As it stands, BYU is better off than the AAC. Each member of that conference makes less than $3 million per year from ESPN  a deal that includes basketball. BYU makes somewhere between $3.2 million and $6 million per year for football only. (Estimates place the Cougars' payout between $800,000 and $1.2 million per home game; BYU is guaranteed four home games per year on ESPN channels, but it has had five some seasons.)