[CrazedZooChimp]

At least, for those of us living outside Northern Californa. Michael Wright, DirecTV's CEO, says his plans to pick up the Pac-12 Network aren't settled yet, but adds: “We’re not going to have seven channels -- I can assure you of that.”

That means if you get DirecTV, the Pac-12 Network's Northern California channel -- on which most Stanford events will air -- won't be part of your lineup unless you live in Northern California. In fact, I'm not sure it will be available even there; I don't think DirecTV regionalizes signals for anything except local broadcast channels.

Either way, I hope all those people who think we had inadequate national exposure via the Fox Sports deals are watching this carefully. Wright's declaration means most Pac-12 games will not reach into the nation's sports bars, a virtual DirecTV monopoly. The supposed recruiting benefits of the channel look pretty ephemeral at this point.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/ar...z1wqEEdZac

I'm pretty sure all the Pac-12 football games are going on the main network, and currently our olympic sports (and most basketball) aren't televised period.  Sooo...I don't really see what you're worried about with less national exposure.  In fact, I don't think I ever expected to see the Northern California Regional network be standard outside of Norther California, that's the point of the regional network.  This also doesn't include all of the football and basketball that is on major networks.  While it sucks a little that people outside Northern California won't get to watch our soccer and softball games that air on the Pac-12 network, that doesn't seem like something anyone should be panicking over.

[CrazedZooChimp]

At least, for those of us living outside Northern Californa. Michael Wright, DirecTV's CEO, says his plans to pick up the Pac-12 Network aren't settled yet, but adds: “We’re not going to have seven channels -- I can assure you of that.”

That means if you get DirecTV, the Pac-12 Network's Northern California channel -- on which most Stanford events will air -- won't be part of your lineup unless you live in Northern California. In fact, I'm not sure it will be available even there; I don't think DirecTV regionalizes signals for anything except local broadcast channels.

Either way, I hope all those people who think we had inadequate national exposure via the Fox Sports deals are watching this carefully. Wright's declaration means most Pac-12 games will not reach into the nation's sports bars, a virtual DirecTV monopoly. The supposed recruiting benefits of the channel look pretty ephemeral at this point.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/ar...z1wqEEdZac

I'm pretty sure all the Pac-12 football games are going on the main network, and currently our olympic sports (and most basketball) aren't televised period.  Sooo...I don't really see what you're worried about with less national exposure.  In fact, I don't think I ever expected to see the Northern California Regional network be standard outside of Norther California, that's the point of the regional network.  This also doesn't include all of the football and basketball that is on major networks.  While it sucks a little that people outside Northern California won't get to watch our soccer and softball games that air on the Pac-12 network, that doesn't seem like something anyone should be panicking over.