Interesting TV Contract note

[Stallion]

read last segment of this article. The TV Games not televised by ESPN are not all bundled up for CBS-CS to control under the new contract. Is there opportunity now to have more games on other networks?

http://bonesville.net/Articles/DennyOBr ... OBrien.htm

[cutter]

nice. maybe adds a tiny bit of $$-muscle for the next go-around of conference re-alignment shuffle.

[RE Tycoon]

How do conference TV rights affect a school's ability to broadcast games? Is the basic rule of thumb that if the national TV partners (ESPN, CBSCS, ETC.) decide not to pick up a game, the school can then market it to whoever is interested (if someone is)?

What if, in the rarest of circumstances, due to a plethora of marquee games a conference's national TV partners all pass on a game, but the game is still very interesting (say an undefeated SMU and TCU late in a season). Could a NBC, TBS or other national network without a strong college football affiliation pick up a game, or is that strictly off limits? I'm just curious how theses agreements work and if it is more like a first right of refusal agreement with ESPN, CBSCS, etc.

[EastStang]

Last year MASN picked up the ECU games. Fox Sports South picked up a few Tulane games.

[smusic 00]

Last year MASN picked up the ECU games. Fox Sports South picked up a few Tulane games.

and CW picked up a couple SMU games

[Dooby]

read last segment of this article. The TV Games not televised by ESPN are not all bundled up for CBS-CS to control under the new contract. Is there opportunity now to have more games on other networks?

http://bonesville.net/Articles/DennyOBr ... OBrien.htm

I think it means SMU or anyone else can negotiate its own local broadcasts or PPV at its discretion.

[smupony94]

Thad can produce a PPV. Think SMU coeds gone wild at a football game. Nekkid chicks always get good ratings.

[DiamondM75]

Thad can produce a PPV. Think SMU coeds gone wild at a football game. Nekkid chicks always get good ratings.

That would be a POV.