Representative Mary Hubler has sent a letter to the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) urging that the board study the possibility of televising all Big Ten sports events on Wisconsin Public Television.
Hubler noted that Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has offered Badger sporting events on delayed broadcast for 35 years. Now, however, the University of Wisconsin, the Big Ten and the giant cable sports network ESPN have signed contracts that reserve these sports events for subscribers of certain cable or satellite providers