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<blockquote data-quote="sbillini" data-source="post: 1908002" data-attributes="member: 10496"><p>To me, the main issue is Fox owning big ten programming rights via BTN...and nobody really knowing about it. Apparently, this wasn't a Warren doing, that's Delaney. And the fact that it's been kept so hush hush, and Delaney continues to get paid bonuses on that deal, should raise red flags. And the schools apparently didn't read the agreements closely enough before signing off on them.</p><p></p><p><em>In 2016, when the Big Ten announced its long-term television deal with Fox and ESPN, the announcement didn't include all the details. One of the things that didn't get disclosed at the time, nor as the new deal was being discussed in recent months, was that the Big Ten Network had acquired all of the league's programming rights back in 2016 through an undisclosed date. The length of that deal with the Big Ten Network from 2016 is carried at least through the current deal, which has been announced through the 2029-30 season.</em></p><p></p><p>But the part that confuses me is it sounds like Fox has been involved in the negotiations. Initially, I assumed Warren just didn't understand the nuances of the ownership structures (that generally is my impression of him), but that doesn't seem to be the case. So did Warren just go rogue at the last second when he struck the NBC deal? That just seems weird.</p><p></p><p><em>This relationship was known by athletic directors, television executives at rival networks and officials in other leagues, even if it wasn't announced publicly. It flashed out into the public at various times, including Sports Business Journal reporting in April 2022 that two Fox senior executives were in the room when various media companies -- ESPN, Amazon, NBC and others -- met with the league about their television packages.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"It was a joint negotiation with the conference and FOX working together and doing deals with these other networks," said an industry source. "They both needed each other to do the deals."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbillini, post: 1908002, member: 10496"] To me, the main issue is Fox owning big ten programming rights via BTN...and nobody really knowing about it. Apparently, this wasn't a Warren doing, that's Delaney. And the fact that it's been kept so hush hush, and Delaney continues to get paid bonuses on that deal, should raise red flags. And the schools apparently didn't read the agreements closely enough before signing off on them. [I]In 2016, when the Big Ten announced its long-term television deal with Fox and ESPN, the announcement didn't include all the details. One of the things that didn't get disclosed at the time, nor as the new deal was being discussed in recent months, was that the Big Ten Network had acquired all of the league's programming rights back in 2016 through an undisclosed date. The length of that deal with the Big Ten Network from 2016 is carried at least through the current deal, which has been announced through the 2029-30 season.[/I] But the part that confuses me is it sounds like Fox has been involved in the negotiations. Initially, I assumed Warren just didn't understand the nuances of the ownership structures (that generally is my impression of him), but that doesn't seem to be the case. So did Warren just go rogue at the last second when he struck the NBC deal? That just seems weird. [I]This relationship was known by athletic directors, television executives at rival networks and officials in other leagues, even if it wasn't announced publicly. It flashed out into the public at various times, including Sports Business Journal reporting in April 2022 that two Fox senior executives were in the room when various media companies -- ESPN, Amazon, NBC and others -- met with the league about their television packages. "It was a joint negotiation with the conference and FOX working together and doing deals with these other networks," said an industry source. "They both needed each other to do the deals."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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