ESPN will single handily have destroyed two eastern based conferences...

[orangeinjersey]

Market value is what it is. If the B1G says that adding RU and MD will add tens of millions to their deal, then I believe their TV people did their due diligence. All this for less than $1 per household subscriber REGIONALLY. ESPN gets $5 per subscriber from everywhere NATIONALLY.

ESPN Is a joke. If SU gets leftover is some mish mash conference college sports is over for me. We might as well go all Lafayette and Lehigh and at least get our academic rankings back in order.

 

[chakka3421]

You are spot on. Everyone seems to blame ND. The real blame must be place on ESPN and them alone and they may not even care. They will have the SEC network soon so who cares about the BE or the ACC if they fail. 2 super conferences and a 2nd tier out west. That's it and yes, college football will be a thing in the past for me too and I will go back to watching pro football from now on. Much better run especially proven with a decent playoff system. It was real fun watching the Giants last year.

 

[tipphill]

You are spot on. Everyone seems to blame ND. The real blame must be place on ESPN and them alone and they may not even care. They will have the SEC network soon so who cares about the BE or the ACC if they fail. 2 super conferences and a 2nd tier out west. That's it and yes, college football will be a thing in the past for me too and I will go back to watching pro football from now on. Much better run especially proven with a decent playoff system. It was real fun watching the Giants last year.

as my wife said to me about a year ago---college football has been ruined and i agree--no traditional stuff left--rivalries etc, no tongue in cheek alleged "hatred" of a rival,no good nature fun poking at them, and visa versa---fun is no longer a part of the college sports scene---posted this same message last year and it has come to full fruition---golf has become fun, with an occasional su game thrown in

 

[chakka3421]

Its fun if you in like a SEC or B1G grad.

 

[DoctorBombay]

Its morphing into a classic Haves vs Have-Nots scenario, and if you're on the outside looking in then its not a pretty picture.
If you're part of the new elite, its all gravy. But after all this, the sport can never be the same.

 

[tipphill]

Its fun if you in like a SEC or B1G grad.

nothing tongue in cheek with those two conferences---waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to serious for me

 

[orangeinjersey]

Its fun if you in like a SEC or B1G grad.

See but its more than that. College Football is not EXTREMELY popular in the NE. The B1G is expanding EAST in hopes to grab eyeballs and carriage fees. If they isolate the Eastern schools (BE/ACC) the few that DO WATCH, WONT. Thats what I am trying to say.

What good is expanding east if over time, no one in the EAST gives two shits about college football from the Big 3 conf?

If ESPN does not help the ACC, i vow never to watch that putrid channel again. And I dont think I would have too. I have EI Package, and Sunday ticket. I'll watch the NBC Sports or Fox channel for "news"

 

[chakka3421]

Except I dont think Swofford and ESPN will accept the new reality until more teams get raided from the ACC and it may be already too late. I say ESPN loses the whole NE corridor in this new business model and they dont even know, believe and/or see it yet.

 

[tipphill]

Except I dont think Swofford and ESPN will accept the new reality until more teams get raided from the ACC and it may be already too late. I say ESPN loses the whole NE corridor in this new business model and they dont even know, believe and/or see it yet.

they will lose the east and some of the mid-atlantic---the east cares little for it now --it will will fade away---

 

[chakka3421]

Like I said before - its a tug of war between FOX/BTN and ESPN/SEC. Its not about if people care to watch or not its what's included in basic cable and how many can be added that counts. I get stuff in basic cable I never watch but I end up paying for it unfortunately,

 

[anglerman]

You guys have no idea right now what the ACC has planned. I doubt they are all just saying that mighty Maryland is gone so let's pack it in. You're such fatalists you Ned to see what the response is before you go jump off the ledge. The big and the SEC only have so many spot left. Ther will be a good eastern sports league I garauntee it.