From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 11:55:54 AM UTC-4, xyzzy wrote:   
   > 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.    
      
   Not sure how that works either, but as one of the remaining holdouts for   
   cutting cable, I know that my pretty basic package has both the SEC Network   
   and the ACC Network (would likely be considered in Syracuse's TV zone).  But I   
   have to pay extra for Big    
   Ten network.   
      
   > Also it may be seen as a logical extension of an ACC/PAC12 alliance that    
   > was discussed a few years back.    
      
   Wasn't there supposed to be a Big Ten / ACC / Pac-12 alliance?  Doesn't seem   
   to have panned out so well.   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Probably as reliable as anything I've read.  The sources I was reading said   
   Washington/Oregon to the Big Ten was losing steam right before it actually   
   happened.   
      
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