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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 620314, member: 652"] I think the ACC network is better off copying the Pac-12 model of having local affiliates within the national Pac-12 network. Pac-12 Network is a national network with a group of 7 networks dedicated regional to each Pac-12 team. The 7 networks, titled Pac-12 Networks, include the national network and 6 regional networks: Pac-12 Arizona (Arizona & Arizona State), Pac-12 Bay Area (Cal & Stanford), Pac-12 Los Angeles (UCLA & USC), Pac-12 Mountain (Colorado & Utah), Pac-12 Oregon (Oregon & Oregon State), and Pac-12 Washington (Washington & Washington State).The national network was available to at least 48 million homes at time of launch,while the regional networks are available in every home of their respective region in Pac-12 territory. The ACC could copy this by doing ACC Carolina (Duke, Wake, N.Carolina, NC State) ACC Peach (Clemson, Georgia Tech), ACC Florida (Florida State, Miami), ACC Virginia ( Virginia, Virginia Tech) ACC Mid-West(Pitt, Louisville, Notre Dame) ACC Northeast( Syracuse, Boston College) The only reason that the BTN is successful is all the money that FOX/News Corp was willing to lose on the launch in exchange for probable preference when the B1G renegotiates its television contracts. While this can't be "proven" technically it is pretty obvious the B1G is atleast partially going to go to FOX after the 2016 season as the B1G championship game was awarded to FOX even though they broadcast zero B1G games and ESPN would probably pay a lot to broadcast it. I don't think going completely national like BTN or SEC will work in the long run because ESPN can't leverage entire networks on its platform too much or eventually cable companies will fight back. By having regional networks and 1 national feeder it allows the network to grow and if it becomes go enough to get on basic cable then you are flush with money. [/QUOTE]

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