r/CFB • u/Thomallister1291 Oregon Ducks • Alabama Crimson Tide • 21h ago

News [Pete Thamel] Per sources, the amount Fox is expected to get back for the cancellation of the Big Ten title game, which it owns the television rights to, is estimated in the $50 million range annually.

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2111241297298387030
1.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

712 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

17

u/PavWrestlinGifs Ole Miss Rebels 21h ago

I mean isn’t streaming these days basically PPV

7

u/autobotCA Kansas Jayhawks 20h ago

For the casual fan, following a single team, it’s pretty close to PPV. I’ve skipped games because it’d be $20 to watch a single game on a new service I don’t subscribe to.

3

u/Poverty_Shoes /r/CFB 20h ago

P yes, PV no. So 1/3

3

u/GobiYumaMojave UCLA Bruins • Saddleback Bobcats 21h ago

not really

2

u/PavWrestlinGifs Ole Miss Rebels 21h ago

I know technically it isn’t but if they make like a SEC streaming service one day and it’s all the SEC games, it’s basically the modern PPV model (WWE network, ufc on paramount)

3

u/SecretAsianMan42069 20h ago

Imagine paying for anything on tv and not just buying the box and getting every channel for free for the rest of your life 

1

u/DarnellisFromMars Louisville Cardinals 20h ago

SEC Network, basically?

The thing is it’s not a universal league, so just because a service for a conference satisfies you as a viewer (if they absorbed all games and had enough ad revenue) what happens to out of division games, post season, etc?

We’ve been moving closer to a singular league format with a massive tv deal or split up broadcast rights like the NFL than we are to different conferences network deals.

ESPN has generally become the provider of SEC football at this point, and owns the playoff too.