[Husker] UT is doing NU an favor

[Jim5417P at aol.com]

I posted the following on a message board.  I wanted to share it here  
because I am looking for feedback on my thoughts.
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Regardless how this thing shakes out, NU is going to be better off than 
they  are now.

Perpetuating the Big 12 as is the same as a long slow lingering  death for 
Nebraska. 
    *   UTA is dominating the conference politics because there are few  
programs that can challenge them.  KU, KSU, CU, OSU, ISU, and MU don't  have 
the athletic programs (not just  football) to do anything but  go along for 
the ride.  OU, TAMU, TTU, and BU actually benefit  by riding UTA's coattails. 
 
    *   Thank goodness our NU leadership has refused to bow down to UTA,   

UTA is pushing their own agenda and forcing action and hopefully some  
decisions. By threatening to leave and take five other programs with them unless 
 NU commits to perpetuate the Big 12 they are forcing the other  
conferences to declare their positions.  
    1.  If the Big 10 offers NU now I hope we go.  It is good for NU both  
athletically and academically.  Plus it shows they really want NU and  don't 
want to leave us hanging.  
    2.  If the Big 10 doesn't flinch and offer NU an opportunity then we 
clearly  find out where we stand with them and know right now it is time to 
move on to  other alternatives. 

If NU doesn't gain entry into the Big 10 I hope  our leadership does NOT 
knuckle under and give the Big 12 their  commitment.  Continue to abstain and 
stand pat. That forces UTA to act on  their threat. 
    1.  Then we will find out if the PAC 10 really will take the 6 schools  
named.  It will be interesting to see if UTA has enough clout to get the  
PAC 10 to accept TTU and OSU.  
    2.  Even better we might find out if the PAC 10 will let the Texas 
legislature  dictate what they do by forcing them to take BU instead of CU.  
That will  tell you a lot about the integrity of the PAC 10 schools and show 
the rest of  the country that crap we have had to deal with for the last 14 
years.  
    3.  I wonder how good CU feels right now, knowing that the Texas 
legislature  is trying to stab them in the back by potentially forcing the  BU for 
CU  swap.

If NU does not go to the Big 10 and UTA does carry out their threat  we 
will still be fine. 
    1.  We would still have five of the original Big 8 schools to partner 
with and  use as the foundation for forming a new conference or joining an 
existing  one.  Yes we would suffer financially for some period of time but in 
 the long run we can rebuild a revenue stream,   
    2.  We were members with those same schools in the same conference for 
many  years even before the Big 6, Big, 7, Big 8, and Big 12  
    3.  We would be rid of the bad marriage to UTA  
    4.  No guarantee that all those schools would be accepted by the PAC 10 
and we  might actually get CU, OU, and/or OSU back.  TAMU and TTU might  
decide they want to get off their UTA leashes as well.

if nothing else the sake of Internet streaming of the football program  
could create the same revenue stream.   
    1.  The NU fan base is spread out. We show well on TV and will still 
get  appearances.   
    2.  Setting up a Cornhusker cable network (CCN) probably would not be  
successful.  Not enough TV sets in Nebraska and the dispersed nature  of  
our fan base leaves us with a large viewer-ship but not enough  concentrated 
in any given geography to get cable companies to buy in on the  CCN.  
    3.  But the Internet is a whole new ball game.  Right now the Big  12 
TV contract prevents NU from selling our games through  video-steaming.  If 
NU is not encumbered by that contract they  could easily generate the same 
revenue that they could get by joining the Big  10  For example.100,000 
households paying $200 for annual access to the  Cornhusker Internet Broadcast 
(CIB)  would generate $20 million dollars  annually.  Throw in advertising 
revenue and that number  doubles.  It more than pays the cost of producing and 
distributing the  broadcast.

Go Big Red.  TO please continue to play the hand you have been  dealt,  Get 
us out of this Texas relationship.  They are not our  kind of people.