(07-25-2016 06:24 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-24-2016 10:45 AM)Nebraskafan Wrote:  

(07-24-2016 09:09 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I know how you feel, General Mike.

I am that way with the BTN. I don't know what DirecTV channel it is on, have not nor ever will watch it and I dislike that I pay .10/mo. to the Big Ten.

But, such is the way of the sports TV business, I guess. The conference network business is built on extortion and on the backs of folks who won't watch their channels or who are even sports fans.

And yet you are celebrating and trolling all over the place in celebration over the ACC Network.

Not really. I am more celebrating the GOR extension because that locks down the ACC for 20 years and kills all of the "ND to the Big Ten" talk for my lifetime.

It won't stop the talk. It has no chance of happening, but people will talk about it anyway.

As for the Big 12. I think they will be OK and extend their grant of rights too. I think expanding to 12/14 for them is still a mistake, but think they'll end up at 12.

On the Big Ten, please no more expansion. Let's see how the already large increase (in percentage terms) goes for a decade or two before we even consider further expansion.