sEcSPN Love Fest Just Got Stronger

[Chin Diesel]

$300M per year for excusive rights for SEC games starting in 2024.

SEC, ESPN strike 10-year deal for college football, basketball starting in 2024

ESPN Snags SEC Sports From CBS With 10-Year Pact - Variety

ESPN snared a massive rights deal with the Southeastern Conference that will put some of the nation’s most popular college-football games on the Disney sports-media giant or its sister broadcast network ABC, an agreement that sees the annual value of the games soar more than 440%.

The deal is valued at around $300 million a year, according to people familiar with the matter, and will ensure that, starting in 2024, every SEC football and basketball game airs on a TV network owned by Disney. ESPN already had a longstanding deal with the SEC, but CBS had first choice of games during its more than two-decade association with the college conference. ESPN’s new ten-year pact could be valued at around $3 billion over its entire term. CBS had been estimated to be paying $55 million each year for the rights.

 

[Palatine]

Football drives the bus.

 

[buddy]

Tax them!

 

[Irishfan]

Football drives the bus.

football owns the bus.

 

[Bomber36]

sEcSPN...I really like what you did there.

 

[Exit 4]

And ESPN owns football.

And so that basically means Paul Finebaum and a couple ESPN revenue crunching gurus will be deciding which two SEC teams get a CFP seat from here to eternity. The SEC gets four seats when ESPN decides to go to the 8 team format.

Good to be king.

Serious question, what does CBS do now regarding College FB- abandon it on the flagship and simply keep the CBSsn doing its thing with G5 product or do they go after something else to fill the fall void?

 

[BlueDogs]

And ESPN owns football.

And so that basically means Paul Finebaum and a couple ESPN revenue crunching gurus will be deciding which two SEC teams get a CFP seat from here to eternity. The SEC gets four seats when ESPN decides to go to the 8 team format.

Good to be king.

Serious question, what does CBS do now regarding College FB- abandon it on the flagship and simply keep the CBSsn doing its thing with G5 product or do they go after something else to fill the fall void?

College football as we knew it disappeared with the Cartel and 4 team playoff. There is not even lip service paid to a level playing field or equal access. I can’t see how CBS can thrive with a G5 product, especially when they aren’t allowed to compete. Take a look at what the committee did to block Cincy moving them down for no reason and putting 8-2 ISU ahead of them.

 

[uconnfan68]

$300M per year for excusive rights for SEC games starting in 2024.

SEC, ESPN strike 10-year deal for college football, basketball starting in 2024

ESPN Snags SEC Sports From CBS With 10-Year Pact - Variety

ESPN snared a massive rights deal with the Southeastern Conference that will put some of the nation’s most popular college-football games on the Disney sports-media giant or its sister broadcast network ABC, an agreement that sees the annual value of the games soar more than 440%.

The deal is valued at around $300 million a year, according to people familiar with the matter, and will ensure that, starting in 2024, every SEC football and basketball game airs on a TV network owned by Disney. ESPN already had a longstanding deal with the SEC, but CBS had first choice of games during its more than two-decade association with the college conference. ESPN’s new ten-year pact could be valued at around $3 billion over its entire term. CBS had been estimated to be paying $55 million each year for the rights.

About a decade too late. No one cares anymore.