[NU Sports] Rose Bowl

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We currently don't have cable and watch TV via antenna.  This is unlikely to change, which means unless we are in a hotel because the Cats are in a bowl we won't be watching much football on New Years Day.

I don't understand the push to cable.  NO program does as well ratings-wise on cable as it does on the 4 networks.  Is ABC making a big sacrifice because it wants to show Heidi on New Years Day, but can't because of that dang Rose Bowl?  Please explain the logic behind this madness.

I would bet if the Rose Bowl leaves the networks some other bowl game will shift its time, date, and network to get that bigger audience.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
To: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Rose Bowl
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:14:44 -0500

This is due to the fact that as of 2011, the rest of the BCS bowls will be
televised on cable (ESPN).  The current ABC/Rose Bowl contract (which runs
until 2014, I believe) has a clause that allows ABC to move the game to ESPN
(both are subsidiaries of Disney) if the rest of the BCS bowls are moved to
cable.  This, of course, means that the vast majority (28/34) of bowls will
be carried by ESPN/ESPN2 staring in 2011 - the only ones left that I can
think of are the Gator and Sun (CBS), Capital One/Citrus (ABC), Texas and
Insight (NFL Network) and Cotton (FOX).

Jonathan

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net> wrote:

> I note that, as of 2011, ESPN will broadcast the Rose Bowl.
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