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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 881869" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>Interesting analysis:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bcinterruption.com/2013/2/23/4020680/conference-realignment-big-ten-expansion-north-carolina-virginia-georgia-tech-duke-florida-state[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Key takeaway:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"I do think ESPN is going to find a way to make the ACC whole with respect to TV money. ESPN has zero incentive to watch 2-4 of North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Duke and Florida State head off the Big Ten. Nor do they want to see Virginia Tech and N.C. State go to the SEC, Florida State, Clemson, Miami and Georgia Tech to the Big 12, etc. Unlike the other Big 5 conferences, ESPN is the ACC's lone TV partner. They have more incentive to keep the ACC together more than any of the other four AQ conferences.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Money spent now is money saved down the road. If ESPN sits idle and watches as the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 expand at the ACC's expense, the WWL would be losing share to FOX (Big Ten and Big 12) and CBS (SEC). I doubt ESPN has any interest in propping up two of their main competitors at the expense of their own television inventory.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>Put another way, fewer power conferences is bad for ESPN's business. Further conference consolidation of college football's content providers gives those conferences significant more leverage and bargaining power in negotiations with ESPN, driving the price of these media rights contracts even higher."</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 881869, member: 1191"] Interesting analysis: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bcinterruption.com/2013/2/23/4020680/conference-realignment-big-ten-expansion-north-carolina-virginia-georgia-tech-duke-florida-state[/URL] Key takeaway: [I][B]"I do think ESPN is going to find a way to make the ACC whole with respect to TV money. ESPN has zero incentive to watch 2-4 of North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Duke and Florida State head off the Big Ten. Nor do they want to see Virginia Tech and N.C. State go to the SEC, Florida State, Clemson, Miami and Georgia Tech to the Big 12, etc. Unlike the other Big 5 conferences, ESPN is the ACC's lone TV partner. They have more incentive to keep the ACC together more than any of the other four AQ conferences. Money spent now is money saved down the road. If ESPN sits idle and watches as the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 expand at the ACC's expense, the WWL would be losing share to FOX (Big Ten and Big 12) and CBS (SEC). I doubt ESPN has any interest in propping up two of their main competitors at the expense of their own television inventory. [/B][/I] [B][I]Put another way, fewer power conferences is bad for ESPN's business. Further conference consolidation of college football's content providers gives those conferences significant more leverage and bargaining power in negotiations with ESPN, driving the price of these media rights contracts even higher."[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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