Comments on: The ACC is Exploring An ACC Network, Good Luck With That http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/ Sports, Media, Entertainment Sat, 18 May 2013 04:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: vp81955http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871764 vp81955 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:15:29 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871764 The ACC’s only hope for a network is strong-arming ESPN by telling them, “Virginia, North Carolina, Duke and Georgia Tech have a deal in place to go to the Big Ten, meaning much of your most valuable basketball programming will be Fox-controlled and lost to you. In addition, Virginia Tech and N.C. State will head to the SEC, Clemson and Florida State to the Big 12. You’ll be left holding the bag with Wake Forest, Boston College, Miami and the newcomers. Unless you give us what we want.”

Of course, one wonders if Swofford has it in him to be this Machiavellian. Maybe, if only because a relative is involved…

]]> By: Charlie Sheens Dopemanhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871563 Charlie Sheens Dopeman Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:01:18 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871563 Dont they already have CBS?

]]> By: Angry Dragon23http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871559 Angry Dragon23 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:12:47 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871559 At least the Big XII(?) has Texas, the ACC has no big markets. Meanwhile the Big Ten doesn’t even need to try and get great schools to join them, they have the great equalizer in revenue….the Chicago Market, there are so many Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State bars in town, I mean so many alumina in the third biggest market, and with New York all but not caring about College football, they are number two in viewers and profits. I mean Chicago schools like Northwestern and even this years BSC’s Northern Illinois don’t really matter but still make money. Not even the SEC has a money haven quite like Chicago.

]]> By: Nadahttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871503 Nada Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:36:59 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871503

by ‘fact’ I meant ‘perception’

Switch that around and you could work for Faux News!

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871488 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:47:20 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871488 And by ‘fact’ I meant ‘perception’.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871487 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:46:53 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871487 call=can all….it’s newspeak.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871486 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:46:28 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871486 It’s no less likely than Georgia Tech joining the Big 10. Point is, there’s a Big XII with an enforceable grant of rights for precisely as long as Texas wishes it to be so. That seems to be the opposite of stable.

Fair point. I think we call agree that Texas has the Big 12′s fate in its hands and if it decides to take its ball and go elsewhere the conference will experience a mass exodus/collapse. My earlier statement was based on the fact that Texas seems content with the Big 12 as is now, with the possibility of poaching an ACC team like Florida State.

]]> By: Faulknerhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871485 Faulkner Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:43:33 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871485

Highly unlikely unless Oklahoma and Kansas (or a geographic equivalent) go with them.

It’s no less likely than Georgia Tech joining the Big 10. Point is, there’s a Big XII with an enforceable grant of rights for precisely as long as Texas wishes it to be so. That seems to be the opposite of stable.

]]> By: Babar 2.0http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871484 Babar 2.0 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:43:01 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871484

How ridiculous would the TV contract be if SEC added UT and FSU? Nice addition to the east and west.

Not sure how appealing the 4th/5th best team in Texas is anymore.

/I know

]]> By: sctrojanshttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871482 sctrojans Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:41:25 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871482 How ridiculous would the TV contract be if SEC added UT and FSU? Nice addition to the east and west.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871481 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:38:59 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871481 I was always a fan of the OU/OSU to the Pac-12 rumor…but I realize is has an extremely low chance of happening.

I like the idea of a Mike Gundy team in the Pac 12. If OU didn’t come with him he’d do quite well not having to face that defense every year.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871480 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:38:10 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871480 Texas joins, say, the Big 10, and rather than backfilling them,

Highly unlikely unless Oklahoma and Kansas (or a geographic equivalent) go with them.

]]> By: Babar 2.0http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871479 Babar 2.0 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:38:08 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871479 I was always a fan of the OU/OSU to the Pac-12 rumor…but I realize is has an extremely low chance of happening.

]]> By: Faulknerhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871477 Faulkner Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:35:16 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871477

The Big 12 has a grant of rights agreement, which means they cede control of their TV rights to the Big 12 for 13 years. It locks all of those schools in place. If they leave they don’t get the TV money.

It’s only enforceable as long as there’s a league. Texas joins, say, the Big 10, and rather than backfilling them, the league folds as the other nine teams scatter to the winds.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871476 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:34:43 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871476 The Big 12 has a grant of rights agreement, which means they cede control of their TV rights to the Big 12 for 13 years. It locks all of those schools in place. If they leave they don’t get the TV money.

Also this.

]]> By: Ty Duffyhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871474 Ty Duffy Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:31:14 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871474

It makes more sense for those three to pick apart the Big XII from just about every standpoint. Geography, expanded markets, everything. Not a lot of value to be added by any of the ACC teams.

The Big 12 has a grant of rights agreement, which means they cede control of their TV rights to the Big 12 for 13 years. It locks all of those schools in place. If they leave they don’t get the TV money.

]]> By: jayhawk88http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871473 jayhawk88 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:29:33 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871473 Since this is all about TV money, I would think the ACC would have a leg up on the Big12 just based on sheer population numbers. I know Texas is a very big plum, but Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, and both Carolina’s all rank significantly ahead of the next Big 12 state (Oklahoma, to put this in perspective).

]]> By: squawkboxhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871472 squawkbox Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:28:40 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871472 a font size cutback

Funny – I did a double-check on my zoom size.

/no coop

]]> By: Average_Joehttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871471 Average_Joe Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:23:39 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871471

It makes more sense for those three to pick apart the Big XII from just about every standpoint. Geography, expanded markets, everything. Not a lot of value to be added by any of the ACC teams.

I tend to agree with you here. The Big 12 just has nowhere to go. The ACC just has to hold serve.

Also, the ACC already has a “network” kind of. It produces it’s own broadcasts on Raycom affiliates, and also manages it’s online content. It’s been playing with those for years now, but I don’t think it’s found much success. Hence, no big changes with the newer ESPN deal.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/14/the-acc-wants-to-create-an-acc-network-good-luck-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1871470 ms621 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:20:14 +0000 http://www.thebiglead.com/?p=237460#comment-1871470 It makes more sense for those three to pick apart the Big XII from just about every standpoint. Geography, expanded markets, everything. Not a lot of value to be added by any of the ACC teams.

Geographically yes, but the Big 12 seems to have righted the ship. They are all but trying to lure Florida State away from the ACC already. If that happens Miami won’t like being the only major Florida program left in the conference.

This is all based on my admittedly not very well-informed perceptions. But it kind of makes sense.

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