No more CBS and 4 hour games??

[Tnphil]

Michael Smith @SmittySBJ

NEWS: CBS exits talks w/ SEC. College football's highest-rated package probably going to Disney. SEC will make $250M-$300M more per year from premium package of 15 games. That means a raise of close to $20M per school or more whenever the new deal begins.

6:49 PM - Dec 20, 2019

[droner]

Now I have to subscribe to Disney? I don't even have Netflix.

Isn't that going to reduce the number of viewers?

[Tnphil]

Not sure how it will work....But I bet we pay well for it.

[BanditVol]

Doesn't that just mean that Disney owns ABC and ESPN?  I mean, they do.  So I'm thinking the premium games will be on ABC, not some Disney-specific channel.

I've always liked the series on CBS, I'll miss it.

[droner]

Doesn't that just mean that Disney owns ABC and ESPN?  I mean, they do.  So I'm thinking the premium games will be on ABC, not some Disney-specific channel.

I've always liked the series on CBS, I'll miss it.

Surely that's it. I can't imagine putting the biggest college fb games on a service to which most people don't get.

[Tnphil]

IIRC the CBS contract runs till 2023.

[droner]

Yep, after 2023. And it will be ABC and ESPN.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/cbs-will-stop-broadcasting-the-secs-top-football-game-of-the-week-after-2023/ar-BBYdglM?li=BBnb7Kz

[Black Diamond Vol]

Is CBS going to pick up another conference? If not, that would pretty much give the Mouse a CFB monopoly, especially since they also own Fox now.

[droner]

Is CBS going to pick up another conference? If not, that would pretty much give the Mouse a CFB monopoly, especially since they also own Fox now.

Not that it would be a ratings bonanza, but CBS should try to get PAC-12 games. That would give the PAC-12 exposure during the day by playing noon PST games. Which is what Petersen has been talking about. I don't know how that would conflict with ESPN or the PAC-12 network. I don't get the PAC-12 network on Uverse anymore.

[Tnphil]

Could ABC/ESPN buy out the remaining CBS contract and expedite the deal?

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/report-winner-emerges-for-sec-game-of-the-week-tv-rights-potential-cbs-buyout-discussed/

[Creek Walker]

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Not that I'm just in love with the CBS production of SEC football or whatever, but giving ESPN a monopoly on SEC football (or college football in general) is not a good thing. We've already seen what the SEC Network does for scheduling. Crummy time slots week after week. This will make it even worse.