ACC opens TV Contract Negotiations with ESPN

[Upstate]

http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/201..._r.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Hmm, I wonder how much per team we'll get?

 

[Orangemen]

So that should pretty much mean the ACC is done expanding?

 

[Franz69]

Sounds like they are done expanding and not worried about losing FSU.

 

[SmilinBob]

Or seeing what the market will pay for what they have right now.

 

[longtimefan]

http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/201..._r.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Last year, during the re-alignment kerfuffle, there was lots of talk about "value added"--how much $$$ a candidate school would bring via brand (Nebraska) and/or market (Missouri with KC and StL). It's interesting how much value SU and Pitt have brought to the ACC; not for either of those reasons, but because the expansion allows the ACC to re-open a contract in which they were seriously short-changed.

 

[Jake]

I would think they are trying to negotiate with FSU still in the fold. Their previous agreement had a reopener if the conference changed by two teams. So if they negotiate now they get bang for the Buck and losing only FSU doesn't cause the contract to reopen.