News Disney’s ABC/ESPN is now the home for College Football Bowl Championship Series

jackskeleton1015 · 11-19-2008, 05:16 PM

It was reported that ESPN had bid $125 million for rights to broadcast the NCAA Division I College Football Bowl Championship Series on the cable channel. Turns out that was for just one year. They actually bid $500 million to get the rights for four years… and guess what? They won.
That’s a lot of money, I hope it pays off.

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That's a lot of money

Radiobarry · 11-20-2008, 04:44 PM

If only there was a playoff in Division One college football. Can you imagine the rights fees, and also the ratings? They'd be through the roof.

In the meantime, at least until Mr. Obama "throws his weight around", we're stuck with the BCS.

In any case, it made no sense to me for a network (FOX) to all of a sudden carry college football for these games, when they don't have it until that time. Makes more sense for a network that lives, eats and breathes it all year long, to cover the biggest post-season games.

-- Barry

11-19-2008, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackskeleton1015 Walt Disney Fan Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 408	Disney’s ABC/ESPN is now the home for College Football Bowl Championship Series It was reported that ESPN had bid $125 million for rights to broadcast the NCAA Division I College Football Bowl Championship Series on the cable channel. Turns out that was for just one year. They actually bid $500 million to get the rights for four years… and guess what? They won. That’s a lot of money, I hope it pays off. At the Disney blog by John Frost Disney’s ABC/ESPN is now the home for College Football Bowl Championship Series \| The Disney Blog That's a lot of money __________________ "To All Who Come To This Happy Place Welcome" - Walt Disney

11-20-2008, 04:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Radiobarry Fair day with a GREAT guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Remembering Tom Chaney, one great MiceChatter Posts: 13,124 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Disney’s ABC/ESPN is now the home for College Football Bowl Championship Series If only there was a playoff in Division One college football. Can you imagine the rights fees, and also the ratings? They'd be through the roof. In the meantime, at least until Mr. Obama "throws his weight around", we're stuck with the BCS. In any case, it made no sense to me for a network (FOX) to all of a sudden carry college football for these games, when they don't have it until that time. Makes more sense for a network that lives, eats and breathes it all year long, to cover the biggest post-season games. -- Barry __________________ Let's go Halos!

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