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Jul 29, 2015
2:19:53pm
BYU having that contract is a direct assessment of their value to ESPN
Which you are agreeing with.

So already having that value is as good a place as any to start down that path for ESPN. To them it would be compelling...

Now if you wanted to make a statement like - Fox doesn't have that same value assessment of BYU because they don't have that separate contract with BYU and because you have to consider Fox & ESPN going in together on the recommendation to the B12 on who to add...then yes looking at it from a fiscal perspective 1/2 of your broadcast partnership may not see BYU as a "cost savings" but certainly the accountants at ESPN would...

If the broadcasters will have a heavy hand in the decision then I think we have 1/2 of them that would push for BYU easily. But if it were totally up to just the B12 with no pressure from the broadcast partners then they won't be looking at or caring about ESPN's bottom line anyway - and neither will Fox...
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