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[QUOTE="Cuseman78, post: 410816, member: 131"]
This is completely speculative on my part but my understanding is that it would break down as follows:

ACC ESPN contract: $18 mill (maybe a tad more w ND now involved)
ORange bowl: $2 mill (55/2/14 teams)
ESPN BCS deal: this is still TBD dependent upon how much of the cash is given to the big 5 (to split evenly) and how much goes the G5. According to the linked article, the ESPN deal is worth $608 mill/yr, but that number includes the $215 mill allotted for the bowl payouts (80 for rosé, 80 for sugar, 55 for orange). That leaves 393 mill. Is it safe to assume that 200 mill will go to the big 5 to be split evenly?  If so, that's 40 mill a conference, which wold mean about $3 million per team.

Bottom line, I can see the number being around 23-25 mill for ACC teams. Less than the other 4 conferences, but light years ahead of what the G5 wll get.

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