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Emails reveal ESPN threatened schools amongst the Aggie move to the SEC
* Texas wanted to be able to pay conference rivals for the right to put
their games with the Longhorns on the school’s network. That wouldn’t do
much for conference unity in the long haul as the peasants of the Big 12
would need to give away games to the King in exchange for a few extra
baubles.
* Byrne writes that ESPN “threatened (Texas) Tech” in an effort to put the
Red Raiders’ game with Texas on the Longhorn Network. “(Texas AD) DeLoss
(Dodds) acknowledges ESPN rep did that but he stopped them from doing that
any more. Privately Says he can control ESPN, publicly says he can’t.”
That’s a bit of a bombshell. ESPN threatening a school? Maybe Mike Leach
isn’t so crazy when he suggests that the network — an SEC partner —
blackballed him at Maryland last offseason.
* Here’s another Byrne note on ESPN: “ESPN pushing hard to help tu recruit
high school prospects. They along with tu lobbying NCAA hard to get interp
that permits HS games on LHN.” Whether the part about helping recruit kids
to Texas was fact or fiction, Byrne’s words are now out there for the world
— and ESPN — to see. Did we mention that the network is an SEC partner?
Fun.
* “We need a backup plan. SEC? PAC-12? Bigger-10?” Byrne wrote.
Turns out the SEC was the backup plan. And now we know why A&M felt such a
plan was needed in the first place. |
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