It would go from Blurry with pixels to the audio always having static in it. It was like watching some highschool game on tv, as far as production quality goes.
Hmmm, I figured it would have to be an ESPN/ABC affiliate, but I guess not.
Also seeing that CBS has the SEC contract you would think that they would object to that too.
nope. ESPN + is syndicated. As long as someone wants to pay the fee to show it, they can. Doesnt matter who you are. You could be some podunk cable company in Death Row, Nebraka whos star CB goes to Ohio State. They could pick up the game and show it on the public access channel
Also seeing that CBS has the SEC contract you would think that they would object to that too.
In a SEC market maybe....but I can give you a great example of the SEC game getting trumped...
Montana Grizzly football is on the CBS affiliates in Montana (all of them...there's 5 CBS affiliates in Mt...all owned by same compnay except one). All conference games are on there and the games start at 1:00 mountain (3:00 Eastern)....so each week folks in MT only see the last little bit of SEC game. Conversely Montana State Bobcats are on the ABC affiliates in MT so the ABC games are trumped too.