College

Florida State

$66.0

10 years

IMG College#

Kansas

$65.0

10 years

IMG College

South Carolina

$59.0

9 years

IMG College#/Learfield

Oklahoma State

$56.5

10 years

Learfield Sports

Auburn

$51.3

9 years

IMG College#

Mississippi State

$40.0

10 years

Learfield Sports

Missouri

$32.5

11 years

Learfield Sports

Texas Tech

$31.7

7 years

Learfield Sports

Cincinnati

$30.0

12 years

IMG College

Notre Dame

$26.0

10 years

IMG College#

St. John’s

$20.0

10 years

IMG College#