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re: SEC Network: Friend or Foe
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:58 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:58 pm to Cheese Grits
I think it remains to be seen for UF. Honestly I wasn't too excited when it was introduced because we had a great thing going with SunSports. It brought in an additional $10 million per year and it would have probably seen a huge increase in the next round of negotiations. We already know that we are losing Breakfast with the Gators which is a pretty big deal and I worry about losing air time now that we have to share a network with 13 other teams.
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:10 pm to bgator85
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We already know that we are losing Breakfast with the Gators which is a pretty big deal and I worry about losing air time now that we have to share a network with 13 other teams.
This is what I am afraid of as well.
Take football, having Musburger anywhere near a SEC network means it will not be pleasant. Will we get Lobo doing SEC w basketball coverage? That will go over like a lead ballon. Look Paul can be entertaining but was he the best choice for the SEC network? If Skip shows up on SECTV I am gonna throw up.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 3:41 pm to bgator85
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I think it remains to be seen for UF. Honestly I wasn't too excited when it was introduced because we had a great thing going with SunSports. It brought in an additional $10 million per year and it would have probably seen a huge increase in the next round of negotiations. We already know that we are losing Breakfast with the Gators which is a pretty big deal and I worry about losing air time now that we have to share a network with 13 other teams.
The problem with Sunsports is that the exposure was regional. With the Dish deal the SECN is already national.
Plus Sunsports probably wasn't sustainable, so who knows if that next round would even come. If Texas can't make a single team network fly then no one can.
Conference networks won. Period.
The SEC is just playing catch-up.
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