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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129603879" data-attributes="member: 1428007">It's like you are brain dead.  One must assume you are joking.I'll address your last misguided statements right off the bat.  I am not the one dodging here.  YOU are making the claim that:  ESPN  BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO AVAILABLE ACC INVENTORY AND THEY WILL PAY THE ACC AGAIN FOR THIS SAME INVENTORY FOR NOTHING IN EXCHANGE.You are twisting as usual what I've said.  I did not say if ESPN owns the rights the ACC won't get paid-  I said ESPN is not going to pay to buy back the rights from Raycom and then turn around and give any of that money to the ACC.  What ESPN is going to do is either have the ACC pay them directly to buy back those rights, or they will " finance, the ACC by giving them a Smaller percentage of ACC network profits until all expenses are paid off- exactly as the SEC deal or PAC deal is done.  Of course ESPN will own the rights.  Of course subscription fees will account for some of the revenues to ESPN.  but that's it- those revenues are ESPNs for rights they already control.  Not the ACCs for NOTHING.  ESPN already paid the ACC for the rights to a certain number of games from the ACC inventory- everything the ACC had at that time basically.  They don't owe the ACC subscription fees for inventory they own outright.  In order for the ACC to derive revenue from those subscription fees they must PAY ESPN to get back the inventory with Raycom and add some inventory - such as via playing a 9 game schedule.  Then give that inventory to ESPN which will in turn give the ACC subscription fees from profits for this new inventory.Another previous misstatement by you- that if the ACC moves to 9 conference games, this doesn't add to the inventory.  YES IT DOES.  9 conference games adds 7 games to the inventory available to ESPN-- inventory that did not exist when ESPn signed a deal with the ACC.  ITs completely new inventory that is not currently contracted because it doesn't exist- they play only 8 conference games.To the SEC.  I never said anything about the SEC getting more inventory than the ACC has via expansion.  More lies and distortion.  I said that in order to have enough inventory for their new network the SEC added  up to 24 games per year by expanding and then bought back tier 3 rights, rolled those rights over to ESPN.  Any rights ESpn acquired back themselves to add to the necessary inventory, the SEC pays back to ESPN via a lower payout for the SECn for a time until expenses are paid back to ESPN.As ESPn already owned the ACCs entire rights and the conference isn't expanding, something has to be moved from somewhere else where it's already making money to put on a digital network and to put on the later ACCn. or new inventory must be found ( 9 game schedule).So to wrap it up.  ESPn will own all ACC rights and inventory which those rights are based on.  ESPN will create an ACC channel.  The rights from Raycom will be acquired back- and ESPN will be compensated by the ACC for the reacquisition of those rights ( via pre paying or via gradual payback from their profits from the ACCN).  The network will be funded via subscription fees and from that and advertising ESPN will earn money.  After expenses paid, the ACC will get a share- but not a full share-- until they've paid ESPN back unless they paid ESPN upfront for rights reacquisition.</blockquote>

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