FOX also now owns a controlling interest in BTN, the idea that they are going to allow the B10 to leave is fantasy talk from a big 10 homer.LOL, the NBA and NFL are currently or will be streaming to their extreme financial benefit. And without any regular season content, Amazon and Apple weren't going to bid on the CFP extension.
Mission accomplished by ESPN and Fox and their puppets.
And you are forgetting ESPN owns the SEC rights through the mid 2030s and Fox has the B10 by the balls with their BTN deal even longer than that. And it is not widely known the Fox/BTN owns 100% of the B10 rights for an underdetermined period of time. The B10's deals with NBC and CBS are essentially sublicensing deals via BTN.
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