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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4583159, member: 5685"]
But you still need quality and viewers. That is the issue with many of the schools outside of the B1G/SEC. Few of the matchups are Tier 1/2 worthy. Pooling ACC/P12 works great for the ACCN but IMO doesn't do much for the overall contract. Especially without many intersectional games.

For example I don't see the point in the P12 adding SMU. SMU has a small fanbase so it will do nothing to drive the P12N nor any subscriptions (ESPN+, Apple, Amazon, etc). For Tier 1/2 TV the SMU game in most cases won't even be chosen locally in Dallas. If SMU is playing an average P12 team like Arizona State, who are the networks going to chose to put on? Texas, Oklahoma, and A&M will have preference. Then I think the Texas B12 schools playing an average B12 team like Kansas State would all get higher ratings/interest in Dallas vs the SMU game. Maybe even Oklahoma State vs Kansas State as well. Casual fans in Dallas have been watching B12 football for roughly 30 years. They aren't going to switch over to watching P12 games just for SMU.
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