The top topic for many fans of ACC fans outside of on the field results of their teams is how to increase revenue and future football schedule, and Comcast potentially coming onboard to make the ACC Network available for their subscribers.
Below the podcast give some indication where things are headed. The first 20 minutes discuss the above topics.
It’s a very good listen, that I recommend.
An ACC Podcast: ?@ByDavidTeel? was kind enough to tell me why panic over the state of college basketball might not be warranted. Plus, how can the ACC increase its $? Or can it? And what WILL NIL mean? https://t.co/sty7j7yWc7
— Lauren Brownlow (@lebrownlow) June 5, 2021
Some notes from the podcast…
Increasingly it looks Comcast will add the ACC Network to their channel lineup. This coincides with recently made comments by Jim Phillips. Comcast is the primary Cable provider of the Atlanta metro area, several metropolitan locations in Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, the Northeast, and Indiana. Do not underestimate the amount of revenue this would add to the ACC. No it’s not catching the SEC or Big 10, but it’s going to be a significant.
Regarding the Lookins from ESPN that Teel mentioned in the podcast. The ACC doesn’t have a lot of flexibility to move the needle with their current contract, but they do have something to work with – football scheduling.
I would fully expect the scheduling model in ACC football to change in the next 3-5 years to create more attractive conference matchups and more frequent conference matchups than we have now. However that model works, ESPN will have some influence and that will affect the current TV Deal.
Maybe the ACC was a bit more savvy managing this than we give them credit for. The ACC could have changed their schedule at anytime, but do it in line with a lookin period could make it more financially beneficial.
Notre Dame – the holy grail – is also discussed, but that’s still pretty far off to me as the Irish remain obsessed with their outdated independent model and hitch their identity to it. We’re probably still decade or so away from that happening, if ever.
