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April 4, 2008

Former Penn State Mascot sues Big 10

Robert Welsh, who once served as the donned the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot, has filed suit against the Big Ten conference for breaking a confidentiality agreement and alledly stealing his proposal to create a Big Ten Network back in 1998.

Mr. Welsh claims that in 1998 he presented to a group of Big Ten Conference officials and athletic directors his plan to create a Big Ten network, according to the suit.

In the suit, he claims the Big Ten Conference appeared interested in his proposal so he “distributed his business plan on a confidential basis and made a comprehensive and detailed presentation including a specific delineation of the Big Ten Network plan as a satellite/cable television medium.”

But then the Big Ten Conference decided it “did not wish to cede control over such matters to an independent entity” and instead, the suit said, took Mr. Welsh’s idea as its own.

So... not only is the Big Ten Network not a good idea... it's not even their idea?? Yikes.

Posted by Kevin Donahue

 

Comments:

  1. Tom Blogical Author Profile Page said:

    posted on April 4, 2008 12:34 PM — 24.95.77.153 — link — abuse?



    Wow.

  2. Fanblogs Author War Eagle Atlanta Author Profile Page said:

    posted on April 4, 2008 2:55 PM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    Tom, are you 'wow'ing because you wish you would have come up with the revolutionary idea of putting all the conference football games on a seperate channel?

    So...Robert Welsh: How you, uh, how you coming on that network you're working on there? Huh? Gotta, uh, gotta big stack of film there? Gotta few teams you wanna air their games? Maybe all on one channel there? Maybe show it to every household in the rust belt, huh? Thinking about adding another team and getting a conference title game, maybe? Huh? Uh, how's all that coming along...?

    http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1806014601.aspx

  3. Tom Blogical Author Profile Page said:

    posted on April 4, 2008 9:15 PM — 24.95.77.153 — link — abuse?



    WEA:

    I'm "wow"ing because I agree with Kevin's last line, the money quote, in his post.

  4. 1st_and_NOLE Author Profile Page said:

    posted on April 5, 2008 10:45 AM — 71.14.108.232 — link — abuse?



    I hope this young man takes the B10 for everything they're worth. Stealing someone's business idea is low and dirty.

  5. Tom Blogical Author Profile Page said:

    posted on April 5, 2008 1:25 PM — 24.95.77.153 — link — abuse?



    1st_and_NOLE (#4):

    If this turns out to be true, I agree 100%. I'm betting, if true, it gets settled out of court, though.

  6. Zac said:

    posted on April 7, 2008 3:01 AM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    I'll bet you ole Joe Pa is shaking his finger at somebody over this deal. Yikes Stripes!!!

    I agree Tom. If this turns out to be true, the smart thing would be to make it go away quickly by settling out of court. Of course, when did gargantuan entities, such as the Big-10(11), ever do the smart thing???

  7. Clemson Joe said:

    posted on April 8, 2008 10:21 AM — 165.166.31.249 — link — abuse?



    WEA #2:

    LOL. Classic.