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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 994718" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>The ACC contract is one of ESPN's most profitable assets. I don't see them letting that go unless somehow moving pieces (i.e. schools in the ACC) to another conference (hello SEC!) gives them an equal or better return. Let's all be clear here: ESPN is not a friendly partner to the ACC. In fact, with their huge partnership with the SEC, and with the ACC region crossing over with the SEC, the long term outlook of the ACC's partnership looks tenuous at best. I think ESPN would be VERY happy to move some ACC pieces to the SEC and getting rid of schools like Duke, Wake Forest, GT, NC State, etc...similar to what happened with schools from the PAC 12 moving to the Big 12. With the NFL looking to buy a part of ESPN, expect ESPN/NFL to invest even more into the SEC. The NFL is in the football business...what's the SEC known for?</p><p></p><p>FSU isn't making a big stink for no reason. They have a dancing partner on the other side. It's no secret the B1G wants to be in the South...they've been trying for decades. GT/UNC/UVA were all targets in 2012, and the three schools probably would have been in the B1G already had GT not turned it down. GT was the key school...if Atlanta goes, the ACC's contract isn't as lucrative, and therefore from a economic standpoint, UNC and UVA would have made a business decision. B1G won't talk about FSU in the open, due to opening them up to tortious interference claims, and FSU is probably under a strict NDA (that's the reason why no one involved will openly talk about GT turning the B1G down, but multiple national writers have written about it). FSU also knows the payout that B1G schools are close to getting and wants out of the ACC to cash those B1G/FOX checks. FSU is going about this in a dumb and juvenile way, but they're not stupid enough to open themselves to lawsuits if they know there's not a willing (and more lucrative) partner on the other end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 994718, member: 360"] The ACC contract is one of ESPN's most profitable assets. I don't see them letting that go unless somehow moving pieces (i.e. schools in the ACC) to another conference (hello SEC!) gives them an equal or better return. Let's all be clear here: ESPN is not a friendly partner to the ACC. In fact, with their huge partnership with the SEC, and with the ACC region crossing over with the SEC, the long term outlook of the ACC's partnership looks tenuous at best. I think ESPN would be VERY happy to move some ACC pieces to the SEC and getting rid of schools like Duke, Wake Forest, GT, NC State, etc...similar to what happened with schools from the PAC 12 moving to the Big 12. With the NFL looking to buy a part of ESPN, expect ESPN/NFL to invest even more into the SEC. The NFL is in the football business...what's the SEC known for? FSU isn't making a big stink for no reason. They have a dancing partner on the other side. It's no secret the B1G wants to be in the South...they've been trying for decades. GT/UNC/UVA were all targets in 2012, and the three schools probably would have been in the B1G already had GT not turned it down. GT was the key school...if Atlanta goes, the ACC's contract isn't as lucrative, and therefore from a economic standpoint, UNC and UVA would have made a business decision. B1G won't talk about FSU in the open, due to opening them up to tortious interference claims, and FSU is probably under a strict NDA (that's the reason why no one involved will openly talk about GT turning the B1G down, but multiple national writers have written about it). FSU also knows the payout that B1G schools are close to getting and wants out of the ACC to cash those B1G/FOX checks. FSU is going about this in a dumb and juvenile way, but they're not stupid enough to open themselves to lawsuits if they know there's not a willing (and more lucrative) partner on the other end. [/QUOTE]
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