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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3513601, member: 27"]
No, all the tier 3 rights for ACC schools were sold to ESPN as part of the ACC network deal.  The B12 has no network, so their tier 3 rights are available.  Some of the schools can make a few million selling rights to some games (I think they get the worst OOC football game, a few OOC men’s basketball games and the Olympic sports).  Texas makes a whole lot more than that with their Longhorn Network, which features their tier 3 content.

But for B12 schools, a lot of their Olympic sports events are not televised, the quality of the broadcasts that are televised is questionable and the money is not steady.  And the distribution for those broadcasts is limited.

If the B12 could sell their tier 3 rights to ESPN or Fox and get a network like the ACCN that pays them 10-15 million a year, that would be huge step forward for them.

Even with all the questionable hires and questionable decisions made regarding specials/documentaries on ACC programs, I believe the ACCN already televises more events than the B1G,  SECN and Pac12N by a large margin.  This includes ACC Network Extra.  Syracuse, for instance, is the only school in the country that has committed to televising all sporting events played by the SU varsity teams at home.

ACCN offers the best distribution and visibility for Olympic sports of any of the conference networks.  That is a huge deal, especially for a network barely one year old.  It will pass the B1G in households next year when a deal with Comcast is reached and I believe it will pass the SECN as well down the road.
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