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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 4028479, member: 694"] The thing is none of those suggested adds (except maybe Cincinnati adds some new Ohio based carriage outside of overlaps with the Pittsburgh DMA) adds a new market or a significant enough attraction to really do anything to the rights agreement, other than add potential streaming inventory. They're teams whose relative market value is in the $7-$14M range currently (and that accepts the Big XII commissioner's valuation as accurate). Right's deals have grown enough that outside of the tippity top teams, no P5 league has anywhere to turn to increase their payouts or even to keep everyone whole while increasing inventory. Of those teams Notre Dame is the only (relatively speaking) free agent. That's why there's so much smoke on USC to the Big Ten, but even then once you have to get into their tagalongs it starts to dilute the value. [/QUOTE]