Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Big 10 to double ACC payout



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).”
Posting on a Tech Sideline message board, a Hokies fan had a far different take. He said Babcock “explicitly noted that he expected an (ACC channel) to begin broadcasting this year.”



"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."

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4 comments:

  1. Hokie MarkApril 27, 2016 at 7:01 AM

    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".
    see http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/04/ridiculous-b1g-propaganda.html

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  2. ZApril 27, 2016 at 7:04 AM

    They aren't my numbers. Just posting numbers David Teel put in his article. He is VERY pro ACC FYI.

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    1. Hokie MarkApril 27, 2016 at 8:08 AM

      I understand. Teel is probably just quoting other writers without checking the math.

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  3. Hokie MarkApril 27, 2016 at 8:56 AM

    Oops! 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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