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Message: [QUOTE="whaler11, post: 2769013, member: 676"] Regardless of what some of our more delusional posters think - the next contract will be a function of the numbers of parties interested. Make a case for a legitimate second bidder (nevermind third or fourth). I suspect they will have two offers from ESPN. One that looks like today and one that keeps what is on linear TV on TV and moves the ESPN3 content to ESPN+. I’d guess the first deal gets them 3-4 million and the second deal gets them 5-6 million. Breaking it into a bunch of pieces would probably get them a few more dollars but is suicide from a competitive standpoint. The only thing the league has going for it is the deluge of games easily available on ESPN properties and ESPN having so many windows because so much has/will move to the SEC and ACC networks. [/QUOTE]