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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5432175, member: 622"] I believe you are correct, but ESPN voiced a lot of concern as they were not fully on board with the SMU/Stanford/Cal adds. If I recall there was a gentlemen's agreement that the ACC would not use the last add without ESPN's consent. NOTE: This may be part of why ESPN fought so hard to limit the carriage rates to the metro areas, that and increased revenue on their part. I do think the streaming services are cutting into the old cable rates rules and the revenues are likely to change over the next couple of TV contract cycles. Imagine: Rutgers got into the B1G because they were close to NYC and now they could get booted because they carry nothing, even in their own DMA. [/QUOTE]