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Originally Posted by Coach
All it takes to evaporate Florida State’s votes is for ESPN to tell the SEC and Big 12 that there is no pro rata after 16. ESPN has the ACC and frankly the SEC at well below market value and have them both locked up for a really long time
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The SEC and ACC locking themselves into long term deals with one primary media partner is looking more and more like a strategic error considering ESPN’s dire current financial situation.
ESPN was unwilling (unable?) to pay the SEC extra for something as incremental as going from 8 to 9 conference games.
The Big 10 had the right approach going with multiple media partners and with a deal that starts immediately… the SEC entered into their deal with ESPN in 2020, but it doesn’t actually begin until 2024… so much will have changed with ESPN in those four years and not for the better.