March Madness Daily: ACC, Big Ten Earn $36.4 million From Tourney
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s strong performance in this year’s March Madness will put roughly $36.4 million in the conference’s coffers over the next six years. The…
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Fox’s Early-Bird College Football Scheme Pays Off as Noon Window Soars
Three years after having rebuilt its college football schedule around the largely neglected noon ET broadcast window, Fox can now lay claim to Saturday’s most-watched TV…
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Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 Align as Alston Antitrust Warning Looms
The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 formally announced an alliance Tuesday, just weeks after Texas and Oklahoma revealed plans to join the SEC and make it the richest and most…
Fox Sees $18.5 Million Go Up in Smoke With Michigan-Ohio State Cancellation
For the first time in more than a century, the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines will not square off in their annual Big Ten showdown, as a coronavirus…
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Illinois Athletics Borrows $32.5 Million From University for Basketball Renovation
The University of Illinois’s athletics department has borrowed $32.5 million from the university system to renovate its basketball practice facility. The loan, issued in…
The Big Ten May Make or Break College Football’s Network Partners
The return of the Big Ten continues to help boost college football’s seasonally-depressed ratings, as the conference’s second week of action served up the second…
Networks Breathe Easier as SEC Football Delivers With Big Ten Waiting in Wings
The long-awaited return of SEC football has had an immediate impact on the college game’s TV deliveries, as fans flocked back to the tube to watch powerhouse programs…
Cooperation From State Officials and Limited Liability Exposure Enable Pac-12 Return
Five weeks after suspending its fall season, the Pac-12, the last holdout among the Power 5 conferences to greenlight fall football, reversed course on Thursday and…
Pac-12 Football to Start Nov. 7 for Six-Week Season Plus Championship
On Thursday, the Pac-12 announced plans to play a shortened fall football season starting on Nov. 7, sources confirmed to Sportico. The six-week season will include a…
Jumbled Schedules and Dud Matchups Sink College Football TV Ratings
While it’s fair to say that at least some of the recent TV ratings declines may be chalked up to a sort of option paralysis in the face of an unprecedented array of live…
Biden Outspends Trump on NFL Ads as Networks Await Big Ten Swing-State Games
In retrospect, media watchers probably should have known that 2020 was going to be a year unlike any other when the sitting president of the United States and a…
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