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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4359629, member: 3850"] But...re the ACC-ESPN contract.....We can guess that the ESPN contract has language about "look ins" (widely reported)....language giving ESPN the right to renegotiate terms if the conference loses teams (makes sense for a billion dollar contract). There are many fans that believe that Fox and ESPN are working together to create a Tier 1 league...and maximize their holdings...ESPN with their SEC and ACC holdings and Fox with the B1G. And the conspiracy theories hold that ESPN has "outs" in their contract that will allow them to eventually group their strongest brands....How that will fly with the GOR is unknown but those who follow the theory note that the GOR has specific language that states that the programs deed their rights to the conference so that the conference may fulfill their responsibilty under the ESPN contract (that language is in the GOR previously linked). There is no information on the what it takes for ESPN or the conference to modify the ESPN contract. Some noodlers throw out the thought that the Mouse could keep the rest of the conference members "whole" in terms of revenue and add a couple of teams if they move a couple to the SEC/B1G. And that might suffice. But...we are all noodlers since little concrete is known. Me? I do not see ESPN willingly ceding Notre Dame to Fox...I would guess that they would prefer the Irish get a big contract from NBC, stay indy and play their 2.5 games average under the ESPN umbrella. But that's my noodle. [/QUOTE]

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