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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4028265, member: 3850"] I don't know the value of added distribution for the ACC...but there will be some. Maybe more for access than actual monetary increase. Mediacom just signed up and Comcast is in the batter's box. [I]"A lot of the carriers and providers, including Comcast, have renewals coming up this late summer and into the fall. I think we're making tremendous progress with them," Phillips said. "Those frustrations are real. We'll never be the conference that we need to be until we get some of those issues taken care of. I think we have a great strategy. It's been top of point every conversation we've had with our TV partners. They understand it. They get it. So we're hopeful to make a big dent in the distribution piece coming up."[/I] I still think that the ACC may work it out where it is feasible to take on a couple of programs...from a mix of WVU, UCF, Cincinnati, etc. Ultimately. too little, too late,Phillips is attempting to get the ACC to think like a football conference. Swofford straddled the fence with a lot of his schools being more interested in basketball. The ACC has very good basketball, and very good non revenue sports...but they don't bring in the money. [/QUOTE]