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Message: [QUOTE="bobbyinaz, post: 2683239, member: 3853"] There are different definitions of "success" when it comes to the ACC Network. Does having an ACC Network mean success to ESPN? Sure it does because it gives them incremental carriage fee increases but there is no dollar value in that article assigned to either of the ACC or SEC Networks. This likely means that all of the ESPN networks shown on the cable provider are bundled into 1 fee. How much of that "fee" does ESPN earmark towards the ACC Network? That's the big question The next question is does the ACC Network kicks out significant income to the ACC schools? Without any significant increase in revenues all it does is continues to keep those schools locked in for an extended period of time while their neighbors in the SEC & B1G earn nearly double the revenue. I remain skeptical that the ACC schools will see any marginal increase in revenues from an ACC Network. There is no reason for ESPN to give them anything since they already own it all. More likely, they throw a few crumbs to them. Wait until schools like Florida, South Carolina, Maryland and Rutgers (all schools that sit within the current ACC footprint) are making $50+MM per year That's when it will get interesting to see if any of the ACC schools start looking for greener pastures [/QUOTE]