Tim Brando

“They both have contracts with ESPN, and they get summarily dissed.”

Tim Brando · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Brando argued that the Big 12 and ACC are overlooked despite having ESPN contracts.

“I think the Big 12 and the ACC both do [have a gripe],”

Tim Brando · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Brando told Dakich that while some conferences have legitimate grievances about media treatment, the Big Ten does not.

“You live in this bubble. And all of a sudden you start talking about the 'league that's yours,'”

Tim Brando · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Brando explained that broadcasters covering a particular conference can develop a tunnel-vision perspective from working within that league's environment.

“I think sometimes it can be a subconscious thing,”

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Brando rejected the idea of an explicit directive from ESPN to favor the SEC, suggesting instead that any bias is unintentional.

“In general terms, the broadcasters are not consciously doing something that's not right,”

Tim Brando · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Brando appeared on Dan Dakich's show to discuss Cignetti's claims of SEC bias and pushed back on the idea that broadcasters are consciously biased.

“And the 'league that's yours' that they cover is the SEC.”

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Brando specified that the conference broadcasters are most closely associated with covering is the SEC.

“We're living in a country where it's so polarized that everyone is going to suggest bias no matter what network you're on.”

Tim Brando · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Brando attributed perceptions of media bias in part to a polarized national climate in which bias is assumed regardless of the network.