re: Kentucky and other non-premier schools are trying to block 9 game schedule, as is ESPN

The bottom 4 or so football schools in this conference better be careful in how much they try to strong arm the big revenue generators they profit from, especially in any attempt that further weakens the revenue of the conference in the name of one more rent a win. Once the ACC gets raided, the next rounds of realignment will be contraction, not addition. Schools that take more than they add in revenue are going to either be forced to accept smaller shares or be kicked out of the 2 big super leagues entirely if the networks say they dont want to pay for a Vandy Northwestern game.

Take a look at Week 1 of this upcoming season. Its the weakest tv schedule Ive seen in years. LSU/FSU is the only game worth watching. The networks aren’t giving out billion dollar contracts for this shite anymore. The best programs need to be playing each other weekly.