Originally Posted by
tallguy
Yeah...no. While the ACC can reopen the contract with new members, the contract will not be going back on the open market. ESPN will make it worthwhile for expansion, but it won't be the near 100% increase per school that would be required for ACC shares to reach Big 10 levels. In addition, the Big 10 shares are going up every year as the Big 10 Network reaches more and more subscribers, while the ACC #'s will remain static until the end of the contract, AND there's the whole ownership stake PSU has in the B1N.
It makes zero sense for Penn State to even consider joining the ACC, and the fact that it's been continually brought up in this thread boggles my mind. The only way the ACC makes Big 10 money is if both ND and Texas join, and in that extremely unlikely scenario, there wouldn't be a spot for Penn State.
Finally, why would Penn State want to be in the same conference as Pitt? They've been ducking them for years, and they've certainly enjoyed the Big brother/little brother aspect of having Pitt in a different, less prestigious conference. Why would Penn State give Pitt any sort of legitimacy by playing in the same conference as them, especially considering that Big 10 is, and probably will be for the foreseeable future, the better football conference.