(04-29-2014 11:32 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  1.) Well, duh! Of course the ACC positioned its internal rah-rah document to make themselves look better. That's how PR works. Don't you think that same type of thing goes on everywhere else? As Chuck Neinas was spoon-feeding bloggers (Dude, Ethridge, Brown) and professional writers (Dodd) with misleading half-truth after misleading half-truth during last year's media feeding frenzy, all of which were specifically designed to damage the ACC, how concerned do you think he was about the fairness or accuracy of the reports coming out?

I mean, even as it became clear that a lot of the stories leaking out on a daily or weekly basis were blatantly false, I noticed that nobody from the B12 exactly rushed to clear up any of the ongoing confusion all of these bloggers/writers were causing. Why would that be (he asked rhetorically)?

2.) Spoiler alert: The ACC IS going to have its own television network. I know I'm going waaaaaay out on a limb with this prediction but you can take it to the bank. The ACC gets the third highest television ratings in both football and men's basketball and there is no question it will be a profit center for the league and ESPN. Further, I predict that the ACCN will be based in Charlotte, NC and it will essentially mirror the SEC Network. ESPN will also bundle the two networks to ensure that the ACC gets carried throughout the South and the SEC gets NYC/NE coverage. A quid pro quo if you will.

How do I know this? Because it is the worst kept secret in college athletics, that's how. Pretty much every single ACC AD has already spilled the beans in meetings with boosters, local media, etc. The only people still denying it at this point are the people who have a vested interest in doing so.

3.) Raycom, which is also based in Charlotte (coincidence?), has a much better chance of surviving for the long haul if they can somehow work with the ACC and ESPN and cut itself in on the deal. They are not going to be an obstacle at all.

4.) The B12 made such a big deal about the whole Tier 3 rights thing because the B12 CAN'T have its own dedicated conference network like the other four power leagues due to the presence of the Longhorn Network and Sooner Sports. In the long term there will not be one reasonable B12 fan who will insist that they've made out on the deal because it will become an increasingly ludicrous position for anyone to undertake.

However, in fairness to the B12, that was the cost of retaining Texas and stabilizing the league so that's just how it goes. I just think it's silly for people to pretend that it's some sort of an advantage because anyone with any sense of perspective can clearly see where this is headed. Otherwise, everyone else in the P5 would have adopted that model as well. I mean they're all trying to create more revenues, right? Instead every single P5 league other than the B12 has adopted the same model that the ACC is working to implement right now.

I don't mean to be confrontational but I've had enough of the ACC is on death's door fairy tales. It's just completely ridiculous and it always has been. I just prefer real conversation and debate, not coal miner folk stories.

You're really confused. The only thing Neinas ever said about expansion was that Notre Dame was the only one who made the Big 12 any money. And Bowlsby always said the Big 12 was happy at 10 and never implied expansion was likely. Most of the talk in the mainstream media came from Clemson and FSU administrators remarks.