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07-17-2008, 03:30 PM
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That's a marketing/licensing deal. OSU has marketing agreements and licenses with many vendors, including FSN Ohio to show the Jim Tressel show or Nike for apparel. The Big Ten runs itself just like the NFL. If the Bears wanted to play their games on WGN, they couldn't, but they own their trademark and can license it to whomever they choose.
Here is a much better article explaining exactly what the Gators are selling in the deal:
Gators, Sun Sports dial in $80M deal | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY |
This is the kind of thing that your blanket statements seemed to imply were impossible. Now that you've clarified, I'm not convinced our positions are all that different. |
07-17-2008, 04:14 PM
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This is the kind of thing that your blanket statements seemed to imply were impossible. Now that you've clarified, I'm not convinced our positions are all that different.
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My apologies for my blanket statements. 
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07-17-2008, 05:49 PM
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Would it be heresy to say I am glad that I live in Michigan now (for the time being) and have Comcast?
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07-17-2008, 05:52 PM
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Did I ever mention that DirecTV is the bomb?
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07-17-2008, 05:57 PM
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Did I ever mention that DirecTV is the bomb?
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It's HD quality is...umm...crappy in my home theater compared with other sources, but otherwise, they ARE good at landing sports packages.
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07-17-2008, 06:09 PM
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It's HD quality is...umm...crappy in my home theater compared with other sources, but otherwise, they ARE good at landing sports packages.
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It's not bad where I'm at. Then again, Oceanic's (Time Warner) cable quality here has always been [censored]ty, so I don't have much to make a comparison.
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It's HD quality is...umm...crappy in my home theater compared with other sources, but otherwise, they ARE good at landing sports packages.
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It's not bad where I'm at. Then again, Oceanic's (Time Warner) cable quality here has always been [censored]ty, so I don't have much to make a comparison.
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The MPEG-2 HD channels on Directv are brutally bad. MPEG-4 HD channels on Directv, however, definitely at least challenge cable for HD PQ supr | |
