The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN have had a long standing relationship dating back to the network’s inception in 1979 and it appears they’ll continue that relationship well into the twenties. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand breaks the story today and we’ll be able to link to it later, but we have details on Twitter.
John says ESPN fended off Fox in a bidding war for the rights to ACC that will entail both football and basketball. We know that ESPN will pay $155 million a year and that is well below what the network is paying the SEC annually by about $50 million. This deal will last through the 2022-23 season which means it’s a 12 year deal.
Unlike the SEC deal which ESPN took over the syndication rights, Raycom will purchase a package from ESPN and remain affiliated with the ACC in a relationship that dates back to the 1970’s.
We’ll get more details on story in Monday’s linkage as well as from ESPN. Keep it here. Monday looks like it will be busy
