It may depend on if ESPN goes broke or not before the

agreement expires. If ESPN goes broke and is forced to re-structure, then it may void future payments ESPN owes the ACC or even the agreement all together. It comes down to how the contract was written and if there are any loopholes for either party to get out of the contract down the road. If the ESPN-ACC contract were to end prematurely, then it may be difficult for the ACC to get a new contract in place quickly with another network. Even if the ACC were to get a new contract quickly in place, then it is reasonable to expect the terms would be less favorable to the ACC because the network would know that the ACC is in a desperate situation to get something quickly in place.

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Posted: 04/26/2017 at 1:47PM

Clay Travis on ESPN layoffs... -- mancunian 04/26/2017 12:51PM

70 on-air/online layoffs. Out of ~1000. Not that apocolyptic -- Tercules 04/26/2017 4:11PM

Thought about conference agreements with a bubble burst -- Colonel Jessup 04/26/2017 1:29PM

ESPN channels are migrating to streaming services already. -- HOO86 04/26/2017 1:50PM

True but will get much less overall viewers and no more new, huge contracts ** -- Colonel Jessup 04/26/2017 1:52PM

It depends. We'd have to know the turn up rate on the streaming subscribers -- HOO86 04/26/2017 2:24PM

It may depend on if ESPN goes broke or not before the -- VTHokie2000 04/26/2017 1:47PM

Re: It may depend on if ESPN goes broke or not before the -- 2hhoop3 04/27/2017 10:18AM

Even though Disney and Hearst Corporation own ESPN -- VTHokie2000 04/27/2017 1:26PM

Wasn't thinking that extreme but good point ** -- Colonel Jessup 04/26/2017 1:50PM

The only reason I mentioned it is because Clay mentioned -- VTHokie2000 04/26/2017 1:58PM

Swofford & Co wouldn't know a red flag if it bit him in his buttocks. ** -- Atlee Hokie 04/26/2017 9:06PM

It may depend on if ESPN goes broke or not before the

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