Jon Miller's BTN show gets canned

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Originally Posted by CYphyllis

I find this to be hilarious.

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why?

I feel bad for Jon. That probably paid very well.

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Originally Posted by cyclonepower

why?

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Originally Posted by Drive4cy

I feel bad for Jon. That probably paid very well.

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Even though he only pulled a half a paycheck on it? :jimlad::jimlad:

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Originally Posted by cyclonepower

why?

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Part of working as a "Sports Personality" is to pander to some and annoy the living **** out of others. When it comes to Jon Miller, I land in the others category.

Maybe the rest of the country doesn't like smug iowa fans who think that the entire CFB world revolves around them either. JoePa could coach his last game ever and Ron Gonder would be there asking him "How goood is iooowa?".

I don't know how anything on the BTN that is not a football or basketball game turns a profit. Wouldn't be surprised if they can all these talk shows. Who watches this stuff??

The only fault I find with Jon, is that he is hawk fan....granted thats a big fault...but still wish him the best in finding a new gig.

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Originally Posted by CYphyllis

I find this to be hilarious.

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Yeah... me too. Mostly because I don't really care.

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Originally Posted by RayShimley

I don't know how anything on the BTN that is not a football or basketball game turns a profit. Wouldn't be surprised if they can all these talk shows. Who watches this stuff??

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I've never bothered to actually turn the channel on. I just figured it was just all games with post/pre game shows. Toss in some occasional replays and a yearly "best of" show and call it a network.

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Originally Posted by RayShimley

I don't know how anything on the BTN that is not a football or basketball game turns a profit. Wouldn't be surprised if they can all these talk shows. Who watches this stuff??

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THIS is what almost destroyed college football (and probably still will)? A craptastic network that only puts out about 100 hours of mostly mediocre live events a year, a bunch of olympic sports that no one cares about, worthless talk and some replays? And you know what? They don't even need to care because they forced themselves onto basic cable! Who cares if no one is watching 99.9% of the time?? What a freaking joke that network is.

Maybe he can take the 4-7pm shift?

I watched it a couple of times. I actually liked it. They were a bit awkward at times (due mostly to Jon's co-host IMO), but almost every show is when it starts.

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Originally Posted by Frak

THIS is what almost destroyed college football (and probably still will)? A craptastic network that only puts out about 100 hours of mostly mediocre live events a year, a bunch of olympic sports that no one cares about, worthless talk and some replays? And you know what? They don't even need to care because they forced themselves onto basic cable! Who cares if no one is watching 99.9% of the time?? What a freaking joke that network is.

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A freaking joke that pays each member school in excess of $20 million annually. Hate all you want, but the vast majority of ISU fans would KILL to be in the Big 10 at this point because not only would us fans get to see virtually all of our sports on television, but the AD would be able to afford all of those projects that has been put off for years due to lack of funding (mainly, bowling in the south end zone). Not to mention that, even with a reworked Big 12 television contract, perhaps only Texas, Oklahoma, and A&M will even come CLOSE to pulling in that kind of chunk of change.

The BTN is mediocre at best in terms of content but unmatched in its economic prowess.