Annually: $10B - NFL $7B - NBA $3.8B - College Conference Rights fees (combined, including CF playoffs) $700M-$1B: MLB, NHL, PGA Tour, NCAA Tournament, Olympics (annual payments) The NBA was at $2.7B before this season, and the big difference is NBC. They paid $2.5 billion to the NBA for their Sunday night & Tuesday package. This deal is huge because of the impact it is likely to have on other sports rights fees. NBC currently pays the NFL $2.0 billion for their Sunday night NFL package. Many reports say the NFL is pissed, because they get 2 or 3 times the audience of NBA games in that same Sunday night time slot. So now the NFL is opening negotiations early to get even more, and CBS-Paramount will be the first victim. CBS-Paramount pays $2.1B to the NFL for their Sunday afternoon package plus certain playoff games. The NFL is now negotiating with them for a raise to $3.0B annually, in exchange for guarantees by the NFL on the last few years of the deal. All because NBC likely overpaid for the NBA. So that $1B difference CBS is going to pay is now out of the mix for any sort of college rights payment. Don't be surprised if the NFL's other partners follow suit, and these media companies either stand pat or reduce allocations on college sports.