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Message: [QUOTE="RedRabbit84, post: 5170499, member: 13638"] I think the SEC and B1G are hitting the law of diminishing returns. What I think [I]could[/I] happen is a reshuffling of some deck chairs between the SEC and ACC wherein maybe UNC and Virginia go to the SEC in order to maximize attention on Rivalry Week. Something along those lines. ESPN won't let Fox and the B1G just take whoever they want from their catalogue, let's be realistic. It'll be very transactional, give something/get something. For all the talk of ESPN struggling, and they're not in the best of shape admittedly... It's been the Fox this actually selling things off (humorously a large chunk to ESPN's parent company). So I think what's most likely is some shifting around to start maximizing profits of what they already have. The ACC isn't in nearly the dire straights the PAC was in. I also think we're at a point where basketball is starting to take more precedence, hence the chatter of the break away tournament. March Madness is pretty much a black check in terms of value, and I imagine the conferences wouldn't mind keeping a larger chunk of that money for themselves. This is good news for schools such as UConn and Kansas who aren't necessarily killers on the gridiron, but are blue chip programs in basketball. Look, I'm no UConn fan but a basketball tournament without UConn or Kansas just doesn't have any weight. [/QUOTE]