In reply to: Define “forced into a conference.” If the benefits outweigh posted by 1NDGal
Yes, our entrance would increase the value of the ACC rights deal, certainly. But their existing deal is already more, so we'd see a TV revenue increase from joining:
Each full ACC school gets $30MM already. ND gets about $8MM from the ACC and between $15-20MM from NBC.
(This isn't an argument that we should join a conference, for the record.)
football member than what it makes now.
First, though, an anticompetitive act must be alleged. Swarbrick would never do it.