Unless you’ve been living in an eco-village for the past several weeks, you probably have been reading rumors about the Big Ten’s massive new media rights deal and how ESPN/ABC was likely to get shut out. Well, now it’s official: FOX, CBS, and NBC will be showing B1G football, basketball, and other Olympic sports starting in 2023-24, with a seven-year deal worth over $7 billion.
Big Ten announces TV rights deals totaling over $7 billion with Fox, CBS and NBC…sources tell @TheAthletic that the Big Ten’s new rights agreements are worth more than $7 billion over the seven-year term.