Aug 16, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min · 12 segments
In this episode, Derek (@CreaseAndAssist) and Theresa (@MNSOTA24), are joined by friend of the pod, Dan Whenesota (@WHENESOTA), to discuss his most recent creation, the story of the Midwest Sports…
Dan WhenesotaGuest
Derek FelskaHost
Theresa FerrisHost
So you mentioned how in your blog, how the move to the Big Ten Network was detrimental.
In terms of both visibility, because like we said, now, good luck finding it, you know, whether it was hockey or basketball and but especially like women's sports.
You know, we're all told when Big Ten came around that this is now this is going to be great.
you're going to, you know, now it's going to put it, it's going to elevate on a national stage.
I think they thought, you know, with, you know, some couple of the biggest hockey programs in the country that they thought they were going to corner the market on it.
I know this is a hockey podcast, and I don't want to offend anybody, but I think sometimes people don't realize that hockey, specifically college hockey, isn't as profitable as they think it is.
Yeah, and especially, you know, once they moved it to the Big Ten, they realized that maybe it wasn't as profitable as they thought it was going to be.
And then they start moving it to the Big Ten Plus channel, which now you've got to pay an extra subscription for.
And, you know, I have friends who are big gopher hockey rubes, and they're going to do that because they want to watch gopher hockey, you know.
But to me, when you do that specifically to the women's sports, I think that really hurts the women's sports more because – I mean, let's be honest.
But there's that attitude out there that people don't want to watch women's sports for whatever reason whatsoever.
And now you're making it harder to find and making it more expensive for people.
So you mentioned how in your blog, how the move to the Big Ten Network was detrimental.
In terms of both visibility, because like we said, now, good luck finding it, you know, whether it was hockey or basketball and but especially like women's sports.
You know, we're all told when Big Ten came around that this is now this is going to be great.
you're going to, you know, now it's going to put it, it's going to elevate on a national stage.
I think they thought, you know, with, you know, some couple of the biggest hockey programs in the country that they thought they were going to corner the market on it.
I know this is a hockey podcast, and I don't want to offend anybody, but I think sometimes people don't realize that hockey, specifically college hockey, isn't as profitable as they think it is.
Yeah, and especially, you know, once they moved it to the Big Ten, they realized that maybe it wasn't as profitable as they thought it was going to be.
And then they start moving it to the Big Ten Plus channel, which now you've got to pay an extra subscription for.
And, you know, I have friends who are big gopher hockey rubes, and they're going to do that because they want to watch gopher hockey, you know.
But to me, when you do that specifically to the women's sports, I think that really hurts the women's sports more because – I mean, let's be honest.
But there's that attitude out there that people don't want to watch women's sports for whatever reason whatsoever.
And now you're making it harder to find and making it more expensive for people.
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