Rich get a little richer....

[billybud]

■ESPN will renew the Big Ten

ESPN will pre-emptively renew its Big Ten package earlier than expected. The conference will see a big increase in money, of course, but ESPN will not have as big a package of games.

I see the Big Ten putting a better package of football and men’s basketball games on Big Ten Network and shopping the rest to Fox Sports. The conference will wind up making $30 million a school annually from its media deal — a record new TV deal.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/12/16/Media/Sports-Media.aspx

 

[OkaForPrez]

This is speculation, not fact.

 

[dayooper]

■ESPN will renew the Big Ten

ESPN will pre-emptively renew its Big Ten package earlier than expected. The conference will see a big increase in money, of course, but ESPN will not have as big a package of games.

I see the Big Ten putting a better package of football and men’s basketball games on Big Ten Network and shopping the rest to Fox Sports. The conference will wind up making $30 million a school annually from its media deal — a record new TV deal.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/12/16/Media/Sports-Media.aspx

This is the 2014 Sports Media Prediction page. Unless there is some inside info this guy has, he is just saying what he will think happens.

 

[woomba]

Speculation but a fairly safe bet that ESPN will:

1 - still strike a deal with the Big Ten for a set of T1/T2 inventory
2 - the deal will cover fewer games than in the past.

The expectation is that the T1/T2 to be mostly shared between Fox and ESPN, with BTN taking a cut of T2 and all of T3 content.

 

[SubbaBub]

lol..I merged a thread accidentally. Not sure how to fix it, so F it.

I've heard of drinking in moderation but never while moderating.