Goodbye Telesouth

[RobbieRandolph]

We signed on with Learfield Sports. The company sounds like legit money maker and a good agreement for the university to be in.

MSU-Learfield

 

[RobbieRandolph]

We signed on with Learfield Sports. The company sounds like legit money maker and a good agreement for the university to be in.

MSU-Learfield

 

[futaba.79]

radio rights aren't part of the deal?

 

[Oxford Godfrey]

at the cocktail party. 'preciate that.

 

[dawgstudent]

<span style="font-size: 12px;">Learfield Sports will establish "Bulldog Sports Properties" as the Starkville-based entity to manage and sell all multimedia and sponsorship rights for MSU athletics. Effective the 2008-09 school year, these rights include certain television agreements, such as coaches' shows and select play-by-play opportunities, corporate sponsorships, fan guides and roster cards for men's and women's basketball and baseball, coaches' endorsements, official athletic web site advertising, corporate hospitality events, <span style="font-weight: bold;">as well as radio rights for baseball, women's basketball and other select sports.</span></span>

 

[HD6]

football and basketball get taken over next school year.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

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[Xenomorph]

Learfield or MSU?

 

[RobbieRandolph]

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[Optimus Prime 4]

nm

 

[DudyDog]

if this doesn't lead to more "personnel changes" from Byrne; i.e. "retirements", etc.

 

[TilloDawg]

Learfield or MSU?

Jim will be in charge of the MSU portion of Learfield....
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<p class="">Learfield Sports will establish "Bulldog Sports Properties" as the Starkville-based entity to manage and sell all multimedia and sponsorship rights for MSU athletics. Effective the 2008-09 school year, these rights include certain television agreements, such as coaches' shows and select play-by-play opportunities, corporate sponsorships, fan guides and roster cards for men's and women's basketball and baseball, coaches' endorsements, official athletic web site advertising, corporate hospitality events, as well as radio rights for baseball, women's basketball and other select sports.</p> <p class="">Additionally, signage at all MSU athletic venues - Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, Humphrey Coliseum, and Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium - will be overseen by Bulldog Sports Properties.</p> <p class="">BSP will be led by general manager Jim Ellis, who is best known as the long-time voice of the MSU Diamond Dogs and as color analyst for football and men's basketball. Ellis, who has represented MSU in corporate sales for the last several years, will continue his on-air role while serving with BSP.</p> <p class="">"</p>

 

[Dawgbreeze]

The sooner Telsouth is gone, the better. I guess Davenport and LT are going out together.

 

[patdog]

Interesting that Byrne gives Templeton a good amount of credit for this deal. As much as I've criticized Templeton, I'm coming around to the conclusion that late in his career he new MSU needed to be much more innovative and started making moves in that direction (such as hiring Byrne). I'm not suggesting for a minute that Templeton should have been kept on as AD, just that in retrospect he might not have been quite as bad as we all think.

 

[AthensBully]

Most, if not all, of the innovative moves have come after Byrne's tenure in the Ath. Dept. began. Even while LT was still in charge, I think the good ideas and forward thinking began with Byrne. Therefore, I give LT no credit for any of it.</p>

 

[patdog]

I agree that probably at least 90% of any innovative ideas came from Byrne, at least Templeton didn't squash them or run him off like the general wisdom says he did with Bass.</p>

 

[Ford76]

For the better part of the last decade, I have not really been a fan of the former ahtletic director. I counted down the days until his official removal from office, but I have chosen to just forget all about him and let my bitterness go. I treat him as the athletic director that dare not speak its name. </p>

 

[patdog]

I guess that after seeing how he's handled his "retirement," especially contrasted with the Polk handled his, I've kind of lost the will to actively dislike him. I really do think he loves MSU and wants the best for MSU and in the end, I think he realized that what was best for MSU was for a new AD to take over and make some needed changes.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

theories that LT was still trying to hold on to his job, etc. I think he knew it was time to retire.

 

[patdog]

Because I was one of the main ones putting those theories out there. I really thought he wouldn't go down without a fight, but at least publicly, it's been the complete opposite. I give him credit for bowing out gracefully and for publicly supporting Byrne.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[patdog]

He's gone out of his way to publicly support Byrne and that's something he didn't have to do. And I think that will help Byrne out with the changes he's implementing.

 

[MSUCE99]

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[Porkchop.sixpack]

combination of satan and an institutionalized moron.

I think he did a good job for a while. I think it was time for him to retire, and I think he was ready to retire. I don't buy that he was willfully bad at his job. I dont' buy all the damn power struggle crap where he was perported to be trying to hold on to his job. I don't know that I am giving him any kind of credit. I just think people had it wrong about LT a little bit.

 

[cowbell9]

nm

 

[dawgstudent]

patdog said that he deserved credit for exiting gracefully and supporting Byrne. Publicly, that is what's normally done. And I said LT should not deserve credit for acting normal.

 

[DowntownDawg]

...I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think it was in Veazey's CL story, he was asked how he felt about the way his tenure ended, and he said something like "Hurt."

LT was satisfied with the status quo and spent more time justifying why we couldn't do things instead of how we could. Look at what Byrne has already done. LT came in and cleaned up a mess apparently, but his time passed many years ago.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

case, since he was accusing LT of being abnormal, giving credit for normality is appropriate.

 

[Stansfield]

patdog said that he deserved credit for exiting gracefully and supporting Byrne. Publicly, that is what's normally done. And I said LT should not deserve credit for acting normal.

</p>It's part of the mentality that everyone gets a trophy just for showing up.

 

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