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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1099901, member: 3201"]
Thanks.

Only thing I will say is that as far as the syndicated distribution, there's no question it is now better than any syndicated distribution anyone has had before, in terms of homes.

But unless there is some unrevealed profit sharing coming back, that ONLY helps in eyeballs, not cash.  Those rights were sold to ESPN along with everything else, and ESPN was forced to sublease to Raycom.

Now, had the ACC subleased directly to Raycom as they had in the past, and were sharing in some of the spoils of the syndicated distribution, then great.  But right now, as far as we know, it means nothing in terms of cold hard cash. I mean, whoopee that more people on the west coast can see NC State-BC at 12:30, but money is the key here.

That said, I have no problem with stalling it out for 3-5 years if not more.  The closer it gets to the end of the contract, the longer the ACC has to improve football and get to where it's expected in basketball.  And the closer the ACC is to having the option to forgo a network until the end of the contract, and go with a network they partially or wholly own.

In 5 years, we'll have a better idea of whether the PAC model (100% conference owned) is working.  The SEC had to strike now, they were at an absolute peak, and no guarantee that they wouldn't fall back by the time their contract ended.  The ACC is a couple years at the most removed from their lowest value, which would be reflected in any offer ESPN made now.  The ACC's leverage to get a good deal on an ESPN-owned network should only increase with time and the closer they get to having other options.
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