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Imagine that - football driving a conference network. Not olympic -- Colonel Jessup 07/29/2016 12:52PM That is absolutely true that FB drives the numbers BUT -- corvt2000 07/29/2016 4:00PM I really hope b-ball will pull subscribers. Some very good games -- Colonel Jessup 07/30/2016 09:43AM Olympic sports do nothing but provide filler for the network. -- Atlee Hokie 07/29/2016 4:43PM So, Teel says that Swofford says that Swofford has been visionary. -- techman 07/29/2016 12:45PM I think it took too long like everyone else. -- HOO86 07/29/2016 2:20PM There was a substantial amount -- ren_hoek 07/30/2016 10:46AM VT and UVa delivered more of that market -- hokieone 07/29/2016 09:42AM So that's how you nearly end a league? -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 01:17AM Sorry, Maryland screwed themselves -- VaTechHokiesACC 07/30/2016 05:09AM What is your assessments of the decisions made since? You seem stuck -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 1:40PM Better, but nothing to write home about. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 3:23PM I agree on UNC. Tell me what would have A's? -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 4:25PM A few thoughts. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 7:19PM So VT et al should pay Md rather than Md taking money from its endowment? -- daveinop 07/30/2016 09:21AM Yes. VT should be getting fatter checks from this league too. ** -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 11:35AM WVU? That's it? All this negativity and all you can come up with is -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 11:09PM And BTW, why do ACC apologists feel Maryland's money problems reflect well -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 01:21AM Nice spin..... -- 2hhoop3 08/01/2016 10:56AM So what did they do so right? -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 12:39AM I've made that very clear. You are unable to see any positive if -- ColumbusHokie 07/31/2016 8:59PM Just keep giving it ALL to ESPN and be their punching bags every saturday? ** -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 12:32AM Just stop...please. ** -- marcbvtgm 07/29/2016 12:39PM Re: Just stop...please. -- 33laszlo99 07/29/2016 3:21PM Re: Just stop...please. -- Maroon Doom 07/29/2016 4:45PM Do you really think ESPN was going to do the ACC before the SEC??????????? -- Stech 07/29/2016 07:51AM BTW, Swofford said he and Jordan decided the network was a no-go. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 1:12PM Ask yourself WHY ESPN did that deal -- ahokie4u 07/29/2016 8:28PM And the ACC isn't a valuable property? -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 01:09AM Classic... -- daveinop 07/30/2016 10:11AM So you feel an ACCNetwork was a bigger gamble than the LHN? Why? ** -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 11:38AM Nope. I said "The two are not analogous",i.e.,they were a different gamble -- daveinop 07/30/2016 4:08PM ESPN waited to see where the SEC signed before moving forward. -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 4:36PM I think that applies today's knowledge to yesterday's challenges -- daveinop 07/30/2016 6:04PM All I can tell ya is majority of this board recognized its importance. -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 8:27PM Hell, Swofford identified the need in 2009. The three conferences with -- daveinop 07/30/2016 9:25PM You guys are right. Nothing coulda been done. We're in good hands. -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 10:06PM Swoff also coulda linked the ACCN to Raycom forever. think about that ** -- daveinop 07/31/2016 12:39PM The ACC wasn't married to ESPN back then. The SEC was stuck in a contract. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 11:58AM Wrong again...and again. Chuck saying it is so does not make it so. -- daveinop 07/29/2016 12:51PM Notice how Swofford indicated he and Jordan decided ACC wasn't ready in 09? -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 1:08PM Do you really believe there was not conversations -- ahokie4u 07/29/2016 8:55PM Coversations for sure, but Swoff himself said he and Jordan made the call. -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 12:55AM So you think the ACC and Wasserman never checked with ESPN? -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 1:45PM You're right. ACC's been run well then. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 3:19PM It would have been smart for ESPN to do the ACC before the SEC? -- Stech 07/29/2016 12:31PM Would have been smart for ACC to not include content in ESPN deal. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 12:56PM The LHN was a politically driven move -- Red Hokie 07/29/2016 2:17PM It tells us all we need to know about ESPN's willingness to do a network. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 3:21PM The landscape was much different for the long horn network -- ahokie4u 07/29/2016 9:10PM ESPN offered the network for leverage, not profit IMO. -- Red Hokie 07/29/2016 3:51PM ESPN should've felt the pressure to keep the ACC under its umbrella too. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 7:25PM Doubling down -- daveinop 07/29/2016 07:20AM Not really. It nearly happened. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 11:54AM This is neither horseshoes nor hand grenades. you were wrong ** -- daveinop 07/29/2016 12:22PM Um. OK. ** -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 12:26PM Poaching was impossible after the GOR -- ren_hoek 07/29/2016 12:18PM We heard the same about the $50 million buyout. Did we not? ** -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 12:27PM Hilarious how you assert that -- ren_hoek 07/29/2016 06:49AM You lose credibility by suggesting this league's been run well. ** -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 10:53AM You lose credibility by not understanding context. -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 2:04PM Louisville replacing MDU is a huge gain athletically -- EDGEMAN 07/29/2016 06:17AM There's a reason why the B1G fought for Maryland instead of UofL. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 10:52AM Yes, because they wanted into the south via the ACC. They failed. ** -- ColumbusHokie 07/29/2016 11:12PM Wanted into Jersey and DC too. All reports indicate it was a HUGE score. ** -- chuckd4vt 07/30/2016 12:20PM Agree 100% ** -- Lakeridgehokie 07/29/2016 09:15AM Chuck, I'd never expect you to be happy. -- HOO86 07/29/2016 01:45AM Agree, you can only play the hand you have been dealt -- Vippie1 07/29/2016 12:16PM The next guy/gal should in no way be associated w/ UNC. -- chuckd4vt 07/29/2016 10:49AM I think Swofford will be here through launch in 2019. -- HOO86 07/29/2016 3:02PM Syracuse may have just hired that guy. ** -- crabcake77 07/31/2016 11:39AM What does "delivering a market" even mean? -- Tercules 07/28/2016 11:18PM Easy fits va tech plans -- Mercury 07/29/2016 12:48AM
