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[QUOTE="chakka3421, post: 23158, member: 1091"]
I would ask ND and Penn St how much is required to have you come to the ACC to finish off the conference at 16.  If they said, "if you can get $25 million per year from ESPN, NBC, etc, we will join."  The ACC commish goes to ESPN, NBC and says - both ND and Penn St will join the ACC if you agree to a 10 year, $25 million a year deal contract the day they both join (right now I think Penn St is at $18 million, not sure about ND).  One of the networks takes the deal, and we have really one of the best conferences in America for both football, basketball and lacrosse.

Anyway, I do not know how this all comes about in the smoke filled back room deals that take place, but look at how much the ACC is coming at this from a position of strength.  The above scenario could actually take place along those lines.  Now look at the Big East, the commish and the conference have never been able to negotiate from a position of strength or probably they don't even think in these terms due to the misfits of basketball only and allowing ND to join but not football and now they only want Navy for football only - what a mess.

Can anyone really blame SU or Pitt for bolting?  I think not.
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