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re: Conference expansion = more money?
Posted on 12/5/12 at 2:34 pm to aggressor
Posted on 12/5/12 at 2:34 pm to aggressor
ESPN has way more knowledge in this (even with their poor investment in LHN, at least they know that's NOT the way to go) so I see them being probably the best option. CBS seems to be more interested in its NFL properties and its coverage of the NCAA men's b-ball tournament.
I can live with SEC owning a minority interest so long as it can't be forced to sell it without its consent (and if ESPN demands a right of first refusal should the SEC decide to sell that's OK too, so long as the SEC can have a similar right if ESPN decides it wants out).
Commissioner Slive is so brilliant it's scary. Knowing he could get A&M whenever they wanted to join (since they've wanted in since 1996) and seeing in 2010 that it was just a matter of time before it happened (since it had NO interest in joining the PAC-#) is uncanny.
I can live with SEC owning a minority interest so long as it can't be forced to sell it without its consent (and if ESPN demands a right of first refusal should the SEC decide to sell that's OK too, so long as the SEC can have a similar right if ESPN decides it wants out).
Commissioner Slive is so brilliant it's scary. Knowing he could get A&M whenever they wanted to join (since they've wanted in since 1996) and seeing in 2010 that it was just a matter of time before it happened (since it had NO interest in joining the PAC-#) is uncanny.
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Posted on 12/5/12 at 4:17 pm to Quidam65
I would be a fairly surprised if the SEC doesn't own a controlling interest in the SECN. Be a 51% stake or something smaller with ESPN and CBS picking up smaller chunks.
I kind of sorta expect CBS Sports Net to get a couple random games that normally would have been PPV. Not all of them are going to fit on the SECN airways and ESPN has other conferences it has to air. I am assuming the SEC Network syndication package will be gone forever in two years though I guess they could just stick those cruddy games vs FCS teams on that.
I kind of sorta expect CBS Sports Net to get a couple random games that normally would have been PPV. Not all of them are going to fit on the SECN airways and ESPN has other conferences it has to air. I am assuming the SEC Network syndication package will be gone forever in two years though I guess they could just stick those cruddy games vs FCS teams on that.
This post was edited on 12/5/12 at 4:19 pm
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