Big East News

[olsingledigit]

Like I said, I'm a huge Xavier fan and frequently check this board. I just don't think it's that big of a deal that the Enquirer isn't talking about XU's captains for next season.

To me, it's just not that big of a story in the grand scheem of things.

I would question your being a "huge fan" then.

[southernmuskie]

WOW! Seriously.

[Shadow]

SM,
This is a northern muskie.
Any relation?

[ChitownSteve]

Hmm, at 3:16 PM today Shannon Russell posted an item about the Team Captains and referenced, "(I)f you missed Chris Mack's Tweet."

She did note "(I)t is an interesting revelation because Xavier in recent years hasn't had captains."

Thus, there was newsworthiness to the matter.

[rickf]

time to send these postings to cyberspace?

[Masterofreality]

Interesting info as to how Fox plans to make money through the new networks.

http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/2013 ... ts-1-plan/

[Shadow]

The last paragraph says it all.

The question for pay TV subscribers, however, is this: how good a value is this for you, if you’re never going to watch any of it?

There is life without TV. Try it, you'll like it.

[blueblob06]

I'm curious how the cable companies will handle this. Right now Speed and Fuel (which will turn into Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 soon according to that article) are found on the cheapest or at-least the 2nd-cheapest cable packages.

My guess is they will raise the price of everyone's month bill a couple bucks. The alternative would be bumping these channels up to a more expensive plan. Ultimately ofcourse both of these options piss off their customers but I think the second would more so than the first. Then again, if you don't like sports and you are told your bill is going up $3/mth (for example) because of the new Fox Sports deal, that would be annoying. I've gotten letters from TWC and DirecTV in the past that state something like "Effective 5/1/13, Channel XYZ will now only be available in Package XYZ and above". I haven't cared about any of the channels they've done that to so far but I certainly want the Fox 1 to see Xavier games on TV. I currently have the most basic DirecTV package so I'm rooting for Fox Sports 1 to make it on that.

I'm not sure how it works, if Fox has any say when they sign a deal with TWC, DirecTV, etc regarding what packages their channels fall in.

Go Muskies!

[RoseyMuskie]

Otto Porter and Vander Blue to the NBA. Certainly helps X.

[Shadow]

Otto Porter and Vander Blue to the NBA. Certainly helps X.

Depends on your viewpoint. It opens a scholarship at both Georgetown and Marquette.