(07-02-2019 01:26 PM)HRFlossY Wrote: .....I got a sneaky feeling this ACC Network thing is Gonna ROCK!!!!
I'm also hoping it's going to rock. There are so many variables, however. Let me try comparing the prospects of the ACC Newwork to the SEC Network.
The population of the states in which the ACC has a school is 106 million. The SEC states have a population of 99 million. So, we're a little bigger there.
However, the degree of engagement is a good deal less in three ACC states -- MA, NY and PA than in any SEC state. On the other hand, Chicago may be in a different states but it's still in Notre Dame's backyard and, of course, has a big population. Also, Notre Dame has long cultivated a following in big eastern cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia. How, much does that make up for the limited appeal of BC, Syracuse and Pitt in their states?
There's also the question of the monthly rates the ACC can command. Reportedly, the SEC is getting $
1.30 per month per subscriber within its base and 25 cents a subscriber outside its base. I think the ACC can easily get the $1.30 a month within its base apart from MA, NY and PA but those are big states and I'm not sure what the ACC can do in them. It may depend upon what area of the state we're talking about.
I wonder, though, whether the ACC can command a higher rate than the SEC outside its natural population base. The ACC has two wildcards with wide national interest that the SEC lacks -- Duke basketball and Notre Dame football. Notre Dame's national appeal in football is obvious. That's why they have their own contract with NBC. Let me give you
some numbers to demonstrate the widespread national interest in Duke basketball:
Quote:**@DukeMBB leads all college athletics programs with a combined 4 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
**Duke basketball is the most followed college account on Instagram with 1 million followers. They are followed by Alabama football with 761,000, Ohio State football with 619,000 and Georgia football with 543,000.
**This season [2018-19] @DukeMBB followers added (358,000) on Instagram exceeds the total all-time following of all other college basketball accounts.
**On Instagram, Duke has more followers than any other college hoops team, and over three times as many followers as the second-most (Kentucky).
**Duke has more Instagram followers than the next four college hoops teams (Kentucky, UNC, UCLA, Kansas) combined.
**Duke has more followers than every conference’s schools combined in college hoops (including the ACC without Duke).
**Duke has gotten 36.7 million video views on Instagram since July (Kentucky is next closest with 10.05 million in college hoops)
**Duke has more followers on Instagram than all but two NHL teams (Blackhawks, Penguins)
**Duke has more followers than all but five MLB teams (Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants)
**Duke more followers than 19 of 32 NFL teams
Yes, the Zion effect last season had something to do with some of these numbers but the numbers were already stratospheric before Zion got to campus.
Will the national interest in Notre Dame football and Duke basketball convert into higher rates in states without ACC teams? I'm sure that's what ESPN is trying to get.