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<blockquote data-quote="CEB" data-source="post: 885237" data-attributes="member: 4905"><p>Involved in the sense that the conference is asking relative value to see if it makes financial sense is one thing. </p><p>If the networks were found to be cherry picking teams from conference A to put in conference B when they were in contract with both entities, I do think it’s a problem. </p><p>If the network has contracts with two conferences and when the time comes to renegotiate, the network facilitates (pushes, influences, colludes, whatever) the move of the most valuable valuable pieces to one conference thereby devaluing the other for purposes of negotiation (and in an extreme scenario, maybe not even negotiating for a less desirable product), that’s a problem. Is it happening here? I don’t know. It’s hard as heck to prove but it’s not hard to see. </p><p>Fox is in bed with both BIG and PAC. ESPN is in bed with SEC and ACC. Facilitating the movement of teams between conferences they’ve partnered with is a bad look, and very possibly a legal issue for them depending on how it goes down. </p><p>Now when GT ditches ESPN for Fox / BIG, that’s cool because that’s competition. Clemson, UNC and FSU to the SEC with ESPN facilitation, that’s a problem. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CEB, post: 885237, member: 4905"] Involved in the sense that the conference is asking relative value to see if it makes financial sense is one thing. If the networks were found to be cherry picking teams from conference A to put in conference B when they were in contract with both entities, I do think it’s a problem. If the network has contracts with two conferences and when the time comes to renegotiate, the network facilitates (pushes, influences, colludes, whatever) the move of the most valuable valuable pieces to one conference thereby devaluing the other for purposes of negotiation (and in an extreme scenario, maybe not even negotiating for a less desirable product), that’s a problem. Is it happening here? I don’t know. It’s hard as heck to prove but it’s not hard to see. Fox is in bed with both BIG and PAC. ESPN is in bed with SEC and ACC. Facilitating the movement of teams between conferences they’ve partnered with is a bad look, and very possibly a legal issue for them depending on how it goes down. Now when GT ditches ESPN for Fox / BIG, that’s cool because that’s competition. Clemson, UNC and FSU to the SEC with ESPN facilitation, that’s a problem. :) [/QUOTE]
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