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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1694598, member: 1737"] [LIST] [*][URL='http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football']BYU FOOTBALL[/URL] [/LIST] [SIZE=5][B]What Oklahoma president Dave Boren's recent comments may mean for Big 12 expansion and a Big 12 network[/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [B][B][SIZE=4]So if Texas decides to fold in the Longhorn network, does the Big 12 suddenly get a network? [/SIZE][/B][/B] [SIZE=4]Not necessarily. The struggles of the Pac-12 network seem to highlight the importance of getting a broadcast partner. So somebody actually needs to want to buy a Big 12 network. And based on this recent reporting [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15509233/with-many-hurdles-big-12-tv-network-savior-league']from Jake Trotter at ESPN[/URL] (that's a guy you should be following if you care about this story, btw), that's a complicated question.[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]"I feel that the Big 12 network is an uphill battle," the insider said. "Nobody in the industry wants to spend money right now in the satellite or cable distribution world. Nobody wants to dance in this climate. That is the biggest issue with a [Big 12] network." Another industry insider indicated that the Big Ten's massive deal does "Show there's money for live content", but the Big Ten's properties, for a variety of reasons, would be more profitable on the open market. If ESPN or Fox buys a Big 12 network, they'd need to buy out the other for their share of the current rights. They would need to expand to increase the inventory of events, and bring in properties that not only gave access to new TV markets, but were marketable in their own right. And all of this, in a more challenging media environment than before, would need to make enough money to pay off Texas, etc off the top, and still be more profitable than their current system. Is that possible? Maybe! I've been told, and I certainly also believe, that any possible expansion candidate would be taking a serious haircut as far as revenue shares as they moved into the league. It's hard to see how this would work while also handing out huge checks to new members, but that's what the league hopes to answer during these meetings at the end of the month. [SIZE=3][B]What does that mean for BYU?[/B][/SIZE] I have personally felt that BYU's best chance for admission would be if the Big 12 decided to expand but did not create a conference network. After all, without a network, teams with middling athletic departments but access to larger TV markets, like say, UConn or USF, basically have no argument. I think that is still possible, but less likely, compared to either starting a TV network, or just doing nothing. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][URL="http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2016/5/14/11672252/byu-football-oklahoma-big-12-conference-expansion-longhorn-network"]What Oklahoma president Dave Boren's recent comments may mean for Big 12 expansion and a Big 12 network[/URL] [/SIZE] [SIZE=5][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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