(06-02-2019 06:57 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  If ESPN wants to maximize profits for its conference networks it simply increases inner league football and basketball contests between The SEC and The ACC. ESPN can for all practical purposes put all SEC and ACC out conference games on The SEC or ACC Network by insisting that SEC and ACC only play each other out of conference.

SEC basketball numbers get bumped because of The ACC. ACC football numbers get a bump because of The SEC.

If ESPN, SEC and ACC leadership chooses to do this matchups like Kansas / Kentucky, Louisville / Indiana or North Carolina / UCLA basketball or Texas A&M / Texas, Virginia Tech / WVU football go away. (Texas A&M vs Texas already has and if Texas doesn’t become an SEC or ACC property they may never play again.)

Then ESPN puts its 5 Notre Dame / ACC games all on The ACC Network.

If college sports fans believe ESPN is beyond taking the Nations best college football and basketball conferences off the schedules of The Big Ten, PAC or Big 12, they are sadly mistaken. Dictating conference membership was Step 1, dictating when conference games were played (ACC conference basketball games in November) was Step 2, dictating who their conferences play is Step 3.

Not five ND/ACC games per year. Two or three, depending on the year.

All ND home games will be on NBC.