UL exploring options for regional TV deal

[GeauxCajuns]

I'm saying even without third tier rights, if cst didn't hit that spec in California it would be a done deal.

[CrazyCajun]

I'm saying even without third tier rights, if cst didn't hit that spec in California it would be a done deal.

But it does... So if we still had them, like nmsu does. The CST would be done already.

[GeauxCajuns]

I dis agree. Nmsu doesn't air anywhere but sbc or adjacent states.
I don't think agreeing to the deal forced RCN to be disbanded, I think it was a decision made to disband once our espn3 deal was done. Again that's how I think it happened

[VObserver]

But it does... So if we still had them, like nmsu does. The CST would be done already.

This.

[CrazyCajun]

I dis agree. Nmsu doesn't air anywhere but sbc or adjacent states.
I don't think agreeing to the deal forced RCN to be disbanded, I think it was a decision made to disband once our espn3 deal was done. Again that's how I think it happened

Not according to the article and farmer and if we were allowed to keep it or have it...invest in the proper equipment and get it done. You would then be controlling the broadcast that espn3 is airing. They would just air our feed instead of 2 clowns lafayetting us to death from Bristol.

[Duggie35]

OK, you guys have settled this issue! LMAO!

[VObserver]

I dis agree. Nmsu doesn't air anywhere but sbc or adjacent states.
I don't think agreeing to the deal forced RCN to be disbanded, I think it was a decision made to disband once our espn3 deal was done. Again that's how I think it happened

You don't cancel over the air tv in favor of Internet only exposure unless you have to.

None of us have any proof, on either side. But there is a heck of a lot of evidence which seems to point toward a Farmer screw up, not the least of which is the lack of any official denial of having signed away third tier rights.

If it walks like a duck and it swims like a duck and it quacks like a duck, the odds are very good it IS a duck.

[GeauxCajuns]

Not according to the article and farmer and if we were allowed to keep it or have it...invest in the proper equipment and get it done. You would then be controlling the broadcast that espn3 is airing. They would just air our feed instead of 2 clowns lafayetting us to death from Bristol.

The article or farmer never said they were forced to disband it.
Your second part I agree with

[VObserver]

The article or farmer never said they were forced to disband it.
Your second part I agree with

He very carefully did not say we were forced, and the 'reporter' (cough) failed to ask the very obvious followup questions about that. Do you not find that a bit strange?

[GeauxCajuns]

You don't cancel over the air tv in favor of Internet only exposure unless you have to.

None of us have any proof, on either side. But there is a heck of a lot of evidence which seems to point toward a Farmer screw up, not the least of which is the lack of any official denial of having signed away third tier rights.

If it walks like a duck and it swims like a duck and it quacks like a duck, the odds are very good it IS a duck.

Seriously asking, because I do not know, where did we get the term "third tier rights" from and is it even something we can sign away. The way I read the article says we can choose a network of its in the SBC/ESPN limitation of SBC or adjoining state, we never signed that away, we just don't have that network at this time. We could air a game on klaf tomorrow, but we have to supply the feed. We can't do CST bc they are in Cali, which is against the SBC/ESPN deal.

[CajunT]

Seriously asking, because I do not know, where did we get the term "third tier rights" from and is it even something we can sign away. The way I read the article says we can choose a network of its in the SBC/ESPN limitation of SBC or adjoining state, we never signed that away, we just don't have that network at this time. We could air a game on klaf tomorrow, but we have to supply the feed. We can't do CST bc they are in Cali, which is against the SBC/ESPN deal.

Deals for third-tier rights vary by conference. Some third-tier rights are bundled by conferences and sold to regional networks while others are retained by schools and sold individually to local or regional networks. For example, Pac-12 schools have pledged their third-tier rights to the upcoming Pac-12 Network. Scott Farmer signed over the UL third-tier rights to the Sun Belt Conference to bundle without approval.

I'm not sure I can explain it any better then this without a copy of the SBC television contract.

[GeauxCajuns]

So in the article when he talks about going out and negotiating from Houston to the pan handle, he can't actually do that because they are signed away?
It sounds like they were retained by the school then. Again, I'm just asking