(Dennis Nett | Syracuse.com)
Syracuse, N.Y. — This summer's celebrated announcement of a coming ACC Network will be big for Syracuse University's wallet and its non-revenue teams, but the concept might not be as popular with football and basketball fans in Upstate New York.
In previous years, whenever ESPN has chosen not to broadcast Syracuse games, those opportunities have traditionally been picked up by local television channels, usually Time-Warner Sports. With the creation of its own network, ESPN will be much less likely to surrender those opportunities to local television stations, instead using those games to drive viewers to its online broadcasts.