(05-17-2017 05:46 PM)stever20 Wrote:  I think that's a definite take away from the Big Ten. ESPN got a great package for the 190 million.

And the one thing that I would argue- ESPN really didn't need the Big Ten CCG. They have already Big 12 in odd years/Pac 12 in even years game, along with already the ACC's CCG. So ESPN will always have 2 CCG and Fox will always have 2 CCG. The only thing for Fox is that yearly, the Big Ten game will always go up against 2 CCG.

The 1 point where I would disagree. 25 games is not really that much inventory. It's like 2 games a week. That's not going to make FS1 a threat.

Good observation on the CCG properties.

Regarding FS1, more and better B12 and PAC inventory will be available for FS1 broadcast, which will only help. Michigan-Utah game was on FS1, and it got pretty good ratings. More games like that and FS1 will improve its position, at least during the college football and basketball seasons.