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
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u/RontoWraps Kansas Jayhawks 19h ago

Against federal law actually lol

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u/Calithrand Oregon State Beavers • Platypus Trophy 18h ago edited 7h ago

Edit~ Yeah, I was wrong. And I have no idea what I mixed up to get to that point.

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u/AdamSmithsApple Wisconsin Badgers 17h ago

It is a law from the bill that gave them their antitrust exemptions in 1961. And they have taken pretty much every possible day that isn't forbidden in it including competing with the CFP cause the restrictions only go through mid December. They would immediately start scheduling games every friday and saturday if it got repealed.

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u/AdamGreenthumb Nebraska Cornhuskers • Orange Bowl 16h ago

Dude (read as the most offensive slur applies most directly to you) how are you so confidently wrong about this in this sub?

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u/mr_grission George Washington • Missi… 8h ago

Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961