Greg Hansen: New deal 'cataclysmic' - to a point
06.05.11
Displayed prominently, and somewhat strikingly, in Greg Byrne's
McKale Center office is a large portrait of the UA football team's
first Wildcat Walk: players and coaches snaking through thousands
of red-clad fans.
Byrne paid for the frame with a 70 percent off coupon from his
executive assistant, Brenda Filippeli.
Such was the way of life for those schools in the Pac-10 not
named USC and Oregon.
But now Byrne no longer has to cash in coupons to balance
Arizona's athletic budget; beginning next year, the Wildcats will
start to receive checks that over the next 12 years could amount to
roughly $250 million from ESPN and Fox.
[ Via: Arizona Daily Star | Read more... ]