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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 954684" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>ACC didn't add members earlier because it didn't make sense financially to add them earlier.</p><p>ACC looked at adding as many as 5-7 PAC schools a year ago but ultimately passed because the financials didn't make sense. It wouldn't add money to the shares schools receive from the media contract.</p><p></p><p>We are now in a different time and different environment.</p><p>None of the PAC schools would have considered taking less than a full share until a week ago. That is now likely on the table.</p><p>At the end of the day, any expansion would only occur if ESPN is willing to pony up the money to add them and not negatively impact the current shares ACC schools receive.</p><p></p><p>IMO PAC largely got caught in a supply vs demand issue.</p><p></p><p>Conferences provide the supply -content (games) for the programmers (who have the demand).</p><p>As conferences get larger they have more content (and the number of programs in P5 conferences has been steadily increasing over the last decade - increasing the supply).</p><p>But the linear programmers have a relatively fixed amount of demand (time slots) to fill. </p><p>The supply has been growing at a faster rate than demand.</p><p></p><p>B12 chose to open its media contract early and got a deal done before the PAC did. This proved crucial.</p><p>Are the B12 programs more valuable than the PAC programs - not really.</p><p>But the B12 soaked up the demand so when PAC tried to get a contract they found out there was not demand for their supply - that demand was largely satisfied with the new B1G and B12 contracts going along with the current SEC and ACC contracts. All the PAC was left with was non-linear programmers trying to get into the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 954684, member: 1776"] ACC didn't add members earlier because it didn't make sense financially to add them earlier. ACC looked at adding as many as 5-7 PAC schools a year ago but ultimately passed because the financials didn't make sense. It wouldn't add money to the shares schools receive from the media contract. We are now in a different time and different environment. None of the PAC schools would have considered taking less than a full share until a week ago. That is now likely on the table. At the end of the day, any expansion would only occur if ESPN is willing to pony up the money to add them and not negatively impact the current shares ACC schools receive. IMO PAC largely got caught in a supply vs demand issue. Conferences provide the supply -content (games) for the programmers (who have the demand). As conferences get larger they have more content (and the number of programs in P5 conferences has been steadily increasing over the last decade - increasing the supply). But the linear programmers have a relatively fixed amount of demand (time slots) to fill. The supply has been growing at a faster rate than demand. B12 chose to open its media contract early and got a deal done before the PAC did. This proved crucial. Are the B12 programs more valuable than the PAC programs - not really. But the B12 soaked up the demand so when PAC tried to get a contract they found out there was not demand for their supply - that demand was largely satisfied with the new B1G and B12 contracts going along with the current SEC and ACC contracts. All the PAC was left with was non-linear programmers trying to get into the game. [/QUOTE]
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