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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129536778" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Its you that doesn't do research or know anything about these issues.Just because the SEC did something, doesn't mean the ACC can or will:excerpt:John Ourand in Sports Business Journal reports that due to syndicated rights issues with Fox Sports Net and Raycom, <a href="http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/05/20/Media/ACC-net.aspx">we may not see</a> an all-cable ACC Network unless they sell back their games to ESPN. In 2010 when ESPN and the ACC neogiated their deal, Raycom was sold a package of live football and men's basketball games. In turn, Raycom sublicensed a package of football and basketball games to Fox Sports Net which syndicates them to affiliates in ACC territory. These deals expire in 2027 and it appears neither Raycom nor Fox Sports Net are willing to let them go.In order to successfully launch an ACC Network, ESPN would need Raycom's and Fox Sports Net's packages. With the SEC, ESPN owned the syndicated rights and was able to convince the individual teams to sell back their local TV rights to launch the SEC Network. However, the ACC is a bit more complicated. In fact when ESPN negotiated its deal with the league, ACC officials requested that ESPN partner with Raycom on TV rights. Now with the league hoping to launch its own network, it finds that partnership is the monkey wrench blocking the path of getting a new deal done.<a href="http://awfulannouncing.com/2013/so-about-that-acc-network.html">http://awfulannouncing.com/2013/so-about-that-acc-network.html</a></blockquote>

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