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<blockquote data-quote="stech81" data-source="post: 997924" data-attributes="member: 1687"><p>I"m not as smart as most of y'all But I seem to remember the reason for the GOR was to get the ACC their own network (ACCN)</p><p></p><p>On July 21, 2016, at a media event in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" target="_blank">Charlotte</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>, ESPN announced a 20-year extension of its contract with the ACC, and that it would launch a cable channel dedicated to the ACC in 2019 known as the ACC Network. The announcement was attended by then-On July 21, 2016, at a media event in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" target="_blank">Charlotte</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" target="_blank">North Carolina</a>, ESPN announced a 20-year extension of its contract with the ACC, and that it would launch a cable channel dedicated to the ACC in 2019 known as the ACC Network. The announcement was attended by then-ESPN president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Skipper" target="_blank">John Skipper</a> and ACC commissioner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swofford" target="_blank">John Swofford</a>. Ahead of the television network's launch, ESPN announced that it would begin to stream ACC events beginning in the upcoming 2016 season.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-espn-accdeal-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> Following the announcement, Skipper defended the decision to go on with launching a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_television" target="_blank">linear television</a> network, arguing that sports were the most valuable property on television because they are "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_television" target="_blank">the only thing you have to watch live</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-observer-deal-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>and ACC commissioner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swofford" target="_blank">John Swofford</a>. Ahead of the television network's launch, ESPN announced that it would begin to stream ACC events beginning in the upcoming 2016 season.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-espn-accdeal-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> Following the announcement, Skipper defended the decision to go on with launching a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_television" target="_blank">linear television</a> network, arguing that sports were the most valuable property on television because they are "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_television" target="_blank">the only thing you have to watch live</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-observer-deal-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stech81, post: 997924, member: 1687"] I"m not as smart as most of y'all But I seem to remember the reason for the GOR was to get the ACC their own network (ACCN) On July 21, 2016, at a media event in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina']Charlotte[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina']North Carolina[/URL], ESPN announced a 20-year extension of its contract with the ACC, and that it would launch a cable channel dedicated to the ACC in 2019 known as the ACC Network. The announcement was attended by then-On July 21, 2016, at a media event in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina']Charlotte[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina']North Carolina[/URL], ESPN announced a 20-year extension of its contract with the ACC, and that it would launch a cable channel dedicated to the ACC in 2019 known as the ACC Network. The announcement was attended by then-ESPN president [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Skipper']John Skipper[/URL] and ACC commissioner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swofford']John Swofford[/URL]. Ahead of the television network's launch, ESPN announced that it would begin to stream ACC events beginning in the upcoming 2016 season.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-espn-accdeal-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Following the announcement, Skipper defended the decision to go on with launching a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_television']linear television[/URL] network, arguing that sports were the most valuable property on television because they are "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_television']the only thing you have to watch live[/URL]".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-observer-deal-1'][1][/URL]and ACC commissioner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swofford']John Swofford[/URL]. Ahead of the television network's launch, ESPN announced that it would begin to stream ACC events beginning in the upcoming 2016 season.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-espn-accdeal-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Following the announcement, Skipper defended the decision to go on with launching a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_television']linear television[/URL] network, arguing that sports were the most valuable property on television because they are "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_television']the only thing you have to watch live[/URL]".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACC_Network#cite_note-observer-deal-1'][1][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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