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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1430899, member: 652"] To Moontan's point I really hope ESPN does come thru for an ACCN. Obviously the onious is on the ACC to buy back the rights it sold to Fox and Raycom. That is the work ESPN will want done for them instead of ESPN doing it like they did with SEC's teams tier 3 rights. I think right now ESPN is trimming the fat on some spending i.e. they let Bill Simmons/Keith Olbermann go without paying them good money. If the ACC football keeps improving I think an ACCN could happen a la the SECN, but its going to take time. ESPN won't let the ACC drag way behind the other P5 conferences in revenue as they realize the ACC values the partnership and has little interest in going elsewhere. There is a clause in the ACC contract states that each team will get an additional 2 million per year if the ACCN doesn't materialize from ESPN. So I hope it happens, but if more people cut the cord cable will lose money for ESPN. [/QUOTE]