SI: Texas' TV network is a lucrative web of confli

by **dcpony** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:59 am

Interesting read.

SI.com
Michael Rosenberg>VIEWPOINT
Jan. 20 2011

The University of Texas is getting its own television channel, featuring all the great Texas sporting events that you never wanted to watch. The new network will feature at least one football game a year, eight men's basketball games, assorted nonrevenue sporting events, high school sports, university news, coverage of lectures and visiting speakers, commencement ceremonies ... I know, I know, you have the same question I do: WHERE DO I SIGN UP FOR COVERAGE OF THESE AWESOME LECTURES?

ESPN is playing Texas $300 million over the next 20 years for the privilege of distributing the network. Like all of you, I look forward to watching this channel, especially its nightly one-hour live special, "Bevo Takes A Leak." I am thrilled for the University of Texas and especially the city of Austin. I visited Austin for a few days once and still cannot fully explain why I left. What an amazing city.

And of course, I am thrilled for the whole state of Texas, which plans to use the $300 million to buy the state of Nebraska, then donate Nebraska to charity, just to prove that Texas doesn't need Nebraska.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_rosenberg/01/20/texas.tv/index.html#ixzz1BgauvlYE

by **Junior** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:10 am

Undottors is posting more than 94 today!

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:38 pm

I read an NCAA bylaw the other day that would make high school games on the Longhorn Network an NCAA violation-can't remember where I saw it. I doubt that happens. The NCAA will just change the rule within the next year if it isn't a clear violation already

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:46 pm

I found the article-here's the applicable bylaw:

"I find this interesting, because the other night, as I was reading the NCAA rule book to my four-year-old (she wanted to know why there were no princesses in it, and I said "Be patient, sweetie, it's all explained in Rule 16.4.7.03, Paragraph (e)"), I came across this little section:

13.10.3 Radio/TV Show. A member institution shall not permit a prospective student-athlete or a high school, college preparatory school or two-year college coach to appear, be interviewed or otherwise be involved (in person or via film, audio tape or videotape) on:

(a) A radio or television program conducted by the institution's coach;

(b) A program in which the institution's coach is participating; or

(c) A program for which a member of the institution's athletics staff has been instrumental in arranging for the appearance of the prospective student-athlete or coach or related program material.

To translate (c): Schools cannot arrange for recruits to be on television."

To the extent High school games are not foreclosed by this provision-they will be by amendment before a high school game ever appears on the Network.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us

by **RednBlue11** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:15 am

confli is the worst!