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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 885213" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>That type of collusion isn't illegal. In fact those are normal types of actions in business. A company like Walmart might tell a cookie manufacturer that they will buy a certain amount of their cookies if they eliminate a certain ingredient that shoppers find troubling. The cookie company might decide to replace that ingredient with one that isn't publicly troubling in order to get the business with Walmart. The manufacturer of that ingredient is harmed, but they don't really have a good course of legal action in my opinion. If every time people enter into a business contract everybody else who is excluded from that business contract can sue them, we would have hundreds of millions of lawsuits per year because people feel excluded.</p><p></p><p>Same with conferences. It is all speculation at this point that Fox has been telling the Big10 what to do. In fact, the Big10 is still marketing their TV rights so Fox might not even benefit from any of the changes. However, if we assume that this has happened, how would it have occurred? :</p><p></p><p> Big10 to networks: How much value do you see in our conference's TV package?</p><p> Network: We are thinking along the lines of XXX dollars.</p><p> Big10 to networks: What if we added USC, UCLA and the LA TV market?</p><p> Network: That would add XXX to the value.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing wrong with that type of interaction. I don't think conferences would just make changes to the conference makeup without getting information ahead of time about what that will do to their media rights contracts, among many other things that would be modified by the changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 885213, member: 2426"] That type of collusion isn't illegal. In fact those are normal types of actions in business. A company like Walmart might tell a cookie manufacturer that they will buy a certain amount of their cookies if they eliminate a certain ingredient that shoppers find troubling. The cookie company might decide to replace that ingredient with one that isn't publicly troubling in order to get the business with Walmart. The manufacturer of that ingredient is harmed, but they don't really have a good course of legal action in my opinion. If every time people enter into a business contract everybody else who is excluded from that business contract can sue them, we would have hundreds of millions of lawsuits per year because people feel excluded. Same with conferences. It is all speculation at this point that Fox has been telling the Big10 what to do. In fact, the Big10 is still marketing their TV rights so Fox might not even benefit from any of the changes. However, if we assume that this has happened, how would it have occurred? : Big10 to networks: How much value do you see in our conference's TV package? Network: We are thinking along the lines of XXX dollars. Big10 to networks: What if we added USC, UCLA and the LA TV market? Network: That would add XXX to the value. There is nothing wrong with that type of interaction. I don't think conferences would just make changes to the conference makeup without getting information ahead of time about what that will do to their media rights contracts, among many other things that would be modified by the changes. [/QUOTE]
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