sportsbusinessdaily.com - 11/12/2008
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John Ourand , Staff Writer The BCS is considering a proposal from ESPN that would see all BCS bowl games, including the championship game, wind up on ESPN, sources familiar with the negotiations are saying. If the BCS ultimately accepts the bid, it would mark the first time all games in a major ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 11/12/2008
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Comes word today via The Sporting News '
SportsBusiness Daily that ESPN is only a few days...
from wresting Bowl Chamionship Series rights from Fox when the current BCS television deal ends in 2010: The BCS is considering a proposal from ESPN that ...
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ESPN ups bid for BCS rights; BCS to become flawless by 2011
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nogutsglory.blogspot.com - 11/10/2008
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Ah yes, another college football weekend is in
the books and the BCS is in shambles ....
Unlike the BCS , this week's GUTS Rankings has a new #1 team. Anyone care to take a guess who it is?
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GUTS Rankings - Week Four
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BCS to ESPN?
Sports Media Watch —
Could the jewel of the college football season be headed exclusively to cable? The Sports Business Daily 's John Ourand reported on Tuesday that the BCS is " considering a proposal " that would move every Bowl Championship Series game to ESPN, including the National Championship Game, after the current deal expires in 2010. Currently, the National Championship Game and three other bowls air on FOX, while the Rose Bowl airs on ABC. ESPN is reportedly ...
BCS Moving to the Worldwide Leader??
SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated —
... According to a story in today's Sports Business Daily, the BCS Commissioners are considering a proposal from ESPN/ABC which would see all four of the BCS bowl games now under contract to Fox move to ESPN. The Rose Bowl has a separate contract with ABC, however a clause in that contract provides that if one of the BCS bowls move to cable then ESPN/ABC has the right to move the Rose Bowl to ESPN. The BCS proposal is thought to be worth $500 million for four years or roughly $20 million more per year than Fox had been offering. Fox has several day to match the offer, but that is ...
ESPN Bidding For BCS Bowls
RealClearSports - Blog —
... The Sports Business Daily is reporting that the BCS is considering a move to ESPN:
The BCS is considering a proposal from ESPN that would see all BCS bowl games, including the championship game, wind up on ESPN, sources familiar with the negotiations are saying. If the BCS ultimately accepts the bid, it would mark the first time all games in a major championship were not available on an over-the-air broadcast network.
But before the 20% of Americans that don't subscribe to cable get upset, keep in mind that with ESPN comes ABC and all five ...
ESPN’s Likely Marriage with the BCS
The Big Lead —
... Something of a blockbuster story in Sports Business Daily Tuesday: ESPN has made a significantly larger offer than FOX for the BCS games, and the four-letter likely will be carrying the games beginning in 2010. We’re not huge fans of watching college football on FOX - it is jarring on the eyes; an entire season of games on crisp, bright CBS, ABC and ESPN, and then, for a couple of games, we’re subjected to the grainy grays of FOX? - so we applaud this move. ...
College Football Playoff Update
Play is Under Review —
... Now, check out this news from the Sports Buisness Daily. BCS Considering ESPN Proposal That Would Put Games On Cable By John Ourand, Staff Writer The BCS is considering a ...
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usatoday.com 11/11/2008 — Conference commissioners and Barry Frank of IMG have been meeting in Chicago since Sunday. Most of the commissioners left on Monday, but the ACC's John Swofford, this year's BCS coordinator, stayed behind to iron out details, according to several ...
The BCS on ESPN? Coming in 2010
juicedsportsblog.com 11/18/2008 — The Worldwide Leader in Biased sports coverage is on the verge of locking up a historic TV contract
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The Super Bowl on TNT? The World Series on FX? The Stanley Cup on Versus (too soon?, too soon?)
They all seem a heck of a lot ...
The BCS Is Officially In ESPN's Hands Starting In 2011
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — We already touched on this yesterday but the move of the BCS to ESPN is officially official. Every BCS Bowl Game will now be on the network from 2011-2013, which will total fifteen total contests over the three year period. Here are both ESPN and ...
BCS seeks big bump from Fox
sportsbusinessjournal.com 11/3/2008 — By JOHN OURAND and MICHAEL SMITH Staff writers The BCS entered exclusive negotiations with Fox last week, seeking as much as a 60 percent increase in its rights fee, according to several media and college sources. That means, based on the BCS s ...
It's Official, FOX Doesn't Match ESPN/ABC's BCS Bid
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 11/17/2008 — It was honestly just a matter of time, but this evening FOX finally decided to decline their opportunity to keep the BCS under its umbrella, and in turn sending the BCS back to Disney. Via Wall Street Journal .... Fox Sports declined to match an ...
BCS on ESPN: More money for fewer viewers?
usatoday.com 11/19/2008 — They just have a hard time acknowledging what is hardly a crime. Take John Swofford, Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner and Bowl Championship Series coordinator, in announcing Tuesday that ESPN, starting in 2011, will carry four BCS games now on ...
