[BC] Re: Imus Firing

[Bernie Courtney]

It's all still the NCAA and falls under Myles Brand's jurisdiction 
(in fact he issued a joint statement with the President of Rutgers 
this week: http://scarletknights.com/news/release.asp?prID=5202 ).

But Alan while Myles is a long winded (and apparently short tempered 
from what I hear) fellow in his own right, I don't think that was a 
big factor in all of this, considering CBS has an exclusive contract 
with the NCAA for the men's tournament until 2014.

Bern

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Meuser

The women's basketball championship belongs to ESPN.  CBS airs about 1
weekend of women's basketball

R

Alan Kline wrote:

 > One thing that hasn't been discussed, at least publicly, is how much
 > pressure might have been brought to bear on CBS by the NCAA. Remember
 > that Imus made his comments about a team which played in the NCAA
 > womens' basketball championship, and remember that the NCAA is one of
 > CBS' most cherished business partners. CBS paid something like $6
 > billion for the rights to the Final Four for the next umpteen years.
 > Do you think they're going to do *anything* to alienate the NCAA?
 >