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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2179097, member: 622"]
Good find.  The writer, as well as many others, miss the point that ESPN has a vested interest in the success of the ACCN and that that interest is lucrative (largest media footprint), higher than average wage earners, etc., along with with re-brandable useless networks that will literally cost nothing to convert and can generate new revenues.  Live sports generate the most revenue, the ACC has plenty of live sports to offer, ESPN has a few networks that are flailing, it makes sense to try something else, especially a prove model (see SECN, BTN).

Comparing the PACN any of the 4 P5 deals is non-sense as they are doing the "go-it-alone" route and, if successful, could reap rewards across the pacific as well as west coast.  Even a modest success rate in Asia could be very beneficial to the western schools.

Further, all the gloom and doom prognosticators forget the simple fact that even cord cutters will want something to watch.  Sports nuts will pay for their teams/conferences/sports in general.  ABC and Disney have been around a very long time and weathered many storms while making money.  ESPN has been making money for some time.  The three will weather this storm and make money, maybe not as much, but still making money.
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