B1G and ESPN Reach Media Agreement

Submitted by winterblue75 on June 20th, 2016 at 8:39 AM

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/college-gridiron-365/os-e… .

ESPN is reportedly set to pay close to $200 million per year for the secondary media rights of the Big Ten Conference that according to Sports Business Journal.

All in all, the Big Ten's new television/media rights deals with ESPN, Fox and CBS Sports would pay the league a whopping $2.64 billion over the next six years. The new deal goes into effect next fall and it would nearly triple the average media rights payout.

According to sources in the report, ESPN will continue to carry Big Ten games on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, but the number of games on ESPNU will decrease.

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MayOhioEatTurds

June 20th, 2016 at 2:29 PM ^

unfamiliar with the many cord-cutting options.

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MileHighWolverine

June 20th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^

$2.64 billion....amatuerism at its finest. Just pay them already, this is ridiculous.

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Caillou

June 20th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^

a bunch of money. B1G can probably start adequately paying players with this type of money being thrown around.

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drzoidburg

June 20th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^

nah, build a stadium next to the stadium, or a rocket ship

anything but helping players who made this deal possible pay for laundry detergent

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Megatron

June 21st, 2016 at 12:16 AM ^

Last college football game on FX was in 2012 season before FS1 became a reality. Big 10 games will be on Fox/FS1/BTN, ESPN/ESPN2/ABC etc. Big winners are Big 10 and they will be the first to get another deal before all the other conf.

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