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The Daily Athenaeum: Big East should be greedy with new TV deal
It seems the trending topic amongst the six major conferences lately is the rush to secure a new television deal. When I read about these new contracts and all the media coverage surrounding them, I find myself drawing from the wisdom of Michael Douglas' iconic character Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film "Wall Street."
"Point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of evolutionary spirit."
Pretty insightful stuff, isn't it?
In essence, the widespread expansion many conferences are undergoing is directly related to the massive new television deals that are being handed out. ...
It seems the trending topic amongst the six major conferences lately is the rush to secure a new television deal. When I read about these new contracts and all the media coverage surrounding them, I find myself drawing from the wisdom of Michael Douglas' iconic character Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film "Wall Street."
"Point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of evolutionary spirit."
Pretty insightful stuff, isn't it?
In essence, the widespread expansion many conferences are undergoing is directly related to the massive new television deals that are being handed out. ...