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Message: [QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 5168695, member: 559"] I think the viewership based distribution is really a stretch argument. It's at best a secondary factor in driving conference revenue. Higher viewership numbers give the networks an opportunity to charge higher advertising rates for the product, but the money that is sent to the conference is driven by the contract that is already in place. If you want to use viewership numbers, go back to when the contracts were signed. The other component for network revenue comes from carriage rates, especially those pertaining to the ACCN. And instate carriage rates are much higher than out of state. Factor that into the equation and a school in NY brings much more to the table than one in SC. [/QUOTE]