ACC, ESPN extend deal to 2036 that includes new ACC Network
Swofford said league schools unanimously extended a grant-of-rights provision that gives the ACC control of media rights — and more importantly, the money that comes with them — for any school that choses to leave the conference for the duration of the ESPN deal.
In a hypothetical case, Jordan said, the ACC would keep the revenue for a team's home football game as the rights holder even if that team was playing in another league, then divide the departed school's amount among the remaining ACC schools.
The digital channel will be available to authenticated subscribers via ESPN's online apps, which means viewers will have to first provide the usernames and passwords they use to log into the online accounts for their cable or satellite television providers.
On Thursday morning, however, Swofford was ready to talk in detail about the subject with ESPN President John Skipper joining him on stage with ACC coaches and administrators for an announcement that took over his annual state-of-the-league forum.