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Yep, just saw this on the ACC BBS* b4 coming here and was going to post it. It makes sense. A prior post on this site (by me) noted that ESPN will not pay $45 million per year for "nothing". They will have something in their hand that can generate $$$ for them. As I understand according to Wes Durham of Raycom (and previously an announcer for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association), ESPN was contractually obligated to pay $3 million per team per year for all 15 teams in the absence of a network by July 1, 2016 (smart move by the ACC to put that in writing - "with a written agreement you have a prayer, with a verbal agreement you have nothing but air"). Your man Arb was right also when he said the start-up costs would not be too bad since the SEC network is run out of the ESPN studios in CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA! And, just maybe this is the reason ESPN did not compete for "Big 10" rights for the lion's share of their games (and Alabama beating Michigan State 38-0 did not help matters for them either - Clemson potentially could have won their game if not for a kickoff return).

*[URL]http://csnbbs.com/thread-778474.html[/URL]
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