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[QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 1034337, member: 1559"]
So, NBC is going to license Notre Dame football games to a sports net run by a rival network?  I don't think so.  ESPN could take an ND football game from ABC/ESPN and put it on an ACC Network, but they would probably take an economic hit to do it so I don't know why they would do it.  Even if they did put one ND game per year against some weak ACC opponent (which is what the conference sports networks have been doing) would anyone really care?

What about ND hockey?  Well they are in Hockey East which has a TV deal and ND hockey has their own TV deal with NBC Sports Network.  (Yes, the Irish have screwed over Hockey East!)

So, that leaves ND men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball... for a potential ACC Network.  That's not real attractive content and it certainly wouldn't drive getting carriage around the country.

ESPN already has the ACC media rights locked up and they run the risk of losing more college sports content in the future as the Big 1G TV contract comes up for bid.  They have to be careful about losing content as they continue to raise sub rates to customers.
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