From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   JGibson  wrote:   
   > Washington State and Oregon State seemed resigned to their fate of   
   > heading the Mountain West.  The Mountain West commissioner made it clear   
   > they'd be welcome with open arms.   
   >   
   > Stanford and Cal seem to still be trying to find a home in one of the   
   > remaining power 4 conferences.  And Notre Dame seems to be pushing for   
   > these two to join the ACC?  But it doesn't seem like Stanford and Cal add   
   > anything to the ACC except for access to late night Friday and Saturday   
   > TV slots for football.   
      
   The theory I heard re:the ACC was that the ACC’s ESPN contract requires or   
   somehow incents ESPN to get the ACCN on basic cable in every state where   
   the ACC operates. California has a *lot* of cable households.   
      
   No, I don’t know how a contract between the ACC and ESPN can force a cable   
   carrier to add ACCN on the basic tier. I don’t really know the details of   
   how the ACC/ESPN deal works.   
      
   Also it may be seen as a logical extension of an ACC/PAC12 alliance that   
   was discussed a few years back.   
      
   At any rate the current local rumor mill is that it’s looking much less   
   likely after the Presidents examined the deets. And we all know how   
   valuable and accurate the local rumor mills are when it comes to conference   
   realignment issues.   
      
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