(04-22-2018 02:33 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(04-22-2018 05:55 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(04-19-2018 11:11 AM)madizoned-level2004 Wrote:  Just for reference, this is a map of Comcast's service area:


Map showing the areas of the US where Comcast provides Cable and Broadband Services

Looking at this map, I'd say Comcast serves 8 or 9 Big Ten schools (Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern and possibly Illinois) but not the other 5 or 6. FWIW.

The estimated loss to the Big 10 is considered to be 2% of their media value, or roughly $1,020,000 per school moving forward.

So their estimated 51.1 million gets trimmed to 50.1 million. I give that a big meh!

Logically, I agree with you. However, most of this message board conference money analysis is more emotion than logic. Let's put this Comcast thing into perspective: the Big Ten is losing more from this (14 X $1.02M = $14.28M) than the ACC lost from a bad Orange Bowl contract ($40M - $27.5M = $12.5M). Honestly neither is THAT big a deal, but the optics are bad in both cases.

Of course, there's only ONE contract bowl to mess up... the Big Ten Network has many more carriers who could theoretically follow Comcast's lead.