Deloss Dodds

[jimindallas]

Northwestern is earning $10 million more in TV annual revenue than UT and he is still fixated on a UT network rather than a conference network.

If the Big X asks NU should run rather than stay in a conference where this guy is the biggest powerbroker.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texas/stories/051610dnspoexpansionqa.86142ff.html

 

[sarge87]

These two answers to the questions posed say all that needs to be said about how Texas views the Big 12. As long as it benefits them, then it's viable.

What's the Texas view of the Big 12?
I can't speak for anybody but Texas. Our position is that we love the conference, we like what it's done for us. We want to continue to be a part of it and want it to continue to be strong. Money is an issue. The TV contracts are an issue. I think the Big Ten is way ahead of us in tradition and years and TV money. I think that's the reason some people are looking at that [conference] in a favorable way.

Despite the talk of TV deals, do you think individual channels for specific schools remain an option?

I always thought that individual institution networks serve institutions better than the conference network. Texas people would rather be able to go to the Texas network and catch all of our sports and all of our events and all of our academic side rather than going to the conference network, where one-twelfth of the inventory will be Texas.