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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 653850, member: 2524"] Agreed. Regarding the old BE contract: I believe ESPN only got a limited number of basketball games under that contract, not all of them; that contract proposal was rejected by the league as inadequate, in part because of the low compensation for basketball onlys; and it neglects the NCAA bball tourney credits which added ~$4 mn per team per year, which would make the FB:BB ratio closer to 2:1. But as I said, you can look at other leagues for different numbers. I don't think ACC football is valued at 5:1 over ACC basketball in its current media deal. 2:1 might be a good estimate. ACC basketball is worth a heck of a lot more than C7/nBE basketball which got $3 mn/year. Football drives revenue because the major programs have 80k-100k stadiums and charge ungodly amounts for tickets. In terms of media rights, basketball has considerable value, especially if the D4 break away from the NCAA tourney. [/QUOTE]