[Husker] PAC-12 will not expand

[David Strong]

I remember this article as well about the last straw that sent Osborne and
Perlman looking elsewhere.  But I believe the question was "Will Texas
forego it's television rights and defer them to the conference."  The answer
was a flat "No".  I don't believe there was any talk of revenue sharing or
private networks.

Dave

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Rod Wellman <gobigred66 at mac.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 21, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Skylar Dodds wrote:
>
> > Yes, we were creating our own network.  We had no problem with the LHN,
> > EXCEPT that the revenue should be shared (and ours would have too).  I
> read
> > in an article (sorry I don't have it off the top of my head) where when
> > Osborne was given the famous 'ultimatum', Osborne asked flatly if Texas
> > would share the revenue from their network.  They said no, Osborne
> started
> > making plans.
> >
> > Were there other things involved in the decision?  Absolutely YES.  But
> that
> > pushed us over the edge.
> >
>
> Yep, I agree that Osborne/Perlman gave the ultimatum and flatly asked for
> revenue sharing.  We said we would if they would. But I think that was in
> regards to overall Big 12 conference TV revenue sharing, not the LHN or the
> Husker network.  We knew the Big 12 contract was going to be up for renewal,
> and we knew there would be very good money involved and that even with equal
> revenue sharing, NU would have plenty of revenue (thus, Osborne's and
> Perlman's comments that it really wasn't about money).
>
> I could be wrong, but I don't think it makes sense that we were asking the
> LHN to share its revenue with the conference, or that we would share our
> Husker Network revenue with the league.  Again, I could be wrong, but it
> doesn't make much sense.  After all the investment and the fact that 98% of
> the programming would be all-things-Husker, that we would share any revenue
> from that venture.  I do remember reading that we were willing to give up
> our plans entirely for the Husker network, and that Texas was not.
>  Splitting hairs a bit here, maybe.  In the end, Texas wanted to have their
> cake and eat it, too!
>
> Rod W.
> Sioux City, Ia.
>
>
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