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Message: [QUOTE="qdawgg, post: 423147, member: 52"] for the most part. Here are a few little things I would like to add and then this thread will probably get buried like most of my threads do :D - I could be wrong with a few of these things so please correct anything I've mixed up, it's not intentional. Or if I'm repeating "stuff" already posted, not intentional. I've been skimming through all of the conference threads and not reading them all in an attempt to keep my sanity. 1) At this point the 1 person/group that can "fix" things quickly for the ACC is ESPN. Fox wants a share of the market and if ESPN wants to prevent the ACC from being pillaged they will do whatever it takes ($$$$$) to restructure contracts or whatever they have to do. Obviously if ND suddenly decided to go all in the ACC tomorrow when their NBC contract is over, that would be the simplest and best solution. But since I don't expect them to commit to anything anytime soon I believe everything is on ESPN right now to essentially save the league. Commit more $$$$ and help prevent any of the schools that have been in discussion from being picked off. ESPN was caught with their pants down. They can't afford to let it happen again and with lots of internet chatter about new combo of teams to the B10 ESPN better act real quick. Hopefully this means big $$$ for the ACC. 2) I could see ND committing full or more fully to the ACC. ND is not going to commit to anything until they believe the writing is on the wall that independence is doomed. That could be a couple of years but if they sit down and realize what is happening they may already realize their independence is limited. Despite how much of some people think they are for "using" the BE and now the ACC; they might be the only school in the country that would tell the B10 to off. Why? Because ND doesn't need the $$$ the B10 can offer and they realize most of these moves are happening in order to force ND to join their conference. That might piss them off, make Delaney look like an a-hole in their eyes and they can afford to do whatever they want. 3) ACC network. I think an ACC network could potentially be more successful year round compared to other leagues. People who live in the ACC "network" are just as likely to watch basketball and lacrosse almost as much as ACC football. I don't believe this to be as true in other leagues geographic areas they represent. This provides year round content. Is it going to be high eye ball content? No. But as others have said before and this is true for me, I don't ever watch the B10 network. The football is largely boring (no wonder RU is joining the league), so we could assume the rest of the content throughout the year is largely unwatched by a majority of the population. This doesn't mean that I think the ACC network can or will be more successful as far as the $$$ it makes. But I think the overall content could be watched year round on a more consistent basis than other networks like the SEC or even the B10. [/QUOTE]

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