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	Comments on: The Texas/ESPN Television Deal: What It Means	</title>
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		By: Matt B.		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just don&#039;t see the programming side of it to be that big of a deal. I don&#039;t know the details, but I assume this will be primarily a regional network. If you don&#039;t live in Big XII country, I can&#039;t imagine that this network will show up on your standard digital package. In College Basketball especially, recruiting needs to occur on a national level to compete for championships. This deal guarantees that 8 games out of the year, between 25 and 30% of the schedule, won&#039;t be televised on a national level. This year, Texas has a total of 10 games not televised nationally. All of them, however, were televised regionally. So I don&#039;t really see where the games themselves adds any exposure. I would assume all of the replays and &quot;behind the scenes&quot; type shows can add glitz regionally and give them a extra little edge over a team like Oklahoma when going for local football recruits, but I can&#039;t see the same impact happening for the basketball team where most championship caliber recruits will grow up somewhere where this network isn&#039;t next to ESPN on the dial. 

I also can&#039;t see the money being that big of a deal. I don&#039;t believe for a second that the football or basketball teams doesn&#039;t already get absolutely everything they want. Where this money and network will make it&#039;s biggest impact is on the non-revenue sports, where teams are sometimes told that there isn&#039;t enough money and they have virtually no television exposure. That will start to change big time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just don&#8217;t see the programming side of it to be that big of a deal. I don&#8217;t know the details, but I assume this will be primarily a regional network. If you don&#8217;t live in Big XII country, I can&#8217;t imagine that this network will show up on your standard digital package. In College Basketball especially, recruiting needs to occur on a national level to compete for championships. This deal guarantees that 8 games out of the year, between 25 and 30% of the schedule, won&#8217;t be televised on a national level. This year, Texas has a total of 10 games not televised nationally. All of them, however, were televised regionally. So I don&#8217;t really see where the games themselves adds any exposure. I would assume all of the replays and &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; type shows can add glitz regionally and give them a extra little edge over a team like Oklahoma when going for local football recruits, but I can&#8217;t see the same impact happening for the basketball team where most championship caliber recruits will grow up somewhere where this network isn&#8217;t next to ESPN on the dial. </p>
<p>I also can&#8217;t see the money being that big of a deal. I don&#8217;t believe for a second that the football or basketball teams doesn&#8217;t already get absolutely everything they want. Where this money and network will make it&#8217;s biggest impact is on the non-revenue sports, where teams are sometimes told that there isn&#8217;t enough money and they have virtually no television exposure. That will start to change big time.</p>
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