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Brian Bennett ‏@BennettESPN  · Jun 3  
It's Big Ten mailbag time. Got questions? Tweet me and I'll answer the best ones in the blog.

Greg Flugaur
‏@flugempire   @BennettESPN Have the Big Ten Tier1/2 TV negotiations with ESPN/FOX and others started yet?

[B]Brian Bennett:[/B] Not much information is flowing about the league's TV negotiations this fall, and that's by design. Big Ten officials are mum on the matter and say they won't talk about it publicly. But as Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke told reporters at last month's joint meetings, the upcoming TV deal "has been a non-stop conversation." League officials are clearly content letting Jim Delany work on the deal, and why wouldn't they be? "If I were doing anything and had to negotiate," Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said, "I'd want Jim Delany negotiating for me."

The Big Ten has some decisions to make, but as the last Power 5 league to go to market and one that's blessed with an incredibly large fan base, the conference is sitting on a gold mine.
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