NEWARK, N.J. -- Rutgers football fans hoping to watch their
team in the Texas Bowl later this month may be better off going to
Manhattan -- the one in Kansas, that is.
That's the hometown of bowl opponent Kansas State.
And it's likely to have better coverage because the N-F-L
Network has exclusive rights to televise the game. But N-F-L
Network isn't carried on two cable companies that serve more than
one (m) million of New Jersey's cable subscribers, not to mention
most of New York City.
That puts the 16th-ranked Scarlet Knights at the flash-point of
the dispute between the N-F-L Network and cable operators Time
Warner and Cablevision.
New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg is sending a letter to the
N-F-L, urging the league to allow the December 28th game to be
shown on local television.