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[QUOTE="AcAndAc, post: 5350336, member: 10310"]
Last time I checked ESPN and Fox are competitors, as are the SEC and B1G.  Regardless, there are two different dynamics.

B1G = Markets = money.  In what world does RUTGERS and Maryland have more value to the Big Ten than other options?  The one where they get to be on cable in NYC/NJ/MD. That is where UNC and UVa (and Georgia and Florida) add value to the B1G. Cable TV rights/market expansion.

For the SEC, it is not markets, but ratings.   Florida State and Clemson add competition/ratings/viewers... but adding UNC and UVa blocks the B1G from expanding its markets... preventing the B1G from making additional revenue.  Why would Alabama be cool with Ohio State getting more annual funds?  The big dogs are all competing for players in an NIL world.

Meanwhile, what is more valuable to ESPN?  Clemson v. Tennessee or Clemson v Louisville?  Florida State-LSU or Florida State-North Carolina State.  Whatever more they ESPN spend to slide Clemson/FSU to the SEC, they will just save by not paying the ACC once Clemson/FSU are gone.

Whatever is left of the ACC will be glad to still get good money, even if not as much as if the conference was in its current form... such as same $$$ as now, only 10 years later.
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