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AAC

By mmadoian

  • Creation

    Creation
    Founded in 1979, the league underwent substantial turmoil during the 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment period, and is one of two successors to the all-sports Big East Conference (1979–2013). While the other successor, which does not sponsor football, purchased the Big East Conference name, the American Athletic Conference inherited the old Big East's structure and is that conference's legal successor. However, both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date, and the same history up to 2013.

  • Demographics

    Demographics
    AAC demographics are white males with an income of $20,00-$30,000

  • Corporate Sponsorship

    Corporate Sponsorship
    AAC has four Sponsors including Geico, SMS Audio, Hartford Healthcare, and Powersink

  • ESPN TV Deal

    ESPN TV Deal
    $126 million TV contract with ESPN for rights to telecast the league’s games, primarily football and basketball. The deal runs through the 2019-20 season.

  • TV Deal With CBS

    TV Deal With CBS
    CBS Sports Network has acquired the rights to telecast college football and basketball games from the American Athletic Conference through a sub-licensing agreement with ESPN. The multi-year agreement begins with the 2013-14 college basketball season and continues through 2019-20.

  • Bowl Deals

    Bowl Deals
    The American Athletic Conference has extended its agreements with the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., for six years, starting in 2014.The AAC also agreed to a deal to send teams to the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu in alternating years for six years, starting in 2014

  • UCF makes Fiesta Bowl

    UCF makes Fiesta Bowl
    Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. AAC is paid $17 million from UCF win.

  • Rutgers Leaves Conference

    Rutgers Leaves Conference
    Rutgers to withdrawal from the American Athletic Conference earlier than its contractual obligation and enter the Big Ten for next season, Rutgers University on Wednesday agreed to pay the American Athletic Conference $11.5 million.

  • Addition of Teams

    Addition of Teams
    American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014

  • Army Football to Join Conference

    Army Football to Join Conference
    Army football only to join the AAC