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Beyond the Arc: ESPN wants to bid for March Madness?
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This should happen CBS is horrible/constricting RT @Peter_R_Casey ESPN interested in bidding for rights to March Madness http://ow.ly/zzCh 15 days ago |
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RT @CoSIDAnews: ESPN interesting in bidding for March Madness rights if NCAA opts out early from CBS contract http://ow.ly/zzCh 15 days ago |
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RT @Peter_R_Casey: ESPN interested in bidding for the rights to March Madness http://ow.ly/zzCh 16 days ago |
ESPN wants to bid for March Madness?
Beyond the Arc —
... "We do 1,100 college basketball games a year and they all lead to one thing and that's the NCAA tournament," Burke Magnus, the network’s senior vice president of college sports programming told USA TODAY. "If it were to become available, and fit the definition of a business decision for us, I'm quite certain we'd be interested." ...
Could March Madness follow BCS to ESPN?
Sports Media Watch —
... 31, 2010. In a statement to USA Today , CBS Sports EVP of Programming Mike Aresco touted the "great relationship" between CBS and the NCAA, and said that CBS "[expects] to be in business with the tournament for a long time." ESPN already has the rights to another crown jewel of college sports. Last November, the network acquired the rights to the Bowl Championship Series, including the BCS National Championship Game. ESPN also has the rights to the Women's NCAA Tournament. Source: USA Today
Morning Journal- November 5, 2009
Sports Media Journal —
... of last weekend race at Talladega… Mike McCarthy at USA Today reports that ESPN may be interested in bidding for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament TV rights … Lewis Lazare at the Chicago Sun Times looks at the ...
'It's the NCAA Tournament, Ba-beee!'
College Sports —
... The NCAA has an opt-out provision it could exercise early next year in its current NCAA men's basketball tournament contract with CBS, USA Today reports. And ESPN would be a likely contender in that case. ...
NCAA Could Open NCAA Tourney Bidding War
The Sporting Blog —
... You get Dick Vitale from November through March, but how about a little early Dickie V. screaming about the nets being cut down? It could happen, if the NCAA opts out of its current deal with CBS by Jul 31, 2010, according to USA Today: ...
Could ESPN Take the Final Four From CBS?
The Big Lead —
... Nantz and Packer it ain’t, but that’s a damn fun trio. (We imagine every college basketball fan outside of Tobacco Road would be repulsed by the thought of this; even thought Duke and UNC weren’t in the Final 4, Vitale would find a way to mention ‘em.) Sean McDonough, Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas? That’s a solid trio. Shulman and McDonough are basically a wash; Raftery and Bilas kinda sorta have a Bill Walton-Snapper Jones banter going on, which we enjoy. [USA Today] ...
ESPN begins to creep into March Madness broadcasting talk
College Hoops Journal —
... decision for us, I’m quite certain we’d be interested.”
Uh … yeah — of course ya would, Magnus.
Thing is, I don’t know if this really a possibility. The story might have crept its way across McCarthy’s desk, but do you really think CBS won’t fend off ESPN in every possible way to keep The Tournament? Good for some early-season conversation, but don’t expect The Eye to lose its strangehold any time soon.
ESPN interested in bidding for the rights to March Madness {USA Today}
Another Friday Megalinks Edition
Fang's Bites —
... Michael McCarthy writes that if the NCAA opts out of its current contract with CBS, then ESPN would be happy to jump in the bidding for the NCAA Tournament. ...
