Fly4Fun;500736 wrote:Did you mean lock down the largest TV markets?
Or what did you mean to write, I guess I'm confused by what is meant by "they would like down the largest TV markets." Yes, they would have Texas and most of New England... but here's a secret. Residents of New York and New England in general don't really watch college football (it's all about the MLB and NFL for them in the fall), and the ones who do watch college football typically watch Big 10. Surprisingly a lot of my native New Yorker friends at Dartmouth were actually either OSU or Michigan fans... some PSU fans.
And everyone knows that people from Texas will generally be more loyal to Texas than TCU.
While the schools might be located in large TV markets, a lot of the fans are already spoken for in regards to other conferences.
Yes, sorry I meant lock. Earlier this year the Big East named former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue as a special consultant solely for the purpose of developing the Big East Network and enhancing the brand. If the Big East Network is launched and it becomes a part of Tier 1 basic cable (like BTN is for me here in Columbus), it does not matter if people are watching. If you use a round number cost per home of $1.00 and multiply that by the millions of residents in NYC, Philly, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Orlando (possibly), DC/Baltimore (Georgetown), Chicago (Depaul), etc. you are talking serious dollars.
Enigmaxx, if the B12 exapands I would not anticipate they would add other Texas schools. If they expand, they would be looking for new markets to tap into to. They already have four Texas schools and besides, the non-Texas schools already believe the state of Texas already has too much influence on the conference. That was one of the main reason Nebraska and Missouri were so eager to get the heck out of dodge. It worked for the Huskers, the Tigers are still in the conference and for now have to live with it.
