Jeff Kennedy writes: > I was as disappointed as anyone that FSNE had to cut the coverage of BU/SLU > but I understand the economics and legal situation that FSNE is in. That > had to go to the Celtics game no matter how meaningless. One, their > contract says they have to and two they probably made more money doing it. ESPN, as a matter of policy, will stay with a live event until its conclusion, even if it means pre-empting another live event. So at least one sports network does not "have to" switch to the more lucrative sport as soon as it begins. John Whelan, Cornell '91 [log in to unmask] http://www.amurgsval.org/joe/ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.