SPECULATION :) Bury the lede - man, I have not heard that one since my journalism teacher mentioned it long ago. Allow me to rephrase and expand from the last post. ESPN will end up sublicensing more future CFP games, including some semifinal games, in exchange for a handful of financing. On the flip side, ESPN will be able to carry some B1G games, in particular on the new Venu Sports package that's about to debut. Venu is a sports streaming service joint venture between Disney/ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). It is scheduled to launch this fall. The capabilities include high level DVR programming for such things as pause, rewind, save, etc. for sports carried by all three partners, including TNT. This product has been called a sports television game changer for everyone including the NFL. The CBS and NBC folks are cautiously watching. FOX did not bid on the CFP (why the price came in much lower than expected) in exchange for FSU and potentially other ACC members where ESPN becomes the finance recipient to broadcast those games in the B1G. WBD will also broadcast some of the CFP games in 2026 that will be produced by ESPN and their on-air talent. This provides different demographic numbers for ESPN. Again, with ESPN paying for FSU and possibly other ACC members to exit for the B1G, ESPN gets to broadcast B1G games. I have mentioned in the past that for FSU to enter the B1G, don't be alarmed if ESPN is permitted to broadcast some of those games. The realignment world is waiting on FSU to announce. I have stated before that all this comes out before August 15, but I suspect it could be any day now as I have tried to relay what I know. I have no issues for people calling out and disagreeing on my speculation. This really makes me no different from the podcast entrepreneurs in their basement who claim to have source info. I find it all interesting. The ACC/ESPN contract negotiation is for another topic. ** Edited by INSIDE99 at 6/27/2024, 2:15:59 PM