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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 1256315, member: 2524"] You don't understand the economics of the cable business. Over-the-air, advertising based revenues are driven by number of viewers. Cable revenues are not - rather a passionate minority can drive revenues - and the B1G has that passionate minority in many markets. The ACC does not. Too many of their schools attract passion only locally (Pitt) or among a small group of alumni (BC). The B1G is full of state schools in which every geographic part of the state has an interest in its school. So while advertising revenue may be similar between the leagues, cable subscriber revenue is vastly higher for the B1G. That means ESPN makes more money by having B1G games than ACC games, and will pay more for them. It also means the B1G can make a BTN work, while the ACC will be hard pressed to get an ACCN off the ground. [/QUOTE]