--- MHver3 wrote:
Good Morning!
As promised, here it is:
Slive doesnt want to expand again so soon but CBS may force his hand. He is being told by CBS that they will be willing to nearly double the current contract if the SEC can successfully petition the NCAA for a semi-final round in their conference championship and add two more schools(one each in VA and NC).
UNC has become the SEC's main target. There is a ton of mutual interest.
ESPN would still have Tier2 for UNC but you can bet the farm that they do not want to lose the marquee basketball match-ups of UNC. take this article for example, you will understand why UNC is the most important school the ACC has in regards to television.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...ketball-posts-its-most-watched-season/123450/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.c...-season/123450/
Also, by adding nearly 20 million people to their footprint, the SEC Network will quickly find it's footing.
I'm not 100% certain but it is very possible that Slive will make an announcement before we will if CBS and him can get everything on the same page