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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1743506, member: 27"] Some non-hockey related links on the topic... [B][URL='https://frankthetank.me/']Frank the Tank's Take[/URL][/B] [I]It has been a couple of days since the news broke from Sports Business Daily that [URL='http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2016/04/19/Big-Ten.aspx']Fox is poised to enter into a deal with the Big Ten for 50% of the packages that are currently on ABC/ESPN (football and basketball) and CBS (basketball)… for up to $250 million per year for 6 years[/URL]. Once again, this is just for half of the Big Ten rights that are up for grabs, which would provide for 25 football games and 50 basketball games on over-the-air broadcast Fox (“Big Fox”) and FS1. As observers such as Matt Sarzyniak have noted (who has a [URL='http://mattsarzsports.blogspot.com/2016/04/notes-on-future-for-big-ten-and-fox.html']great post on the overall dynamics of the Big Ten deal[/URL]), that amount is approximately the amount that the Pac-12 receives for its entire non-Pac-12 network package. In effect, we’re about to enter into a world where Rutgers and Northwestern are going to earn significantly more TV money than Florida State, Oklahoma, USC and even Alabama and Notre Dame. The Big Ten schools were already ahead before through its creation of the BTN (which everyone should remember how bold and risky that move was a decade ago compared to taking guaranteed money from ESPN), but the gap is going to be blown through the roof if the conference ends up with around $500 million per year for its TV rights without even taking into account the BTN portion. I have had plenty of critiques of Jim Delany and the Big Ten leadership over the years, but their management of TV and media properties has been pitch perfect for the past ten years and far beyond the capabilities (both quantitative and qualitative) of the other power conferences. ...[/I] [B][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/25560400/why-the-big-tens-reported-short-new-tv-deal-with-fox-makes-sense']Dennis Dodd's Take[/URL][/B] [I]The Big Ten is close to signing a surprisingly short six-year deal with Fox for half its media rights, [URL='http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2016/04/19/Big-Ten.aspx']according to Sports Business Journal[/URL]. The Big Ten was the last major conference to renegotiate its rights in the current cycle. Sources were split on whether the Big Ten would break the bank because of the value of its 14-school assets or merely earn a modest increase.[/I] [I][URL='http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2016/04/19/Big-Ten.aspx']SBJ reported[/URL] that Fox will pay as much as $250 million per year for the rights to approximately 25 football games and 50 basketball games. Signing only a six-year deal, “probably means [the Big Ten] didn't get the money they wanted,” one source said. One industry insider told CBS Sports that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany sought a long-term deal through 2032. There may not have been the money in the market for such a deal, or Delany may have strategically tried to line up the next deal close to when NFL deals expire with CBS, Fox and NBC after the 2022 season when, theoretically, more money could be available in the market. ... [I]... The Big Ten's reported new deal with Fox would go through the 2022-23 season. It includes more of the conference's basketball and football games on Fox and Fox Sports 1. Several industry experts said Big Ten basketball coaches were closely watching the negotiations. Anything that meant fewer games on longtime partners ESPN and CBS would be viewed negatively by the coaches. ,,,[/I] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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