Urban Meyer, a superstar head coach and a national figure in college football, spoke at Big Ten Media Days on Monday in Chicago. Big Ten Network did not provide live coverage of his session with the media. ESPN deserves plenty of criticism for how it elevates the SEC and undercuts the levels of exposure it gives to conferences such as the ACC and Big 12. However, when BTN can’t provide live coverage of Meyer, Mark Dantonio, and the coaches of its other big-name programs, the collection of factors that feed into conference bias becomes a lot more complicated. It’s not just about ESPN loving the SEC too much; it’s about BTN and Pac-12 Networks being markedly inadequate when covering their own conferences. Conference bias is, in other words, a two-way street and a multi-source problem. ESPN’s competitors have to do a better job.
Posted by TSS LOCKER on Sep 5, 2014 16:00
If you’re in the media, be sure not to wear a blue shirt to an Ohio State practice.
No we are not OSU homers, but Brad & I both inadvertently wore blue shirts to practice! Urban took care of it!#swag pic.twitter.com/zpwkIQVA6g
— Todd Blackledge (@Todd_Blackledge) September 5, 2014
H/T Eleven Warriors
