UL exploring options for regional TV deal

[VObserver]

That is true.

[Hammer58]

"The Sun Belt may be 18 months away “from trying to renegotiate our existing agreements” with ESPN, conference commissioner Karl Benson said earlier this week."

Is that the same Karl Benson who insisted to me that TV contracts could not be renegotiated? What a ____ing tool.

[CajunRebel]

No, the fault here clearly lies with Farmer for giving up third tier rights to the Sun Belt. Had he not done that, the CST deal would have been done long ago.

Did he have a choice? I don't think schools can opt out of their conference's TV contracts.

[VObserver]

Did he have a choice? I don't think schools can opt out of their conference's TV contracts.

We had the choice to not give the conference our third tier rights.

[CajunNation]

We had the choice to not give the conference our third tier rights.

When is the soonest we could get those back?

[tdncz]

Reason # 213: Why Farmer needs to go North to ULM (or anywhere else)

[Policarp]

Rick that's not the question that needs to be asked. Why did we give away our 3rd Tier TV rights to the Sun Belt thus eliminating any possibility of securing the CST deal. That was a Farmer blunder.

Our AD has failed miserably every time a major exposure sitation has occurred. Out manuvered in every conference expansion. Then this multi-million (over life of contract) blunder with massive exposure in SE markets.

Dude cost UL in cash flow and an incredible market exposure opportunity......and he is not fired?????

Pathetic

[ulXrunner]

Good cst doesnt reach all of the fl pandhandle anyway. It is a lie you have to be in certain place or have a package to get it and i dont know why you would want lafayette area to sit at home when they should be at the game. Any package they ever agree to should not have lafayette coverage.

You do realize that those tactics are why many are cutting the cord with cable tv?

[cajunref]

Our AD has failed miserably every time a major exposure sitation has occurred. Out manuvered in every conference expansion. Then this multi-million (over life of contract) blunder with massive exposure in SE markets.

Dude cost UL in cash flow and an incredible market exposure opportunity......and he is not fired?????

Pathetic

Perplexing is it not

[CajunDreDog]

I don't want to start a new thread on this topic.

Someone please explain to me this "3rd tier TV rights" to me.

What are they?
How did we sign them away?
Why did we do this?

[MelRock]

I don't want to start a new thread on this topic.

Someone please explain to me this "3rd tier TV rights" to me.

What are they?
How did we sign them away?
Why did we do this?

Karl Benson showed up in this. The rest is history.

[raoul]

This

I don't want to start a new thread on this topic.

Someone please explain to me this "3rd tier TV rights" to me.

What are they?
How did we sign them away?
Why did we do this?