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It's widely reported that A&M is trying to get out from UT's shadow.
Widely reported by Chimp Brown.
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It's widely reported that A&M is trying to get out from UT's shadow.
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Who's taking their ball and going home?
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You're the ones that are bailing out after the network you approved but never thought would happen ended up coming to fruition.
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you canceled the game when you canceled being in the big 12.
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The Big 12 Conference, not any particular school, the Big 12 Conference made a concious decision to limit the exposure of our student athletes to a level that was not market. Another conference, when asked by A&M officials, offered a better exposure level for obviously more money. So we made a deal.
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you canceled the game when you canceled being in the big 12.
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you wanted away from TX, that has been granted
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(ask Arky and UH how much their threats have worked on TX sched).
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you canceled the game when you canceled being in the big 12.
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So once you get there, are you going to start screaming about revenue equality again?
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What, they got ESPN to drop it from prime time on Saturday night to the LHN? That's the only game that's been on so far, so that has to be the collusion your alleging.
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So Red Five you're saying Texas colluded to get the Rice game on the LHN? What, they got ESPN to drop it from prime time on Saturday night to the LHN? That's the only game that's been on so far, so that has to be the collusion your alleging.
quote:http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2011/07/05/Longhorn.aspx
Fox, which holds the Big 12's cable rights, granted LHN a limited waiver to allow ESPN to shift the games from ABC to Longhorn Network this season. A source said Fox agreed to the change when ESPN offered certain selection considerations for college football games, including the possibility of relaxing its broadcast exclusivity and allowing Fox to televise Big 12 football games on its broadcast channel starting in '12.
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NO TO THANKSGIVING...the SEC sched. just won't permit it; we'll likely have another conf game
the week after.
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Why beg us to keep the game?