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re: Florida State's in dire financial straits right now
Posted on 7/3/19 at 4:00 pm to Smart Post
Posted on 7/3/19 at 4:00 pm to Smart Post
The ACC doesn't draw as many TV viewers as the SEC. It wasn't long ago that the ACC conference championship game was barely getting 25,000 fans into the stadium in North Carolina. And Im sure a lot of "fans" were free ticket holders and boys club and youth club giveaways.
This why ESPN has been pimping Clemson, they need desperately to have cable viewers watch ACC football and protect their investment. For years ESPN lost their shirts with contracts with the ACC.
The ACC needs a strong FSU and Miami to support the conference and it hasn't happened for a while. Miami has a hard time drawing 25-30,000 fans into a rented pro stadium that is almost an hour drive from campus.
The ACC is a basketball conference, face it. Im sure the contract that ESPN has with the ACC includes wording that the total amount ESPN pays out can be lessen if total viewership drops beyond an acceptable level. The bean counters in Bristol, Ct don't GAS about football.
This why ESPN has been pimping Clemson, they need desperately to have cable viewers watch ACC football and protect their investment. For years ESPN lost their shirts with contracts with the ACC.
The ACC needs a strong FSU and Miami to support the conference and it hasn't happened for a while. Miami has a hard time drawing 25-30,000 fans into a rented pro stadium that is almost an hour drive from campus.
The ACC is a basketball conference, face it. Im sure the contract that ESPN has with the ACC includes wording that the total amount ESPN pays out can be lessen if total viewership drops beyond an acceptable level. The bean counters in Bristol, Ct don't GAS about football.
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Posted on 7/3/19 at 4:24 pm to real_gator8
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The ACC is a basketball conference, face it. Im sure the contract that ESPN has with the ACC includes wording that the total amount ESPN pays out can be lessen if total viewership drops beyond an acceptable level. The bean counters in Bristol, Ct don't GAS about football.
Viewership means nothing when you peg payments to in-state conference viewers, who are forced to pay for those channels, like it or not.
That's how TV contracts have been set up for cable and which is why Rutgers was added to the Big 10 and SMU, the University of Houston or Texas Tech would've done the same thing for the SEC cable TV contracts as aggy.
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