The league is about to find out how committed they are to the survival of the conference. And, now you have the Alliance was formed and you got a sense that at least the Pac-12, the Big Ten and the ACC had this kumbaya and stiff-armed the college football playoff for a while and we had this saneness among us and then you had this issue yesterday,” said Packer. A year ago name, image and likeness was front and center and we have seen how it has altered the world. You have Fox Sports and they are in the football business. “So we have kind of been through this before but this how now reached the point where hey you have ESPN and they are in the football business. The ACC has been here before and was able to make the moves to survive. Here comes the expansion with Pittsburgh…and a lot of people didn’t understand…Well, if that had not happened by John Swofford and the grants of media rights the ACC would not be here.” And so what did you see happen? Here comes Boston College. And John Swofford had a front-row seat and knew it was coming. It felt like a critical time for the existence of the Atlantic Coast Conference and it was. “To me, this is going to be, we had a stretch during expansion, years ago with John Swofford. “The trillion-dollar question is our league,” Packer said on his final show with Durham. Packer gave his thoughts on what the news that UCLA and USC are heading to the Big 10 means for the ACC. The short-term plan appears to be live event replays (which, given that we’re going to be in July in a couple of days, makes sense for the time being), and depending on how much ESPN wants to cut costs, that might be the long-term play as well.Mark Packer had plenty to say Friday morning on the final edition of the Packer and Durham show on the ACC network about the future of the conference. ESPN did not immediately announce its plans to replace Packer and Durham on the air, but another studio show would make sense. If there’s a time to end a college sports studio show, it’s in the middle of the summer, so the timing here makes sense. I’m incredibly excited to expand my play-by-play schedule in football and basketball moving forward and to continue being a key part of the future of ACC Network and ESPN.”īoth Packer and Durham will continue to be involved with ACC Network. The support and encouragement we have received from the fans, coaches, student-athletes and administrators in the ACC has been just incredible and I look forward to continuing those relationships in the years ahead. Pack has been great to partner with and his creative instincts in talk format on radio and TV made our 1,000+ shows together terrific. Wes Durham: “I am grateful to have been part of Packer and Durham for more than 650 shows on ACC Network. It’s a real honor and pleasure to be a part of ACCN.” I can’t wait see how our network continues to grow in scope and content. He’s a Hall of Fame broadcaster, and he’ll be great in his future ventures with ACCN. I really enjoyed spending my mornings with Wes Durham. The entire ESPN staff did a remarkable job. Mark Packer: “What started out as a crazy hunch on satellite radio turned into a live TV show from my basement…with dogs, too! 1,028 shows…659 of them on TV.
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