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The current tempest seems to have been whipped up by the media. but that doesn't mean there will not be fallout. Everyone except ESPN and Texas hated the idea of putting high school football games on the new Longhorn Network. Even Texas agreed to put off showing any till the NCAA spoke. Already this week the NCAA said, "HELL NO!" in a surprisingly expeditious fashion. The issue is pretty much settled. But the hot heads at Texas A&M seem to have run away with the carriage. News reports have A&M trustees voting on Monday to move the school to the SEC. There is supposed to be a meeting of the SEC tomorrow to discuss whether they even want A&M. Word is they don't unless they can convince a favorable 14th team to join with them and, of course, the SEC has had no time for serious discussions about who that might be. The SEC could save everyone a lot of grief now by not discussing Texas A&M and whoever till after the football season when things will have calmed down a bit.
On the Longhorn Network front, currently no cable company has come to agreement with ESPN to carry it. With less than two weeks till start up, absolutely zero TVs are slated to actually be capable of receiving the new network. That will certainly change, but there is word out of Dallas-Ft. Worth that Time Warner, the cable company there, may be truly uninterested in the package as ESPN is proposing it. There is still a slight chance especially without Dallas-Ft. Worth that the whole business could blow up in Texas' face.
Texas A&M could be "gone" and the Longhorn network effectively dead by the middle of September! The eyes of Texas are upon you, (you hope)!
On the Longhorn Network front, currently no cable company has come to agreement with ESPN to carry it. With less than two weeks till start up, absolutely zero TVs are slated to actually be capable of receiving the new network. That will certainly change, but there is word out of Dallas-Ft. Worth that Time Warner, the cable company there, may be truly uninterested in the package as ESPN is proposing it. There is still a slight chance especially without Dallas-Ft. Worth that the whole business could blow up in Texas' face.
Texas A&M could be "gone" and the Longhorn network effectively dead by the middle of September! The eyes of Texas are upon you, (you hope)!