GoSU96
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Regarding the ACCN, that would be something that within the deal I could see be subject to revocation, as in if ESPN didn’t hit certain numbers they could revoke their obligation to have a dedicated network. They might want to do that without terminating the entire agreement.I am guessing that ESPN wanted to be protected in case the rollout of the ACCN was a disaster, a lot of major cable systems did not pick it up and it turned out to be a big money loser.
That is surely why the term option was 2 years after the ACCN went on air.
Why the ACC agreed to allow them to retain that and push it out 5 years (or whatever the extension length was) is beyond me. The ACC commissioner apparently did this on his own and it was stupid.