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Did NBC "dump" the championship

game for a profit? They owned the rights, and they sold the game, but was it to "save' a few bucks, or did they think that money could get a better ROI somewhere else? Watch CBS moving forward. CBS Sports and TNT Sports will merge as a recent announcement revealed. keep in mind that CBS also has some BIG content, but they also have the Big East and March madness. TNT lost the NBA, and they ae circling around looking for content. As an aside, Yormark has recently doubled down on negotiating basketball separately from football on the next media deal around 2029 and 2030. The conclusions are all wrong. The demand and interest is there for college athletics, and the big boys will benefit IMO. The BIG and SEC have locked in the football dollars, no doubt - with the exception of ND and a few ACC schools. The question is, .... Is basketball worth more than they get now or not? Yormark seems to think that there is money in them thar hills, but I guess like anything in this mess, we will see,
Posted: 04/07/2026 at 10:32 PM ET
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NBC to offload 2026 Big Ten Championship game
RandomAsianGuy 04/07/26 08:45 PM ET
They're just looking ahead. The conf. championship games are otw out.
Baltimore_Hokie 04/10/26 12:00 PM ET
Did NBC "dump" the championship
Big12 guy 04/07/26 10:32 PM ET
sounds like when Directv sold themselves to AT&T
MrBayAreaHokie 04/12/26 04:49 PM ET
Disney has a new CEO. It will be interesting
Big12 guy 04/13/26 07:27 AM ET
certainly could be...
MrBayAreaHokie 04/13/26 09:52 AM ET
That's the point. NBC wants a better ROI.
RandomAsianGuy 04/07/26 11:34 PM ET
Sold to Fox, so probably more/better choice of regular season games.**
reestuart 04/08/26 11:39 AM ET
IMO almost every sports media business decision ties back indirectly
Vippie1 04/08/26 09:16 AM ET
And just wait until more people like me stop watching CFB entirely.
MP4VT2004 04/08/26 05:32 PM ET
Given how the sports gambling rules are currently written in the various
VTHokie2000 04/09/26 08:26 AM ET
That's certainly possible. For all we know, Vegas may start directly...
MP4VT2004 04/09/26 08:43 AM ET
I'm pretty sure that every network either has its own sports betting app or
VTHokie2000 04/09/26 09:15 AM ET