[NU Sports] More on OU

Sun Sep 4 13:07:32 CDT 2011

FWIW - the BTN is a subscription service outside of the Big 10 States. 

In Delaware, the entire package is part of a College/NFL/Other Sports package that Comcast
sells for 9.95 per month. It is worth it since they have all sorts of other shows on the
tier, however, we had to bombard Comcast for quite a while to get it put on that upper
sports tier a few years ago.

I personally don't see BTN going the way of the national movie services, but I can see
where eventually more and more sports events will be on internet PPV, similar to ESPN
Gameplan or CSTV's system.

Away from college, the Little League has flirted with using internet feeds. Two years ago,
I was involved in a webcast effort of the 14-16 Little League Softball World Series. We
grossed over $3,000 without any marketing, and just aimed a camera at the field in most
cases. There is a fairly successful outfit in South Bend that webcasts pay per view games
all over Indiana.

This year American Legion Baseball used ESPN3 to webcast their entire series and only the
lack of equipment and air talent keeps them from adding all 8 regional tournaments.

IMHO, the favored business model is still advertiser supported, but this year we were able
to watch several NU Lacrosse Games on the internet without commercials. Single camera
feeds get boring, but if it is all that you can get....

rsl

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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] More on OU

So what do you guys think, should the Big Ten re-evaluate Missouri?  Personally, I'd
prefer to see MU and Kansas in the conference than whatever current Big East teams we
might be considering.  (OK, maybe Pitt.)

Mark, do you think BTN could ever move to a direct subscription model (like HBO) instead
of being lumped in a sports package?

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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:09:53 
To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog)<sjtruog at yahoo.com>
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] More on OU

Okie State doesn't have to worry too much because whatever OU decides to do,
that's what OSU will be doing - it's always been and will be a package, and
both of them are ok with that.

Kansas, K-State, Mizzou and Iowa State had accepted bids to the Big East
(which didn't plan on changing its name in accordance with major conference
custom) but that went away when the Big XII decided to stay together.  The
Big East commissioner has been unusally reticent during this recent bout of
speculations and rumors.  Should the SEC expand beyond TAMU and one from the
east, then all bets may be off as the ACC may find itself plundered and try
to, what for it, merge with the Big East in some fashion.

Conference realignment is so much fun.
Mark

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:52 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I agree - Texas really brought this on itself with the way it stacked the
> deck on the penalty payments and then announced its own network (which still
> isn't available in most of Texas apparently).
>
> I kind of liked the Horns' absolute rejection of the SEC overtures again
> and again during last year's conference shuffle (that says something good
> about 'em!), preferring instead to flirt with the Pac 12 and Big Ten ... but
> this hubris seems a bit much, even in a state where hubris runs big. I mean,
> at least Notre Dame's won a ton of national titles and Heismans ... Texas
> seems to win a title once every 35 years or so and their Heisman case is a
> lot less full than the one in Columbus.
>
> I think Texas overreached here -- they're not Notre Dame, and some of their
> league schools at least had other options. Nebraska and Colorado look smart
> for bolting, as does ATM - the Horns probably should have tried to support
> their league instead of getting greedy. They still would have been the Big
> Fish in the Big XII and given how the league is overrated year after year,
> they would have had a pretty easy path to a title shot. Now they're trying
> to save a sinking ship.
>
> Like I said, I feel worst for Mizzou and Kansas. Iowa State, Baylor and
> Kansas State probably don't merit being with the big boys, but the Tigers
> and Jayhawks are going to be left in the cold when this is all said and
> done. And Okie State and Texas Tech had better grab on to the Sooners' and
> Longhorns' legs tighter than Jeff Van Gundy during a Knicks-Heat melee.
>
> As you said, it will be entertaining to watch. Texas could still get a
> pretty sweet deal with Big Ten or Pac 12 money (but have to give up their
> network). The Pac 12 especially would probably give them anything they
> wanted as it would get the league a much better national profile for TV
> contract time. The Big Ten can (and should) be more choosy and might prefer
> to wait and see if Oklahoma goes the SEC's way or if the SEC poaches someone
> from the ACC, leading to their merge with the Big East (which could leave
> Notre Dame out in the cold).
>
> Get your popcorn ready, eh?
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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>

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