Amazing how this network just swaggers into the picture and cuts deals on paper without conference approval. Unless, of course, Beebe is (or was) complicit in all this.
If there is a contingency in the contract for "conference and NCAA approval", I would feel a *little* better about this, and maybe there is. If not, wow.
http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2011/07/22/sports/sports01.txt
And one other thing for those of you who think our protestations erode relationships with high school coaches....if you think for a minute that HS coaches would agree to any of their opponents having a similar competitive advantage, think again. They would be beating a path to UIL headquarters. I'm certain they understand our position, in fact showing our backbone has probably improved our image, not the opposite.
If there is a contingency in the contract for "conference and NCAA approval", I would feel a *little* better about this, and maybe there is. If not, wow.
quote:
West said this morning that he does not know whether the Longhorn Network will follow through with its plans to air the game, but he has already signed a contract allowing the network to broadcast the contest. He said ESPN told him on Wednesday that it intended to officially announce the game this weekend at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention in Fort Worth.
http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2011/07/22/sports/sports01.txt
And one other thing for those of you who think our protestations erode relationships with high school coaches....if you think for a minute that HS coaches would agree to any of their opponents having a similar competitive advantage, think again. They would be beating a path to UIL headquarters. I'm certain they understand our position, in fact showing our backbone has probably improved our image, not the opposite.