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Shane, this realignment bruhaha from the ACC is people not understanding value to the networks. Many will have to swallow the hard pill of reality. ESPN, a network that has been in the sports programming business for decades and has launched numerous channels before is not going to sign a single school (UT/LHN) to a 10-year contract with that non-existent marketing push and that awful programming if profits were the motive. If helmet schools mattered, ESPN would have included OU and called it the RRN. This was about keeping UT from joining the P12 or B1G. Did the GoR for the B12 and this 10-year deal w/ UT end roughly the same time? Did people know something? Why would you spend all that $ and effort to make a network viable to only cancel it because UT is going to join the SEC? You don't think ESPN thinks it can make up quickly, all the "losses" of paying UT for that sham of a network once UT joins the SEC. That should tell you how much more valuable UT is vs. A&M to the networks. I'll bet those dynamics are similar when it comes to UF vs. FSU or UM.
ND/NBC have been long standing partners… I'm sure NBC knew ND was going to play games against ACC teams before it was announced. Why didn't NBC make a bid for the ACC, wouldn't NBC get to show every other year ACC vs SEC rivalry games or despite all of this NBC said "I'll pass"? I'll bet ESPN making the ACC sign such a long GoR had more to do with ND than the ACC. This gives ND a good reason not to "park" its games in the B1G or worse join because the ACC will be around for a while.
I'll bet many A&M/FSU fans believe they're close in value to UT/UF to the networks. I don't think people understand exactly how these networks monetize things. These networks are privy to data that you and I are not. They'll have data we may not even know to look for, thus they are making decisions that are dramatically different than those who like to brag. Why would networks sign a 7-10 year contract on the hopes team A stays good and team B becomes good… you wouldn't, you'd sign a yearly contract.