A Battlestar Galactica MMO would make more sense, but people from Sci-Fi stated that it would be too hard to incorporate - that it would be better to start from scratch. That way they don't have the baggage of a show's canon established over years to work around.

The G4 article seems to based off the LA Times piece, the same one that was my source when the story broke. Only they've inserted 'Stargate' in the place of 'Sci-Fi'. Maybe G4 made an assumption, but how many years has Stargate been running? Using SG would contradict what Sci-Fi execs are saying about the decision to start with a fresh IP.