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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 1110710, member: 636"]
Unfortunately, the current paradigm of these conference sports networks revolves around a top tier price for states within the conference footprint and then a much smaller price for those outside their footprint.

This paradigm is the biggest problem for an ACC Network because the perception/reality (I don't want to discuss which it is because that is a separate thread unto itself) is that the ACC footprint is only Virginia and North Carolina (in the strictest sense of this concept) and being generous maybe Massachusetts and upstate New York (which upstate New York is more populous than many other states).

An ACC Network will have to break the paradigm somewhat in that it will likely have to charge less for the states within its footprint that it shares (suchas Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania) but possibly charge more in metropolitan areas outside the perceived footprint (suchas NYC, DC, Philly, Chicago) due to the Notre Dame mystique and the basketball prowess of the likes of Duke, North Carolina, Louisville and Syracuse.

But even if the ACCN manages to break the current paradigm for itself, it is unlikely to generate the money of a BTN or SECN.

Cheers,
Neil
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