Well- I do think that in the decade to come these media companies will be looking to make these conferences have a footprint that hits all four corners of the map so that they can legitimize paying oodles and avoid having what is deemed a regional product. It’s remote at this moment, but I could see each of the power 2, 3 or 4 conf adopting a G5 to have a combined media deal. A Big brother - little brother media package. More content and more opportunities to help Olympics. I don’t see the power conf just handing money out and opening doors- instead I just see it as combo package to fill in gaps. Right now the BiG could literally toss CUSA or the FunBelt some nickels and say hey- we are putting you on BTN as gap filler and also we’ll do some BB stuff together.
What happens to BTN if the FunBelt is added? Seems like BTN adds a lot of southern eye balls.
College sports are moving to conference networks and streaming. When the cable bundle ends or becomes less relevant in the future, conference networks will be looking for content and brands to attract customers to buy their channel. It would not surprise me if the BTN and SECN look towards other conference for content.
In the short term, ironically, it would make the most sense for the ACCN to partner with the Big East for content as it would get the ACCN with home state pricing in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, DC/Maryland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Ohio, Milwaukee,...