The Big12 agreement with ESPN/FOX will spell out exactly how many games are on FOX, ABC, ESPN linear vs ESPN+. ESPN didn't spend what they did to put all the games on U or +.View attachment 110956
I sadly believe Wilner will be correct here. We have a deal with ESPN but we never saw where our games are going to be shown at. ESPN, ESPN2 may all be SEC/ACC/Pac 12 after Dark. Big 12 gets ESPNU and ESPN+ for their games.
Willner is right, a lot of games will be on ESPN+. They already are! Look at ISU's football schedule last year: 2 non-con on ESPN+ and 1 Big12 game. In MBB we had around 10 games on ESPN+.
Look at the ACC TV deal with ESPN for 2022 FB season: 14 games ABC, 16 on ESPN/2, 3 on U and over 70 games on ACCN.
So the issue isn't if tier 3 rights are on ESPN+ or ACCN- they will be. The important aspect of the media deal is % games on premier linear.