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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Vol. 129, No. 36
Goodbye ESPN, hello Fox: What the new TV deal means for CSU Newly signed TV deal comes with major changes for conference teams and payouts.
By Ethan Lee @EthanLee_99
lation here or there isn’t, but until that’s decided, I think the (rezoning) vote can be called into question, and I just don’t like that.” All three accused councilmembers denied having conflicts of interest that would require them to recuse from voting on Hughes land development matters.
Early this month, the Mountain West Conference announced a new media rights deal split between the television networks Fox and CBS. The deal has numerous implications for the conference as a whole and our Colorado State Rams; here’s what the agreement means for CSU and the MW. The six-year, $270 million deal will be put into effect July 1, 2020. Aside from the major increase in money paid to each school, the largest difference between the new agreement and the former deal is that Mountain West football/basketball games will no longer be aired on ESPN. Games will now be broadcasted on Fox proper, Fox Sports 1, CBS proper and CBSSN. Additional online streaming can be found on the CBS All Access streaming network. Both Fox/FS1 and CBS will air up to 23 football games and 32 men’s basketball games.
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About 40 residents line up to speak to City Council about the Hughes rezoning on Nov. 5, 2019. In 2018, Colorado State University petitioned for the annexation of the Hughes Stadium land to the City of Fort Collins. The rezoning of the Hughes property will determine the density of the housing development that will be built. PHOTO BY SAMANTHA YE THE COLLEGIAN
Hughes rezoning delayed over ethics complaint for 2nd time in 1 year By Samantha Ye @samxye4
Editor’s Note: Complainant Rory Heath is a chair of the Orange Cord Board, the alumni organization for Rocky Mountain Student Media. The final hearing to rezone the Hughes Stadium land has been delayed again to address an ethics complaint against three mem-
bers of Fort Collins City Council. The postponement comes two months after Council delayed the same hearing for the same reason. Resident Rory Heath filed an ethics complaint against Mayor Wade Troxell, Mayor Pro Tem Kristin Stephens and Councilmember Ken Summers at 3 p.m. on Jan. 21, the same day Council was slated to discuss the Hughes rezoning.
Heath’s complaint requests the three members recuse themselves from the Hughes rezoning process and that remediation is taken for their past involvement. To address the complaint, Council voted to push the rezoning discussion to March 17. “It’s not out of desire to postpone the issue,” Stephens said. “It’s really out of desire to make sure there either is an ethics vio-
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