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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129490170" data-attributes="member: 1428007">When it expands, creating a conference wide network of some sort needs to accompany that move.With cable subscribers dwindling and expected to continue to do so, and expecting that one day these conference networks will be based financially on people paying more directly for them, the conference needs to add major media markets and/or teams with a demonstrated ability to have people pay for product.BYU and UConn immediately come to mind for this because they both already have &quot;networks&quot;.&nbsp; BYU-tv has millions of subscribers, and UConn has some agreements with NYC based distributors in the New York market paying them millions already.There are some difficulties with adding BYU though such as no Sunday play, and they want certain rights kept with them which harms the chances of a conference network.UConn makes alot of sense-other than geographically.Some creative thinking will have to come into play for travel for sports outside of Football and basketball</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129490170, member: 1428007"] When it expands, creating a conference wide network of some sort needs to accompany that move. With cable subscribers dwindling and expected to continue to do so, and expecting that one day these conference networks will be based financially on people paying more directly for them, the conference needs to add major media markets and/or teams with a demonstrated ability to have people pay for product. BYU and UConn immediately come to mind for this because they both already have "networks". BYU-tv has millions of subscribers, and UConn has some agreements with NYC based distributors in the New York market paying them millions already. There are some difficulties with adding BYU though such as no Sunday play, and they want certain rights kept with them which harms the chances of a conference network. UConn makes alot of sense-other than geographically. Some creative thinking will have to come into play for travel for sports outside of Football and basketball [/QUOTE]

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