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<blockquote data-quote="topdecktiger" data-source="post: 129536139" data-attributes="member: 1459051">You don't have to be well versed on the contract. Unless a conference goes it alone (a la the Pac 12), the broadcasting partner has to own the rights of the games to put them on the network. Fox had to buy the rights to start BTN, and ESPN had to buy the rights to start SECN. The exact same thing would have to take place to start an ACCN, but ESPN already owns those rights, so that step is already taken care of.Regarding the costs, it's simply not going to cost as much as the other poster says, no matter how much he believes it. Clearly, ESPN would run the network out of ESPN Events, just like the SECN. It would be asinine not to. Point being, there aren't going to be &quot;ten of millions&quot; of start up costs when you are using pre-existing facilities. The success or failure of a network is going to depend entirely on how much carriage it can achieve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topdecktiger, post: 129536139, member: 1459051"] You don't have to be well versed on the contract. Unless a conference goes it alone (a la the Pac 12), the broadcasting partner has to own the rights of the games to put them on the network. Fox had to buy the rights to start BTN, and ESPN had to buy the rights to start SECN. The exact same thing would have to take place to start an ACCN, but ESPN already owns those rights, so that step is already taken care of. Regarding the costs, it's simply not going to cost as much as the other poster says, no matter how much he believes it. Clearly, ESPN would run the network out of ESPN Events, just like the SECN. It would be asinine not to. Point being, there aren't going to be "ten of millions" of start up costs when you are using pre-existing facilities. The success or failure of a network is going to depend entirely on how much carriage it can achieve. [/QUOTE]

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