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Message: [QUOTE="ConnHuskBask, post: 4698064, member: 632"] [URL='https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34910144/big-12-nears-six-year-228b-tv-extension-deal-espn-fox%3fplatform=amp']Big 12 close to $2.28B media deal with ESPN, Fox[/URL] [I]The new contract, which takes hold starting in 2025, includes ESPN owning more than 60 percent of the inventory and [B]Fox adding a sizable portion of college basketball.[/B][/I] Not to mention that the B1G will play hoops primarily on Fox (no ESPN). This was not the case when the first BE was negotiated. As much as I like the Big East, the Big12 and B1G are going to be the majority of their inventory. Why pay Seton Hall and Butler a combined $15M a year when you already have more than enough programming of bigger schools? [/QUOTE]