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Message: [QUOTE="btstimpy, post: 1256347, member: 2673"] There is no evidence to support the bolded part of your answer. They won't make more money because there aren't significantly more viewers. The football viewer averages are less than 10% difference. The SEC is the conference with significantly more football viewers. The ACCN part is debatable. The Raycom syndication has rapidly been picked up by TV stations and Regional Sports Networks to reach 90 million homes nationwide since they expanded from the ACC footprint due to the ESPN contract. The cable model is not based on viewers. The contracts are based on statewide subscribers and subscriber fees. People have to pay for the channel even if they don't watch it. The ACC has the largest cable subscriber footprint of any conference. The question is only how much could the subscriber fee be. Those large B1G alumni bases help fill stadiums, but it's not making much difference with television viewers. [/QUOTE]