http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-babcock-acc-channel-clarity-post.html
"Fans’ craving for news on a potential ACC channel created misunderstanding of remarks Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock made during a Hokie Club function Saturday.
“I said that I hoped we would have some kind of clarity, one way or the other, by the end of the calendar year,” Babcock told me Tuesday evening via phone, “and we’d likely get an update at our meetings in May. That was it. I’m quite sure that’s what I said. I’m always very careful about what I say on the (subject).”
"With the Big Ten negotiating extensions of its television contracts and the conference projecting annual per-school distributions north of $40 million, about double current ACC payouts, Babcock and his fellow ACC athletic directors are as eager for news as their donors and fans."
No, they aren't. Big Ten teams will be getting about $31 million, NOT $40 million, for TV rights when all is said and done. Still a lot, but these pie-in-the-sky numbers are reminiscent of "the Dude of WV".
ReplyDeletesee http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/04/ridiculous-b1g-propaganda.html
They aren't my numbers. Just posting numbers David Teel put in his article. He is VERY pro ACC FYI.
ReplyDeleteI understand. Teel is probably just quoting other writers without checking the math.
DeleteOops! Make that Big Ten number $34.7 million/year (projected). Compare that to $24 million/year (projected) for the ACC. Still a $10 million/year gap though.
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