Lets start with a comparison:
ACC: $1.86 billion from ABC/ESPN over 12 years
Big Ten: $2.8 billion from Big Ten Network for 25 years, $1 billion from ABC/ESPN through 2016
Big 12: $1.1 billion from Fox over 13 years and $480 million from ABC/ESPN for eight years (Texas gets additional $15 million from ESPN for its Longhorn Network)
SEC: $2.25 billion from ESPN for 15 years, $825 million from CBS for 15 years
Pac-12: $3 billion from ESPN and Fox for 12 years
Big East: $200 million from ABC/ESPN until 2013
Seems pretty obvious they are going to need to get some money. They are in large media markets so IMO the ACC number doesnt seem out of reach.
ACC: $1.86 billion from ABC/ESPN over 12 years
Big Ten: $2.8 billion from Big Ten Network for 25 years, $1 billion from ABC/ESPN through 2016
Big 12: $1.1 billion from Fox over 13 years and $480 million from ABC/ESPN for eight years (Texas gets additional $15 million from ESPN for its Longhorn Network)
SEC: $2.25 billion from ESPN for 15 years, $825 million from CBS for 15 years
Pac-12: $3 billion from ESPN and Fox for 12 years
Big East: $200 million from ABC/ESPN until 2013
Seems pretty obvious they are going to need to get some money. They are in large media markets so IMO the ACC number doesnt seem out of reach.
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