Now the Government is involved

I'm not always for government poking their noses where it doesn't belong but in this case I support anything that will get the Big Ten Network on my cable provider.

Something similar to this happened on a national level earlier this year involving MLB's season ticket program on satellite TV. Senator John Kerry had to intervene to allow cable subscribers to have the same access as satellite subscribers.


Here's an article from today's Indy Star:


Lawmaker seeks solution to Big 10 TV flap
Lafayette Journal & Courier
August 23, 2007

Rep. Dave Crooks, D-Washington, attempted to enlist the help of the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) this week to make sure the majority of fans could see Indiana and Purdue sports on television.
Comcast is now at an impasse in negotiations over how to offer the Big Ten Network.
Crooks sent a letter to Susan Macey of the OUCC requesting that the OUCC step in and "bring the appropriate parties to the table."
He said he got a call back from Macey Wednesday.
"She said she had no statutory authority to be involved in this," Crooks said.
Anthony Swinger, an OUCC spokesman, said Macey received the letter but had not had a chance to review it yet.
Crooks said Macey recommended that mediators be hired in the dispute, but he doesn't believe that's adequate. He thinks legislators will get many impassioned calls from constituents once constituents find out that they might have to pay extra to watch IU and Purdue sports.