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Message: [QUOTE="Ldandy, post: 1723796, member: 4584"] The Longhorn Network was never anything more than a well timed bribe to keep The Pac 16 from happening, and UT away from Fox. I'm not sure ESPN really thought it through when someone first pitched the idea. UT is a great brand, but like all great brands they are mostly regional in their following. Only ND has the interest nationally to make something like a LHN work in markets outside of their geographic sphere of influence. No one should be surprised that ESPN is rolling back their investments in the network. Five years from now the network might consist entirely of replays of the 2006 Rose Bowl and a live cam shot of a big a** Shaggy Bevo chewing on some grass in the middle of a field. ESPN should cancel it entirely, continue their payments to UT, and write it off as a loss. [/QUOTE]