Link: Very interesting Foxsports take on the Longhorn Network...
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excellent read. thank you. very interesting about the revenue breakdown of LHN vs SECN within the state of texas.
I am in Okla. They are finally admitting that the greed of Texas & Okla. U. destroyed the SW Conference (lost Ark.) & the Big 12 ( lost Neb., Colo., Mo. & aTm). They both demanded & recieved larger cuts of conference revenue than the other schools, content with the idea that they were more important.
I read this a few days ago but wouldn't link it because of the author (UVB). Besides - I figured someone else would anyway and it looks like I was right.
When this whole thing was going on I was sitting there thinking to myself - "Why does anyone think this is going to be such hot stuff? Nobody is going to watch anything other than football and basketball, and you can only show so many old games as it is." I never could figure out what kind of advantage this was going to give UT. But they all were SURE of it (that's the Texas way) and I was just like......man, I must be missing something.
I am - just not LHN.
I get the LHN channel included in U-300 on ATT cable,along with the SEC big 10 etc., and don't watch lhn at all, and practically none of the big. BTW it used to be be pay but for some reason I started getting it for nothing, which is what it's worth.
Actually Arkansas left the old SWC, probably because of Texas, before the Big 8 merged with the SWC to form the Big XII in 1996. But it is safe to say Texas and Oklahoma greed ran off Colorado, Nebraska, Mizzou and TAMU.
FIFYFive words that would help the Longhorn Network:
Naked Intramural Sorority Pillow Fighting
I forgot to add, One of the best articles on College football, this off season, other than the sparse Bama news. A breath of fresh air after the Golson stuff, and recruiting and arrests etc. Thanks!
This may be a well written article, but I'm going to avoid clicking on his site. He is certainly no friend of Alabama. Clay Travis falls into the category of "flame thrower journalism" and really likes to stir things up when he can. I also don't like Fox Sports so I'll pass.
I held my nose and linked it - because he nailed it...I read this a few days ago but wouldn't link it because of the author (UVB). Besides - I figured someone else would anyway and it looks like I was right.
When this whole thing was going on I was sitting there thinking to myself - "Why does anyone think this is going to be such hot stuff? Nobody is going to watch anything other than football and basketball, and you can only show so many old games as it is." I never could figure out what kind of advantage this was going to give UT. But they all were SURE of it (that's the Texas way) and I was just like......man, I must be missing something.
I am - just not LHN.
I guess it could have started costing them money from people not willing to pay for it as part of a package. I still think that the first cable or satellite company which catches on and offers a real a la carte deal will mop up...
I agree, but they would have to buy the rights to all of the games that they offered in this deal. Not sure what that would do to the economics in the beginning. It would pay off eventually, but could they cover their expenses while building market share?
I'm loving that Texas arrogance helped boost the SEC and Alabama. We've gained three great schools, millions of viewers and eventually billions because of it. I especially like the fact the SEC rakes in more from the state of Texas than the Longhorns. Texas A&M may be the biggest winner of all and I'm sure their fans are giving the Sips plenty of grief.
Anyone that has the stomach for it should go check out the reaction over at ShaggyBevo. Man, are they entitled!
Actually we should all go over and thank them for their cash and for '09 as well!Anyone that has the stomach for it should go check out the reaction over at ShaggyBevo. Man, are they entitled!
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