More television saga
Another funny situation tonight. OU’s women are at Texas Tech, and the game is being televised by Sooner Sports Network. OU’s men are at Nebraska — a far more important and intriguing game than the women — and it’s not on TV.
I wondered why, so I asked. An OU official told me that the Sooners tried to get the Nebraska game on television here in Oklahoma, but Nebraska initially declined. That’s NU’s right, but it makes no sense. Showing the game here wouldn’t affect the crowd in Lincoln. OU was told it something about space for announcers, which seems rather flimsy. The Big 12 has a sort of gentleman’s agreement that allows schools to televise road games, the official said, but Nebraska didn’t follow through.
Later, Nebraska said it was going to televise the game and OU could pick up the feed, but that didn’t happen, either. Meanwhile, Tech officials said fine, televise the women’s game. So there you have it.
And while I’m griping, how about a thumbs down on these ESPNU telecasts. That’s the network that carried OSU-Missouri on Tuesday night, and I don’t have ESPNU. I see no reason to pay for a network I’m going to want to watch three times a year. Same as the NFL Network. Let’s see. OU-Texas women the other day, and OU-Colorado men, and now OSU-Missouri men have been on ESPU. That’s the sum total of my desire to watch ESPNU.
I’m not paying extra for that. I’ve got the money. It’s not about the money. It’s about the principle. Keep adding all these tiers of cable channels, and it will never stop.
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