Yormark confirms that the big 12 was in expansion talks with Connecticut and Gonzaga but indicates neither program is being pursued any longer.

[JohnFSilver]

And the same population of people.

Lol. Yep. Even my elks club. Hi there during day…golf on tv. Bizarre. Luckily no politics in the lodge.

 

[Waquoit]

This is the weirdest thing. Go to any bar, club, etx and golf is on.

It is like the fox News of sports. People just run it on and background noise and don’t know why.

It's all the green. Pleasing to the eye. That and golf fans tend to speak up, I've found.

 

[Waquoit]

Luckily no politics in the lodge.

Cheap booze has a big tent

 

[Rufus]

I'm surprised FOX and ABC don't use their leverage in bundling the Big Ten Network and SEC Network nationwide into the standard cable/streaming packages. If a cable/streaming company wants FOX, Fox News, etc., it has to carry BTN in their standard cable/streaming package. If they want ABC, Disney, etc., they have to carry ESPN and the SEC Network. Force them to take it all. I'm really surprised this has never happened.

 

[CL82]

I'm surprised FOX and ABC don't use their leverage in bundling the Big Ten Network and SEC Network nationwide into the standard cable/streaming packages. If a cable/streaming company wants FOX, Fox News, etc., it has to carry BTN in their standard cable/streaming package. If they want ABC, Disney, etc., they have to carry ESPN and the SEC Network. Force them to take it all. I'm really surprised this has never happened.

A better question is will the Big Ten and the SEC at some point bypass ESPN and Fox and exclusively offer their product directly to cable companies.

 

[KryHavok]

A better question is will the Big Ten and the SEC at some point bypass ESPN and Fox and exclusively offer their product directly to cable companies.

Can you imagine them negotiating and playing hardball (charging higher fees) with the cable companies that service their home areas? They'd run ads to their rabid fanbase that Comcast or Time Warner won't give the BIGSEC a fair deal...the noose around the customer base slowly tightens making BIG$€¢ even richer.