Goshawks, as someone that lives in KC, I have a hard time believing that you got MOST of the non-con games on Metrosports before 2006. And if you didn't/don't have Time Warner then you didn't/don't get Metrosports. So, it wasn't like the entire market had access to that channel at that time, if it was as you describe.
Besides, were you to invest in the ESPN Fullcourt package back then you pretty much got every game, period, as I recall. Alas, they were not HD, so the BTN coming in with HD was a pretty big upgrade.
As someone living in KC since 1989, I would take issue with someone who thought they had better Iowa hoops coverage before BTN came along. And even if you did, from the standpoint of using BTN as a marketing arm for the schools and conference, there is really no comparison between before and after. It's just that there are a lot of people that complain if something isn't the way they remember it from the good old days.
I won't sit here and say that everything is as good or better now. Iowa had a following that gave us coverage of many things that a majority of B10 schools probably didn't have. But as someone from northwest Iowa I am well aware that basketball coverage on over the air stations out of Sioux City had fallen to that market. Even in Iowa, in the northwest corner, they have been better off with BTN than before. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but based upon what friends and family have told me I believe that is an accurate statement.
As I said, I won't sit here and say everything for Iowa is as good or better. But all things considered, it is. And I guess I have better things to do than to sit around and whine about this six years later.
