The long-awaited ACC Network will launch by August 2019, with the Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN agreeing to a 20-year deal and rights extension through the 2035-36 academic year…
The ACC’s new grant of rights also automatically extends Notre Dame’s contract with the conference as a member in all sports but football through 2035-36, a source said. If the Irish forgo football independence in the next 20 years, they are contracted to join the ACC…
“When the ACC Network revenues are included, the ACC will be very competitive with the upper tier [Big Ten and SEC] of the Power 5 leagues,” a source said…
…The Big 12 spent all summer discussing future expansion and wondering about the prospects for its own television network.
Now the conference is talking about expansion again — Oklahoma president David Boren said as a direct result of the ACC’s network news. Any thought about trying to poach an ACC team is not based in reality.
If Florida State or any other team considered leaving over the next 20 years, it would have to pay the ACC a $50 million exit fee plus leave behind its television rights until the grant of rights expires. That’s a whole lot of cash to leave on the table to join a league that looks the most unstable and most unsecure among the Power 5 conferences.
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