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<blockquote data-quote="topdecktiger" data-source="post: 129612420" data-attributes="member: 1459051">No, the ESPN article you posted didn't deal with the issue of Fox and ESPN resisting expansion. It simply didn't mention the issue. The only two articles that have addressed the issue are the SBJ article, and the one the OP linked.I'll again point out, the OP's article doesn't quote any sources, anonymous or otherwise.As a former author, you should also realize that the OP's article has no sources. He just declares something to be true, without anything to back it up. That does not give this article more credibility over the SBJ article. It's also not &quot;obvious&quot; that the SBJ source was form ESPN. You are just assuming that it's true that Fox is pushing for expansion.The second link you posted is 2 years old, and does not address the issue of Fox supporting Big 12 expansion. It adds literally nothing to the discussion. Sorry, but you are simply trying to construct a scenario that you want to see happen.It's not nitpicking. It completely undermines the author's premise. If you want to go that route, expansion wouldn't happen until 2017 either, so Fox can't get those rights before the Big Ten contract kicks in. Face it, the author simply got a major component of his story wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topdecktiger, post: 129612420, member: 1459051"] No, the ESPN article you posted didn't deal with the issue of Fox and ESPN resisting expansion. It simply didn't mention the issue. The only two articles that have addressed the issue are the SBJ article, and the one the OP linked. I'll again point out, the OP's article doesn't quote any sources, anonymous or otherwise. As a former author, you should also realize that the OP's article has [B][I][U]no[/U][/I][/B] sources. He just declares something to be true, without anything to back it up. That does not give this article more credibility over the SBJ article. It's also not "obvious" that the SBJ source was form ESPN. You are just [B][I][U]assuming[/U][/I][/B] that it's true that Fox is pushing for expansion. The second link you posted is 2 years old, and does not address the issue of Fox supporting Big 12 expansion. It adds literally nothing to the discussion. Sorry, but you are simply trying to construct a scenario that you want to see happen. It's not nitpicking. It completely undermines the author's premise. If you want to go that route, expansion wouldn't happen until 2017 either, so Fox can't get those rights before the Big Ten contract kicks in. Face it, the author simply got a major component of his story wrong. [/QUOTE]

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