BCS Games on ESPN
Can someone tell me why all the BCS games are on ESPN this year? I know that ABC won the rights to broadcast them but in years past ABC always aired the Rose Bowl on broadcast television. Any ideas why?
Hey, at least it isn't another speculative coaching thread.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:28 PM ^
Better than having them on Fox.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:31 PM ^
ESPN paid $25m more, per year...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/sports/ncaafootball/19bcs.html
The Rose Bowl is under a different contract
January 10th, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^
$100m in cash and $.50 in African Money
January 10th, 2011 at 12:40 PM ^
Is that you?
January 10th, 2011 at 12:44 PM ^
Think of all the gold pants you could buy with that!
January 10th, 2011 at 3:30 PM ^
Everybody murders people and sells their gold pants.
January 10th, 2011 at 3:36 PM ^
Eseentially money. ESPN gets to air the games and ABC still gets to broadcast their regular television. Sports fans probably already have ESPN or will go to a bar to watch the game. Plus theres ESPN3.com or Channelsurfing.net like I do.
January 10th, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^
It doesn't matter
I don't have cable and I'm going Denard but I can watch online through magical services ;)
January 10th, 2011 at 4:53 PM ^
ESPN boo
January 10th, 2011 at 4:55 PM ^
Thank God they arent on FOX any more...god were they awful.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
If the game tonight was on ABC, ESPN would get killed in the ratings game. Instead, ESPN will draw a huge audience and ABC will draw their usual fans to their Monday night programming.
January 11th, 2011 at 6:30 AM ^
That makes sense. It seemed like an odd choice seeing as ratings are down this year but when you this about it, Fox doesn't really have a comparable sports channel.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^
Well it doesnt matter too much in the big picture. ABC and ESPN are both owned by Disney, so revenue-wise the best thing to do is what lilpenny said, keep the ratings and viewership up for both channels
January 10th, 2011 at 10:02 PM ^
Les Miles is on the plane and will be in A2 tonight. CoolBlue it.