[NU Sports] Cats v. 'Cuse

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It's a great sentiment, but it's not practical as most television contracts
these days are now in the hands of the conferences and not the member
institutions, leaving the school's little to no room to maneuver.  For
example, if the situation were reversed and the game was in Evanston and on
the BTN, which happened not to be carried by the local cable company in
Syracuse, there would be nothing NU or anyone else could do to get it picked
up there if the BTN chose not to allow it.  The BTN could have any number of
reasons for choosing not to show the game, but just to choose one, as was
the case with Comcast previously, it was pressuring the local cable company
to start carrying the BTN and was using local fan outrage as a bargaining
tool.

Mark

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net> wrote:

> If they can't provide coverage we should have the option at their(Syracuse)
>> expense to bring the Big Ten network out to cover the game.
>>
>
> Right on!  Power to the Purple!  It's crazy not to televise every game in
> this day and age.
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