IMO almost every sports media business decision ties back indirectly
to NFL rights . Legacy media does not have unlimited budgets and they are going to give till they bleed out to retain the NFL. And that has to be funded somehow.
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NBC to offload 2026 Big Ten Championship game
-- RandomAsianGuy
Apr 07, 2026 at 08:45 PM ET
RandomAsianGuy
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04/07/26 08:45 PM ET
They're just looking ahead. The conf. championship games are otw out.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Apr 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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04/10/26 12:00 PM ET
Did NBC "dump" the championship
-- Big12 guy
Apr 07, 2026 at 10:32 PM ET
Big12 guy
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04/07/26 10:32 PM ET
sounds like when Directv sold themselves to AT&T
-- MrBayAreaHokie
Apr 12, 2026 at 04:49 PM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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04/12/26 04:49 PM ET
Disney has a new CEO. It will be interesting
-- Big12 guy
Apr 13, 2026 at 07:27 AM ET
Big12 guy
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04/13/26 07:27 AM ET
certainly could be...
-- MrBayAreaHokie
Apr 13, 2026 at 09:52 AM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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04/13/26 09:52 AM ET
That's the point. NBC wants a better ROI.
-- RandomAsianGuy
Apr 07, 2026 at 11:34 PM ET
RandomAsianGuy
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04/07/26 11:34 PM ET
Sold to Fox, so probably more/better choice of regular season games.**
-- reestuart
Apr 08, 2026 at 11:39 AM ET
reestuart
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04/08/26 11:39 AM ET
IMO almost every sports media business decision ties back indirectly
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-- Vippie1
Apr 08, 2026 at 09:16 AM ET
Vippie1
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04/08/26 09:16 AM ET
And just wait until more people like me stop watching CFB entirely.
-- MP4VT2004
Apr 08, 2026 at 05:32 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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04/08/26 05:32 PM ET
Given how the sports gambling rules are currently written in the various
-- VTHokie2000
Apr 09, 2026 at 08:26 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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04/09/26 08:26 AM ET
That's certainly possible. For all we know, Vegas may start directly...
-- MP4VT2004
Apr 09, 2026 at 08:43 AM ET
MP4VT2004
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04/09/26 08:43 AM ET
I'm pretty sure that every network either has its own sports betting app or
-- VTHokie2000
Apr 09, 2026 at 09:15 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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04/09/26 09:15 AM ET