(05-16-2017 11:53 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 10:27 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 10:24 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 08:07 AM)stever20 Wrote:  so lets look at the 2 packages based on these 1st 5 weeks....

Fox gets-
Ohio St/Michigan
Ohio St/Penn St
Michigan St/Notre Dame
Pittsburgh/Penn St
Iowa/Northwestern

ESPN gets
Penn St/Michigan
Ohio St/Oklahoma
Penn St/Iowa
Michigan St/Northwestern
Iowa/Nebraska

ESPN also gets next 1st choice and I would assume would take Michigan/Michigan St. Fox would get Wisconsin/Nebraska.

All in all, the packages are really close.

They are relatively close---except FOX paid 100 million more for thier package than ESPN did. I do think the FOX package includes the CCG, which would explain some of the price difference.

it's only 50 million difference per year(240 vs 190). The CCG is a difference- but I'm not sure it and the Michigan/Ohio St game will wind up being worth 50 million dollars each year.

The Big Ten CCG alone was already worth over $23 million per year under the just-expired Fox contract that was signed in the BCS era. It's reasonable to assume that the CCG value received an increase from inflation/competitive bidding/higher ratings in the CFP era and then there's the extra carrot of the #1 overall game pick of the year. That $50 million difference sounds about right considering everything in play here.

The problem is that The #1 overall game pick may not be the #1 game of the year. ABC getting Oklahoma/Ohio St is huge. End of the day, the regular season package between Fox and ABC/ESPN will be almost equal ratings wise. Very possible some years ABC/ESPN will actually beat Fox. You look at the packages I showed, and they're pretty much equal when you look at all the weeks.