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Texas Longhorns (big hat, no cattle; please don’t Horns Down us)

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ScriptOhio;1322036; said:
Texas boots player for racial slur posted on Facebook page

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A Texas Longhorns team leader said Monday he approved of the way coaches handled the dismissal of a player who posted a racial slur on his Facebook page about President-elect Barack Obama.
Backup center Buck Burnette left No. 4 Texas on Wednesday for what was announced as an unspecified violation of team rules. Burnette, a sophomore, played in seven games this season.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Burnette apologized and said he made a "terrible decision" to post a text message he received about Obama's victory that contained a racial slur.
Senior defensive end Brian Orakpo said he considered the dismissal "appropriate."
"I thought the coaches did a good job on handling the situation," Orakpo said. "My prayers are for him, but we've got to move on. Guys got to make better decisions for their future."
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Entire article: Buck Burnette was dismissed from No. 4 Texas on Wednesday. - NCAA Football - SI.com
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fourteenandoh;1322454; said:
without knowing much about the situation, your post seems right on to me. my initial reaction is that this is rediculous.
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Move to oversigning thread?
 
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Even though this was probably part of the deal the school made to stay in the Big 12, it's somewhat obvious why some schools (Mizzou) want out of the Big 12 ASAP and away from certain inequalities that are not present in other conferences.

Three for us, one for you.
 
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Supposedly the Fox bid was $2 Million annually and they haven't exactly been low balling on the various rights packages they've been competing with ESPN over.

I have a feeling that ESPN massively overpaid to get the UT deal down and is probably going to lose money on the deal...the big question is why? ESPN isn't stupid so what is coming down the pipeline that we don't know about yet?
 
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AJHawkfan;1859602; said:
So Texas is now guaranteed a spot in the National Championship game?
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Agreed. How can this be OK? Why did this happen? NCAA athletics are becoming boxing in the late 80's.

How can the major news organization for NCAA sports agree to support a team? It was bad enough when they got behind the SEC
 
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Basebuck;1859633; said:
How can the major news organization for NCAA sports agree to support a team? It was bad enough when they got behind the SEC
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Notre Dame signed an exclusive agreement with NBC almost 20 years ago.

BYU signed a media contract with ESPN within the past few months.

This is really no different.
 
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Muck;1859624; said:
I have a feeling that ESPN massively overpaid to get the UT deal down and is probably going to lose money on the deal...the big question is why? ESPN isn't stupid so what is coming down the pipeline that we don't know about yet?
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Agree fully on the first part, but I don't think they're were being particularly smart about it. I think they viewed recent changes to the landscape with the BTN, and Fox getting the Big Ten and Pac 12 championship games and just panicked.

Everyone is right in that we can all expect massive amounts of Longhorn Lovin' at every opportune moment from SPIN and a complete dismissal of the Big Ten and Pac 10.
 
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[quote='BusNative;185966;3]Except the Texas is in a conference, no?[/quote]

Hey, if their conference "partners" are weak enough and stupid enough to allow it, you can't blast Texas for being arrogant enough to take advantage of it.

It certainly puts their blanket dismissal of the Big Ten into context. Big Ten revenue streams are projected to hit 30 million within a year or two of Nebraska joining, so all this does is bring might Texas up to the level of Indiana and Northwestern.
 
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[quote='BusNative;185966;3]Except the Texas is in a conference, no?[/quote]

See my comments about 'what's coming next?' above.

FWIW many schools already have individual contracts with media outlets...they're just usually local media, for other forms of media or other similar lower tier distribution rights.

ORD_Buckeye;1859678; said:
Agree fully on the first part, but I don't think they're were being particularly smart about it. I think they viewed recent changes to the landscape with the BTN, and Fox getting the Big Ten and Pac 12 championship games and just panicked.
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I just can't imagine that they would become so desperate that they would offer 5x (and higher) over the amount of the other primary bid (if the alleged Fox numbers are anywhere close to being accurate).

There has to be something else going on behind the scenes driving this. "Sunday Morning Meanderings With Bevo!" isn't going to move the Nielsen dial. Either that or we're just seeing part of the picture. For example, does this contract include ALL distribution rights for Texas properties? If so how does that compare to the total numbers if you add up all of the different media contracts at a comparable school (like Ohio State)?
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1859679; said:
Hey, if their conference "partners" are weak enough and stupid enough to allow it, you can't blast Texas for being arrogant enough to take advantage of it.

It certainly puts their blanket dismissal of the Big Ten into context. Big Ten revenue streams are projected to hit 30 million within a year or two of Nebraska joining, so all this does is bring might Texas up to the level of Indiana and Northwestern.
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Not blasting anyone at all, just pointing out that it's a different cicumstance than Notre Ame or now-independent BYU

Muck;1859680; said:
See my comments about 'what's coming next?' above.

FWIW many schools already have individual contracts with media outlets...they're just usually local media, for other forms of media or other similar lower tier distribution rights.
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Yes, yes... don't disagree, see above
 
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