The networks first have to get through the Aereo decision the Supreme Court is going to pass down in a matter of days. If the technology is allowed, the networks are going to beg to get out of existing contracts. Aereo not only would kill local affiliate broadcasting but also bundling of channels.
There are a defined number of time slots for the networks to broadcast college football. If the networks have enough games to fill those slots, they don't care what the conference structure is. In an unbundled world, the economics of conference networks gets shot to pieces as content of any such networks has to be of a high enough quality to draw actual subscribers. Schools will align along economic lines instead of along geographic lines. Ten years from now, I don't expect college football to be much like the game it is today.
i have no doubt you're right.
Truth is an absolute defense for any charge of libel or slander. It's a bold statement that has been made, but if it's true, how is reporting the matter wrong in any way? I asked if he stood by what he had offered and he said absolutely yes. He thinks he has a story and if he has done his research, he has every right to go with it.
it does seem a little national enquirer-esque. i also suspect if a UT player were coming under such scrutiny without a charge being levied, most of us would be pissed.
The biggest is saying the young man keeps taking money from boosters. If you have proof show it, if not well probably not best to rumor monger.
It is no secret that Hyman is allowing Sumlin to run a very loose program over there. The number of arrests is one thing, but multiple drug arrests by multiple individuals who were busted stacking alcohol, weed and prescription meds indicates discipline is clearly a secondary consideration to on field performance. There is no way there aren't failed drug tests that we haven't heard about yet that are being ignored by the coaches. If the Stansbury accusations have merit, the ags absolutely deserve to be called out for what could only be called a lack of institutional control. If people were making accusations of this sort against individuals associated with our program I would be screaming for an investigation. I know the ags believe they alone should be allowed to manage every aspect of their university, but we are talking about state employees. The things going over there are on the verge of becoming very serious and if the Stansbury accusations are found to have merit, there needs to be an outside investigation into what is going on over there.
Evidently Stansburry has fired his initial attorney Allena Wright and found a large cache of money in his sofa and hired a very good defense attorney.
lot of supposition here. IF you're right i agree on all counts.
That is a far stretch from saying he is taking money from boosters. Subtly raising the question of where the money came from, but none of us believe Stansbury wrote what probably was a $35,000 retainer check from his own funds. Heck, none of us believe he paid for the hotel room that night out of his own pocket.
my comps been on the blink and I must have missed something. What is going on with Rice vs. A&M?
Supposedly aggy is wanting Rice to keep them aware of their investigation and is asking Rice to let an aggy rep be involved in how Rice is handling the matter. Rice is supposedly refusing, aggy is allegedly trying to exert pressure on Rice officials to grant them the considerations they are asking for and there is supposedly some friction between the administrations of the two schools.
sorry duke. it's neither a far stretch or subtle. i think it's exactly what McP was implying. he's welcome to join in and say he's reporting he REALLY found it in a couch.
