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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4667062, member: 5685"] Piggy backing off of my last post, would ESPN be willing to give a decent bump if the ACC expanded now by raiding the Big East and convincing Notre Dame to add a 6th football game? Especially with BBall being undervalued? With only five Notre Dame games the ACC only owns two games every other season. Going to six would give the ACC the rights to three games every year. Fox having the Big East diverts eyeballs from ESPN during BBall season. If the Big East were to lose its big market teams, those eyeballs stay with ESPN and you add TV markets to the ACC. You would be killing off competition and be making the ACC the only conference with a major presence in the Northeast. By adding 2 FB teams you increase FB inventory (extra 12-14 games), although it is poor inventory. By adding 4 BBall teams you significantly increase BBall inventory (extra 70-75 games), add major markets, and add pretty big brands. So would ESPN give a decent bump in TV money if the ACC: -Added UConn -Added Nova as long as they agree to go FBS in football -Added St Johns -Added Georgetown That kills off the Big East. It adds Philly to ACC FB and BBall. You add 4 big BBall brands and a lot of titles (9 of them). You add BBall teams in NYC and DC. Scheduling is doable: FB you play 2 teams yearly plus 6 more games rotated with the other 13 teams. Which means you play those other teams 6 times over 13 years. Now instead of getting Notre Dame 3 times over 9 years, you play them 3 times over 8 years. BBall you play 2 teams yearly twice a year. The other 16 teams you play once a year, so home every other year. It also adds stability for SU, BC, Pitt, Duke, Wake, Louisville, and Notre Dame. Should the other 8 ACC schools leave for the B16/SEC then you still have 8 FB and 11 BBall schools. You can then add USF/FAU and call it a day. You don't have to worry about finding a new home. You would think this would be attractive to ESPN. It would make the schools looking to eventually leave happier for the rest of the GOR. The left behind schools would be better off. Notre Dame would be happy. FSU and Clemson would have easier access to the FB playoffs in the ACC and the two FB adds are not a threat to them. It seems like the best option for all over the next dozen years. [/QUOTE]

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