Everyone loves MACtion and you are now going to be getting a lot more of it on ESPN. The MAC conference and ESPN have announced a 13 year mega-extension to carry multiple sports:
- ESPN, the MAC and its 12 member institutions working jointly to develop in-house production capabilities that will provide significant national coverage for MAC sports on ESPN3. As a result, ESPN3 will showcase a minimum of 420 events a year (a minimum of 120 men’s basketball) once all 12 institutions have launched a production program.
- Every MAC-controlled football matchup will be available on one of ESPN’s national networks or via an ESPN sublicense agreement with additional outlets. The football schedule will continue to feature regular Thursday, Friday and Saturday games, select Tuesday and Wednesday prime time matchups, and an annual “MACsgiving” contest on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
- ESPN will continue to provide multi-platform coverage of regular-season men’s basketball and the conference championship.
This is a historic day for the MAC that will bring extensive live coverage and exposure to the conference as ESPN has acquired the rights to every MAC football and men’s basketball games.