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Originally Posted by Stewie
It's a fledgling network. You don't think UT fans won't clamor to have that added to their cable/satellite system? Verizon is the lone carrier, but either they get a shitload of new subscribers or others step up to the plate.
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You're talking what, 50,000 hardcore fans? I really don't think you are understanding the numbers difference here. Texas is putting on an act, they are trying to claim OU is tying their hands by bolting first and much of their value is tied to the OU rivalry. They could make in ten years with the PAC that they could in the Big XII with their LHN in 20. Its a no-brainer.
"Would you like to make 14 million extra a year?"
"No. No, I don't think I would."
Who has that conversation with a strait face?
The really sad and ironic thing in all this is that the Big XII could have done something very similar in raiding the Big East. They could have set up a smaller network opportunity with those big east coast markets and made a killing for everyone. But, this is where hubris and ego are going to kill a conference and all the truly guilty parties are the ones that are going to get rewarded for it.