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Message: [QUOTE="dayooper, post: 4349901, member: 3859"] I guess I just don’t see this as a competition between Fox and ESPN. It’s more like a partnership. While The Mouse will push the SEC for profit, there needs to be more than 16-24 teams in the P5. With the yearly payouts hinted at over $1 billion each for the Big10 and SEC, there’s no way either will be willing to pony up over $2 billion for the games. This whole idea doesn’t work unless you have 32-48 teams in the mix. With Fox and ESPN splitting the main costs, it becomes more manageable. Fox bringing in ESPN and others also lessens the financial burden. Think of it, the only 2 schools they truly would be fighting over is UNC and ND. The rest can easily be divided into how ever many they want. Put 40-48 schools in the P5 and you have a more interesting grouping than something smaller. My guess is they aren’t going to hold up any deal to break away for UNC (If ND goes anywhere, it will be ACC or Big10). [/QUOTE]