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Message: [QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 1822232, member: 469"] [URL="http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-more-acc-network-post.html"]Volume of ACC Network game coverage will rival Big Ten, SEC linear channels[/URL] # As I mentioned in[URL='http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-acc-channel-reveal-post.html'] Monday night's post[/URL], the SEC, Big Ten and Pacific 12 networks show the difficulty in projecting how much revenue the ACC's new venture might generate. Clay Travis took a very detailed stab at it in his [URL='http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/clays-column']Outkickthecoverage.com column[/URL], but let's take a different approach. Matching the SEC and Big Ten's estimated per-school network shares of $7.5 million-$10 million annually is a pipe dream given the ACC's smaller fan base, so let's set a modest base of $5 million. Multiply the $5 million by 14 fulltime members and you get $70 million. A quarter share for Notre Dame -- that's the Irish's take of other conference revenue -- bumps the total to $71.25 million. But the ACC doesn't distribute 100 percent of revenue to its schools. The most recent rate was 92.5 percent. So to send $71.25 million to members, the league would need $77.03 million in annual network windfall. Since ESPN will split profits with the ACC, the network would need to net $154.06 million. Travis estimates annual network expenses at $100 million, bringing the needed revenue to $254.06 million. Can the ACC Network, by 2019-20, generate that much in subscription fees, with monthly rates ranging from $1 to 25 cents based on location? In a cord-cutting era, can ESPN get the ACC Network in the 60 million-plus homes it likely would take to produce those fees? The answers will be years in the making. [/QUOTE]

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