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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1468279" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>It's not speculation, it's a fact.</p><p></p><p>Delany got BTN on basic cable in NY and DC. I didn't think that was possible, I was wrong on that, and it's been a big financial windfall for the conference.</p><p></p><p>But as cable subscriptions inexorably decline, the money incoming from the BTN is going to go into reverse, and adding Rutgers and Maryland with their irrelevant football programs diluting the attractiveness of conference matchups has made the first tier rights that get sold to outside parties less attractive as well.</p><p></p><p>The conference's cheerleaders treated the short term of the most recent TV deal as a coup, allowing the conference to dip back into the marketplace before their competitors. They're wrong. The conference settled for a short term in order to keep the per-year-per-school amount high. Winter is coming when the negotiations open again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1468279, member: 746137"] It's not speculation, it's a fact. Delany got BTN on basic cable in NY and DC. I didn't think that was possible, I was wrong on that, and it's been a big financial windfall for the conference. But as cable subscriptions inexorably decline, the money incoming from the BTN is going to go into reverse, and adding Rutgers and Maryland with their irrelevant football programs diluting the attractiveness of conference matchups has made the first tier rights that get sold to outside parties less attractive as well. The conference's cheerleaders treated the short term of the most recent TV deal as a coup, allowing the conference to dip back into the marketplace before their competitors. They're wrong. The conference settled for a short term in order to keep the per-year-per-school amount high. Winter is coming when the negotiations open again. [/QUOTE]
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