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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4678190, member: 1414"] I don't think we're disagreeing here. Take Miss State out of the SEC and are they independently valuable enough to be added to the SEC? No. Not even closer. Teams playing a P5 slate of games are going to get more attention, generate more fans, and grow their ratings numbers and fanbase. So I don't think Fox or ESPN are running the numbers based on the Big East payout. It's more: UConn basketball blew up when in a top league, can football do that? Now it's Fox has UConn hoop. B12 would be ESPN and Fox share UConn hoops and football, each of which could be boosted by presence in the league. I do think they run that straight "we have those rights" numbers for a school like FSU or Clemson. Because it's pure ESPN on both the SEC and ACC (minus CBS), so ESPN would likely not want to pay up for something they have 100% of now. It's the biggest flaw in the whole "ACC is doomed" argument. [/QUOTE]