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<blockquote data-quote="Greensboro" data-source="post: 1212208" data-attributes="member: 7536"><p>I'm not sure Fox has the capacity/breadth to take the whole package today and do it justice. On most basic cable packages you get espn, espn2, espnU,espn news. At the end of the day we want B1G content out there, where fans, recruits, anyone & everyone can see it, today ESPN is the biggest player, & we need and want that exposure. Giving Fox more than they can do justice with doesn't help our case long term. My concern with ESPN is that most of the other conference networks are ESPN, does that give them more incentive to promote those other conferences, maybe. But as long as the B1G is the most valuable content out there and ESPN wants to remain number 1 they need us. For them the ESPN brand still has to be much more important than the Longhorn or SEC network. I think we want a minimum of 2 strong partners to keep everyone in check, today that is Fox & ESPN. Pushing ESPN out of the picture sounds like a dumb idea to me, maybe we groom another player to challenge ESPN by splitting the 2nd half of the package further, but just don't see us trying to cut out ESPN totally. I also think if ESPN came up with close to Fox money for the 2nd half of the package it would be a done deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greensboro, post: 1212208, member: 7536"] I'm not sure Fox has the capacity/breadth to take the whole package today and do it justice. On most basic cable packages you get espn, espn2, espnU,espn news. At the end of the day we want B1G content out there, where fans, recruits, anyone & everyone can see it, today ESPN is the biggest player, & we need and want that exposure. Giving Fox more than they can do justice with doesn't help our case long term. My concern with ESPN is that most of the other conference networks are ESPN, does that give them more incentive to promote those other conferences, maybe. But as long as the B1G is the most valuable content out there and ESPN wants to remain number 1 they need us. For them the ESPN brand still has to be much more important than the Longhorn or SEC network. I think we want a minimum of 2 strong partners to keep everyone in check, today that is Fox & ESPN. Pushing ESPN out of the picture sounds like a dumb idea to me, maybe we groom another player to challenge ESPN by splitting the 2nd half of the package further, but just don't see us trying to cut out ESPN totally. I also think if ESPN came up with close to Fox money for the 2nd half of the package it would be a done deal. [/QUOTE]
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