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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 1691971, member: 1312"]
I agree that the model of charging every subscriber in a DMA for a conference network is not sustainable over the long term, but having a conference network today is valuable as it is the content platform for their fans and it could move to over the top in the future.  The ACCN today is essentially a combination of Raycom and ESPN.  In the future, if conference networks go over the top, perhaps Raycom can be developed into becoming the ACCN.

How networks are monetized in the future is up for debate, but fans of a school would pay much more than $1/month to watch their favorite school and conference.  Would you pay $10/month to see all Syracuse athletic content as well as all of the other ACC content?  Sure.  Would fans of Big 10 and SEC schools pay up for content?  Sure.

In a financial model where fans of each school would have to pay up to subscribe for their team's content, the value of each of those schools is considerably different, especially in the ACC.  Who would bring more subscribers, FSU or Wake Forest?  Should the pot be split evenly if FSU brings 1 million subs and Wake Forest brings 50k?
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