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Message: [QUOTE="Fishy, post: 4713801, member: 38"] If you’re a betting man, do not bet on a raise. I can see Fox saying no, thank you. The PAC12 just folded because they could not get a linear deal. Fox is cutting expenses and they’ve just added or are about to add a total of eight schools - they have plenty of inventory. And there’s no leverage - ESPN has no room. A lot has changed since the Big12 signed their deal - Ackerman knows that which is why she said she wanted to renegotiate now instead of down the road. She’s really smart, but this is not a generous game - the networks will give as little as they can. (E.g. ESPN giving us $1.5M a year in 2012 and their refusal to even consider opening the ACC deal now.) [/QUOTE]