re: The Big 12 is in better condition than we think

It's just occurred to me what's going on here. You're an Okie, which means you're hanging your hopes on the possibility that new content delivery methods will up the value of your school's games, which sits in a piss poor state with a low population. What you don't realize is that content delivery in the internet age will come to look a lot like current content delivery. People want sports, and advertisers love sports, because on demand TV has killed appointment TV watching, and appointment TV watching is very important to the advertiser. So, even if cable companies suffer, and even if ESPN shrinks, you will still see sports channels with LOTS of pull when it comes to the content delivery companies. Check out the reduced rate packages offered by YouTube and other online content delivery companies, and you will still find ESPN, and a 5 dollar sports package that includes SEC Network. You'll pay that 5 dollars if you want ESPN 2 and FS1, and SECN will be in that very popular national package.