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Message: [QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1681148, member: 3201"] Yes, because the ACC doesn't release numbers, many people make the mistake of comparing year old numbers to SEC and Big 12 releases. I expect that the 2014-2015 ACC numbers will be negligibly different from the Big 12 and PAC in any direction. However, unless there is an unreported revenue source, which is unlikely but not impossible given the secrecy that the ACC shrouds itself in, the gap with the SEC and B1G is going to grow significantly. That being said, one note that is worth a bit of a silver lining that nobody but me ever talks about. As part of the new SECN deal, the SEC extended their contracts another decade, to 2035. They are now the longest rights deal in ALL OF SPORTS. As much as a boost as they've gotten, a significant portion of that boost is in that extension. Longer rights deals today ALWAYS serve the network, and they'll pay for extensions. They already paid several million to extend the ACC's deal by three years. In the WORST case scenario, even if an ACC network doesn't materialize, the ACC could walk up to ESPN, offer up it's rights another ten years, and get a significant raise. Now, I don't know that I want that to happen. I'm not sure that the best long-long term chance for the ACC to catch up much more to the B1G and SEC isn't to bite the bullet for a decade and get on the open market. Can all the schools survive and hold tight in the face of a decade of those shortfalls? I don't know, but continuing to extend a really bad 2010 deal is just never going to get you ahead. You've got to get to the open market again to catch up, in my opinion. I think eventually the ACC is going to have to decide if it's willing to be at something like 60% of B1G/SEC money for a decade for a chance to be at 90% after that, or it would rather be at 75% for perpetuity. If they go for the latter, we'll see a new deal, including an ACCN or not, in the next 2-3 years. [/QUOTE]

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