From Deseret News archives:
Big Ten commish hasn't a clue about Comcast dealings
Well, either that or the Mountain West Conference's channel, The mtn., is completely off his radar.
Everybody's favorite cable company, Comcast, and the Big Ten are fighting over the soon-to-be-launched Big Ten network. The conference wants it available to as many Comcast subscribers as possible meaning at a lower, less-expensive tier while Comcast is talking about putting it on a higher, more expensive tier.
What's absolutely laughable is this statement by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany: "Now, perhaps if they owned the network, we would be getting a different treatment."
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
(Sorry for the spontaneous laughter.)
Delany was referring to Comcast-owned networks like Versus and the Golf Channel. But Comcast also is half-owner and operator The mtn.
Yes, The mtn. is available on lower tiers of Comcast cable systems in Mountain West TV markets. But it isn't available at all on most Comcast systems.
Again, Comcast owns half The mtn.
Delany is demanding an apology and playing the gender card accusing Comcast of sexism because Iowa plays women's volleyball, not men's.
That is, well, dumb.
The truth is that the Big Ten Network will have second- and third-tier games because the network has contracts with ABC and ESPN so the premier football and men's basketball games will be picked off by those networks. And when it comes to fan/viewer interest, volleyball does rank below football and men's basketball.
It is telling, however, that Comcast considers the Big Ten Network a niche channel. That pretty much explains why the cable company won't distribute The mtn. in non-MWC markets.
Did I mention that Comcast owns half of The mtn.?
I DON'T WANT to make too much out of the f-bomb dropped live on TNT's coverage of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 last weekend, but, c'mon, how could anyone be surprised?
TNT put a mike on Kyle Petty. When another driver unexpectedly cut in front of Petty, he said, "What the (expletive)?" for the audience at home to hear.
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