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ESPN needs to get out of this LHN deal quick before it brings down the entire network.
Not sure if serious.
ESPN needs to get out of this LHN deal quick before it brings down the entire network.
So the AAC is going to kick out teams.... no chance. AAC is stuck now at 11 with the moves to add ECU, Tulane, and Tulsa with 12 when Navy is on board. Aresco will not jettison anyone from this league.
Where did I say the AAC was going to kick teams out? If the other conferences swell to 16, the AAC will lose programs the old-fashioned way - they'll walk out the front door.
Do try to keep pace with the other children.
Yes. If a B12 remnant / AAC merger takes place, it will be the top AAC teams moving to the B12 and leaving the weak AAC teams behind, not the B12 teams joining the AAC, which would create a too-large conference with too many weak teams.
upstater said:ESPN needs to get out of this LHN deal quick before it brings down the entire network.
LHN bringing Disney down? OK, I know you don't like your current situation but c'mon...
Baylor would give another chance for teams to play in Texas when not playing UTA. It puts the ACC in another new state, plus UConn shuts out the B1G from New England.
The B1G is desperate for another big-time football and they might even suspend the AAU rule for OU. This is the same exact reason they were jonesing for ND all those years. This is what happens when they have to carry the likes of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and now two East schools that the folks in the heartland think don't belong. The SEC and Pac12 has them scared. Even the ACC is catching up.
The SEC don't need more football power. So they can be fine with decent all-around athletic programs like WVU. Keeps them in the geographic footprint.
Which two events have a higher probability of occurring:LHN bringing Disney down? OK, I know you don't like your current situation but c'mon...
Baylor would give another chance for teams to play in Texas when not playing UTA. It puts the ACC in another new state, plus UConn shuts out the B1G from New England.
The B1G is desperate for another big-time football and they might even suspend the AAU rule for OU. This is the same exact reason they were jonesing for ND all those years. This is what happens when they have to carry the likes of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and now two East schools that the folks in the heartland think don't belong. The SEC and Pac12 has them scared. Even the ACC is catching up.
The SEC don't need more football power. So they can be fine with decent all-around athletic programs like WVU. Keeps them in the geographic footprint.
You've gone nuts....coming from the guy whose conference(ACC) is in the shadows between 2 Mega-conferences(B1G/SEC). Sounds like someone's scared just not the B1G !! BTW didnt Minnesota and ACC power Cuse clash last fall?LHN bringing Disney down? OK, I know you don't like your current situation but c'mon...
Baylor would give another chance for teams to play in Texas when not playing UTA. It puts the ACC in another new state, plus UConn shuts out the B1G from New England.
The B1G is desperate for another big-time football and they might even suspend the AAU rule for OU. This is the same exact reason they were jonesing for ND all those years. This is what happens when they have to carry the likes of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and now two East schools that the folks in the heartland think don't belong. The SEC and Pac12 has them scared. Even the ACC is catching up.
The SEC don't need more football power. So they can be fine with decent all-around athletic programs like WVU. Keeps them in the geographic footprint.
I don't think the SEC or the Pac12 would need to poach a school from the B1G. So, yes, I would agree. The key, here, is that Disney is betting long on a Sun Belt (no, not the SBC) strategy. They have pulled everything possible to get the pay TV operators to sign up the SECN at the rates they wanted. UConn in the ACC would benefit both sides tremendously. Recruitment in new territories. Better geography. The B1G has history and legacy but future is in the growing states. I think Disney will agree to start the ACC Net soon after realizing the profits from the SECN. They'll let the B1G go completely to other networks since they will make so much money that they won't become necessary to their bottom line. Nothing against everyone else but that is how I see things.Which two events have a higher probability of occurring:
1) A Big Ten school leaving the B1G to go to the ACC.
2) An ACC school leaving the ACC to go to the B1G.
The answer to this question will tell if the ACC is catching up. BTW, There are no possible scenarios where the SEC or Pac 12 try to poach from the B1G.
The SEC Network and the Big Ten Network, predictably, have sold well. The SEC is selling lights' out and the Big Ten Network is doing very well.
I don't think that bodes well for the mythical ACC Network. The SEC and Big 10 are dominant in every market they're in and that's what moves carriers.
I don't see where the ACC cracks in - they're subservient to the SEC and Big 10 wherever they overlap and their northeastern wing is either in the middle of nowhere (SU) or buried in their own market (BC). I don't know why ESPN would throw more money into a property they already own outright just to be able to sell a network to carriers in North Carolina and Virginia.
Being the house band for ESPN has had huge advantages for the ACC in terms of money and promotion, but this is the downside. I think that's why you've seen the ACC Net talk fade despite last year's talking points suggesting that a decision was imminent.
An ACC network makes no sense for ESPN. At some point they need to keep programming for ESPN and ESPN2
They have the AAC.
I don't think it's necessary to create another channel when you can just convert ESPNU to an ACCN.
Isn't that where most ACC games are already buried?I don't think it's necessary to create another channel when you can just convert ESPNU to an ACCN.
I don't think it's necessary to create another channel when you can just convert ESPNU to an ACCN.
Isn't that where most ACC games are already buried?