(06-05-2023 10:53 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  ESPN has leveled off, their not gonna be able to pay ND 75M yr or have spot to put them, especially with that sch they been playing lately.
NBC resigns ND with the understanding they play more BIG & Pac schools, all 3 networks work together thru Fox.

[1st step, Wash, Org, Stanford, ASU]
Ratings will improve with better time slots, BIG fans & CFP interest.
just being involved with BIG will elevate Pac schools
between 3 networks BIG has just as many slots avaiable, 8 OTA

as for ACC, only Va & UNC are locks
FSU, Mia, Clemson are in good spots, but no guarantees
VT & NCST should be real carefull, things don't go right, their in B-12
4 schools leave in '30, exit fee's will total 4.5B dollars
7 duds are voting to disolve nothing
nor are they letting ESPN slip out 4 schools & replace them wilh Conn, Temple, Buffalo, USF & hurt their brand forever.

couple yrs ago I tought SEC was king of the hill, Warren fliped that boat
Warren had same foresight Kramer did

Warren did flip the boat, it capsized! You have a sort of deal with NBC which didn't work out, you had 3-4 schools in discussions with the SEC because of the aborted COVID Season, and he added a pair and couldn't follow up with Oregon and Washington. The Big 10 is 3 billion dollars behind the SEC now in valuation and Notre Dame, which is far from certain for the Big 10 is the only add valued over 600,000,000 at 928,000,000. Washington and Kansas are 500,000,000 each. Add all three and you are still over 1 billion behind.

ESPN has a great shot at landing N.D. and won't give up a single school to the Big 10 or FOX. If you don't clean up your mess on the West Coast you'll have nothing going for you anywhere else because all trust will be gone. You gutted one ally and lied to the other about scheduling.

It's a cluster of a mess in the Big Ten right now and ESPN still has far deeper pockets than CBS or NBC, or FOX for that matter. So, I don't accept your assessment but will revisit your prediction when it is done and if you were right I'll say so. IF you weren't I'll say so.