CAA reaches agreement with NBC
Hofstra's men's basketball head coach Mo Cassara watches the game from the bench during game Binghampton University vs Hofstra University men's basketball. (Dec. 17, 2011) Credit: Joe Rogate
It looks like there is another player on the college sports broadcast landscape. The CAA announced it has reached a five-year agreement with NBC Sports Group to televise the league’s basketball and football games.
The agreements, which begin with the 2012-13 season and runs through 2016-17, will provide national television coverage of CAA men’s basketball and football games on the NBC Sports Network, regional television coverage of CAA men’s and women’s basketball and football through the Comcast SportsNet regional networks and coverage of a variety of other CAA sports through NBCSports.com. The CAA is the first collegiate athletic conference to sign a broadcast agreement with the NBC Sports Network, which launched on January 2, 2012.
“We are thrilled to be associated with the NBC Sports Group,” CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager said. “The NBC Sports Network now provides a national platform to elevate the conference in conjunction with the relationship we’ve had with the Comcast SportsNets, which have been the foundation of our television package for almost three decades.”
