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re: Opinion wanted on expansion
Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:34 am to Txsbigeasy1
Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:34 am to Txsbigeasy1
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You do realize that the big 12 shares tier 1 and 2 rights equally? Just like the SEC, and just like the sec, 3rd tier rights remain with the school. The LHN may be an abortion but it does fall in tier 3. So with this abortion of a network does it really matter to any colleges out there?
You do know they want to play two or three conference home games on their network, right? So you want to pay for the LHN to watch your team play an SEC game? Because in their minds, that makes perfect sense.
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Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:41 am to TeLeFaWx
For the last two seasons each, they had at least one nonconference home game (2 in 2012) and one CONFERENCE home game on their network. (Kansas in 2011, Iowa State in 2012). They attempted to force Texas Tech to allow their game on the network by threatening to keep them off of all ESPN and ABC broadcasts. Last year, Texas Tech threatened to remove the Texas State game entirely and play an 11 game season if it was broadcast on the Longhorn Network. ESPN REFUSES to allow ESPN3 to broadcast LHN games. That should tell you everything you need to know.
This post was edited on 2/8/13 at 10:42 am
Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:58 am to TeLeFaWx
That reminds me of the first year when the LHN launched and the Kansas game was put on there (despite how that completely ruined the Big 12's compensation structure) to help the LHN get picked up and Texas fans both IRL and online told me "I'ts a temp thing, it's just this year, it's just to get the LHN off the ground."
Now here we are years later and the LHN getting a Big 12 conference game is almost institutionalized. That is how they roll.
Now here we are years later and the LHN getting a Big 12 conference game is almost institutionalized. That is how they roll.
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