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[QUOTE="Husky25, post: 1592041, member: 2839"]
If you don't have the Long Horn Network on your cable system (Comcast out of Middletown currently does not), then you can't watch it on ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app. If UConn is invited to the Big XII and Texas relinquishes control of the LHN in order to create a Big XII Network, ESPN would get carriage fees from Time Warner, CableVision, Comcast, Cox, and Charter that they are not currently getting for the cable companies in UConn's target demographic (Which includes New York City) to show UConn sports. So effectively, ESPN would not be paying an additional $23 Million for the same content, they would be paying $23 Million to make $50 Million. Net loss become a tidy little profit.

While Rutgers brought the Big Ten Network into NYC, by inviting UConn, the Big Ten could effectively close out the Northeast market for any other competing conference and cable companies serving NYC would be less likely to pay an exorbitant price for their network. All the while, the BTN would be able to get off the specialty sports package and on to a more accessible tier while charging cable companies more money.
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