College football TV deals

[houtiger]

 

The Big Ten on Thursday announced a new seven-year media rights deal with CBS, Fox and NBC that begins July 1, 2023, and runs through the 2029-30 season. The multiplatform agreement is believed to be the largest in the history of college athletics with industry sources putting the approximate value of the deal at a record $1.2 billion annually.

Spanning five linear networks, including the Big Ten Network and FS1, the deal positions the Big Ten with three premier windows to show college football games on broadcast television. Fox will air a featured "Big Noon" game on Saturdays at noon ET with CBS following at 3:30 p.m. and NBC wrapping up each week with "Big Ten Saturday Night" in primetime.

"The Big Ten will be a dominant force from a media standpoint on Saturday," said Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren, who oversaw the deal only 2 ½ years into his tenure.

This will create an "unprecedented opportunity for Big Ten football," according to CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus, who cited the league's ability to have games in each of the best telecast windows across three traditional broadcast networks.

"From the moment we didn't renew our SEC rights, we targeted the Big Ten for both football and basketball," McManus continued. "It was important for us to continue to program the 3:30 window on Saturday afternoon, which has been the highest-rated window for many years in all of college football."

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-reaches-seven-year-media-rights-deal-with-cbs-fox-and-nbc-for-football-basketball-through-2029-30/

Edited August 19, 2022 by houtiger

[houtiger]

OK, players got a lawyer and sued the NCAA and they got the right to cut deals to use their name image and likeness, outside of the university.

I think with the size of these TV deals, some players and lawyers will get together and sue for a portion of the revenue in the Power 2 conferences.

[houtiger]

I listened to Sports Center, and they said if the players ever get paid in the Power 2, how much money would be left over for the "Olympic Sports", like wrestling and beach volley ball?  The only college sport besides football that makes money is usually basketball, at schools like North Carolina and Kentucky.  But it would majorly change college sports.