FOIA Request LHN/ESPN

[ISUAgronomist]

The Midnight Yell


Here's a link to the whole contract if you want to read it:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...mYzY0&hl=en_US

[jsmith86]

[jsmith86]

I now give A&M a pass on all future craziness until the end of time. Texas tried to **** over the conference big time.

[Boomer]

Remember when I posted back in Janurary that there was crap in the contract that made OU uncomfortable?

Well we known what that crap is now... wow

[CONEClone]

Someone care to offer a summary for those of us (me) who are too lazy to read all of those?

[ItsCyence]

Goodness gracious. Screw you Texas.

[Tornado man]

Only thing really "news" to me are the outs in the contract. Anyone with a brain already knew what little regard Texas has for the future of the conference.
That, and it really underscores the need for a Big 12 network - we need to deny Texas access to conference road games.

[ISUAgronomist]

Someone care to offer a summary for those of us (me) who are too lazy to read all of those?

• Texas has to get a 2nd FB game.
• Texas will try, with best effort, to secure rights to air road games in pretty much every sport/tourney/championship.
• Texas will try, with best effort, to get the UIL (H.S. football championship in Texas) on ESPN after Fox's deal ends.
• Texas will not only get the promised money but 70% of profits above $295,000 plus an increase in payment of 3% per year on the base contract.
• ESPN has first rights to contract if Texas switches conference/goes independent.
• Texas can fire staff that doesn't fawn over Texas at every minute.
• At Texas' expense ESPN will make video for them for pretty much anything they want.

That's the big ones.

[alarson]

Only thing really "news" to me are the outs in the contract. Anyone with a brain already knew what little regard Texas has for the future of the conference.
That, and it really underscores the need for a Big 12 network - we need to deny Texas access to conference road games.

Yep. It was sold to the rest of the conference as 'oh, its just a UT home football game with someone from another conference that nobody but texas cares about and a few minor UT home basketball and other sports games that nobody but texas cares about seeing on tv, so why should we care if texas makes some money on it'. Turns out it was intended to be much larger than that.

[Haverhill]

Well this is going to get ugly...

[CONEClone]

• Texas has to get a 2nd FB game or ESPN can terminate.
• Texas will try, with best effort, to secure rights to air road games in pretty much every sport/tourney/championship.
• Texas will try, with best effort, to get the UIL (H.S. football championship in Texas) on ESPN after Fox's deal ends.
• Texas will not only get the promised money but 70% of profits above $295,000 plus an increase in payment of 3% per year on the base contract.
• ESPN has first rights to contract if Texas switches conference/goes independent.
• Texas can fire staff that doesn't fawn over Texas at every minute.
• At Texas' expense ESPN will make video for them for pretty much anything they want.

That's the big ones.

Thanks for the summary. Que the realignment talks?

[Boomer]

Well this is going to get ugly...

what makes you think that

[CyAggie]

I am biased and have seen some of this, (at least in summary).

Frankly, the Aggies may have done ISU and all B12 schools a favor and they are owed an apology.

I of course probably have a bias but try to be fair.

[isuno1fan]

<rolls eyes>

I guess I'm not shocked at anything in there. What did you expect to find? ESPN wants to get as much content as they can and Texas will do what they can to provide it.

Whoopity Doo

[ISUAgronomist]

Thanks for the summary. Que the realignment talks?

A&M and OU (as with all other Big 12 school I'd assume) already knew about this before last week's meeting. IMO we are good for another year. However, we need to make ourselves marketable. For example, the haste to complete the scoreboard and new football facility. Jamie knows this.