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[QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1097107, member: 1737"]
Found this older story about Fox and the Big 10 contract:

[B]Big money coming for Big Ten: Basketball stands to hit TV jackpot with next deal [/B]

Not that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany wants to rush time, but I’m fairly certain that he can’t wait for the 2016-17 basketball season. That’s when the Big Ten’s TV deals for basketball conclude with ESPN and CBS. Based on what the new Big East got from Fox Sports 1 this week, you know Delany is anxious for his turn at the bargaining table. -

The Big Ten stands to get a hefty increase, especially on the cable side.  And the commissioner will have some help from his good friends at Fox.

Fox, which owns 51 percent of the Big Ten Network, is going to be an aggressive player for college basketball rights, as demonstrated by the Big East deal. Executives know the quickest way for Fox Sports 1 to compete with ESPN is to acquire premium live programming. Big Ten basketball is premium.

- See more at: [url]http://www.shermanreport.com/more-than-2-billion-big-ten-basketball-stands-to-hit-tv-jackpot-with-next-deal/#sthash.MLRlwYE3.dpuf[/url]
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