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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 1034461, member: 2505"] From what I'm told, the ACC Network still has far too many sticking points to get off the ground. And the reasons should be obvious. First and foremost, the ACC, as the above article mentions, would have to buy back all the games in order to make it work. Second, ESPN already owns all the rights to the ACC, and they would not relinquish a partial share of those rights unless they were guaranteed better money than they're already earning now. If they thought the ROI would be worth it, they would have already signed on to such a deal. The ACC may still yet get a network, but it's likely not going to be as favorable as the Big Ten, SEC or Pac-12 got because they don't have the same leverage as those networks had. They will have to surrender partial ownership, at bare minimum, and may not have the same creative control it desires. [/QUOTE]