awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
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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 offer from ESPN to televise Bowl Championship ...
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
SCOTT JACOBS
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 ...
BCS discussing possible move from Fox to ESPN
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 ...
BCS Considering ESPN Proposal That Would Put Games On Cable
sportsbusinessdaily.com 11/12/2008 — 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 ...
BREAKING NEWS: Fox Bows Out of BCS
fangsbites.com 11/17/2008 — Fox Sports has dropped out of the bidding for the BCS making ESPN the exclusive home of the series. Here's a statement. FOX Sports has elected not to match an offer the BCS Group has received from ESPN to televise BCS games from 2011-2014, and plans ...
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 ...
Fox won't match ESPN offer on BCS games - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 11/18/2008 — Those sources, who have been granted anonymity because they do not have permission to speak for attribution on the contract negotiations, said ESPN has offered the BCS $500 million for the rights to broadcast the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta ...
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 ...
