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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 957575" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>It is just sloppy writing. ESPN doesn't "own" the rights to SMU, they have a contract with the AAC for the teams in that conference. The AAC does not have a GOR, so any team can leave and take their broadcasts with them. ESPN broadcasts the SMU games under the AAC contract, and would pay more to broadcast the games under the ACC contract if SMU moves to the ACC under the ACC contract.</p><p></p><p>FSU cannot do the same thing because of the GOR. If FSU were to join the Big10, there would be no increase from Fox, NBC, etc to the Big10 because the ACC would still own the broadcast rights for the FSU games. "Pro Rata" simply means proportionally. What is being reported is that ESPN is obligated under the contract to pay each new team that the ACC gains broadcast rights for at the same rate that they pay for each current member. (one tier of three tiers is what is being reported.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 957575, member: 2426"] It is just sloppy writing. ESPN doesn't "own" the rights to SMU, they have a contract with the AAC for the teams in that conference. The AAC does not have a GOR, so any team can leave and take their broadcasts with them. ESPN broadcasts the SMU games under the AAC contract, and would pay more to broadcast the games under the ACC contract if SMU moves to the ACC under the ACC contract. FSU cannot do the same thing because of the GOR. If FSU were to join the Big10, there would be no increase from Fox, NBC, etc to the Big10 because the ACC would still own the broadcast rights for the FSU games. "Pro Rata" simply means proportionally. What is being reported is that ESPN is obligated under the contract to pay each new team that the ACC gains broadcast rights for at the same rate that they pay for each current member. (one tier of three tiers is what is being reported.) [/QUOTE]
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