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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5365656, member: 622"]
If i knew that answer, I would be working with a major network, a major streamer, and/or a major conference - AND I would be very wealthy.  If anyone truly knows right now, I would be surprised.

My assessment is that ESPN will want to maintain the ACC and SEC schools.  They will want a few more, but not likely to release profitable properties, especially to a competitor (Fox, NBC/CBS, streamer) without a fight.  I am not sure that the SEC and ACC remain in  their present forms; if the "plan" is to go to two major conferences, the SEC and ACC are likely to merge.

If ESPN fails, I believe the B1G/Fox will take SU.  They can effectively kick ESPN out of the northeast for college sports by taking SU and Pitt, regardless of whether BC is included.  The northeast has the most dense population and locking ESPN out of it makes ESPN irrelevant, a second-rate network in college sports, which affects long-term viewership as a huge chunk of fans will grow up not knowing about ESPN.  Ironically, northeast college sports is what built ESPN from the local cable show it was way back when.

The final option is for SU to stay out of the top level of CFB, though that is expressly NOT the current intent of the BOT.

The above is opinion only, that and $10 can get you a cup of coffee.
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