I would assume the YES network is more penetration and market share in the NYC area than SNY or MSG, so that part is good. Pretty sure that the regional sports rights for the ACC are going to be shared by YES and MSG though, so I think this is just one piece of the picture.
Don't like that YES is showing 10 New Big East basketball games too. Hope if they are going to be shown live that they are all going to be played at midnight on Sunday nights, on Tuesday mornings, or other appropriate times to cover that level of competition.
I don't watch the Yankee broadcasts on YES almost ever but from what I have seen, they do a good job with the pre and post game coverage. Not so sure about but the play by play and color people.
I will dare to write it. If Sterling, Kay or Waldman are allowed to ever appear on any ACC broadcast, there will be blood on the walls of the corporate offices of YES.
Hope YES is able to do as good a job covering the ACC as SNY did covering the old Big East. My guess is that it will be very Syracuse centric coverage. It is encouraging to see them single out Syracuse as the reason the ACC is now something worth covering in the NYC area.
The announcement says YES is going to cover 10 games, which pales to
'up to 33' Big East football games SNY said they were going to cover during the 2012 season. I hope MSG steps up and announces plans to cover another 25 or 30 games soon.