PurpleReigns
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OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
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Less than two weeks before the launch of its 24-hour national sports network, Fox Sports has swung a surprise deal for golf’s U.S. Open. The 12-year multimedia pact, which starts in 2015, marks the first time a PGA Tour major tournament will air on Fox. The pact announced today makes Fox Sports the domestic broadcast partner for the USGA and also includes rights to its Women’s U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open and national amateur championships. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t Fox Sports Signs 12-Year Deal For US Openannounced. NBC has been airing the U.S. Open’s Saturday and Sunday rounds since 1995, with ESPN showing the opening two rounds. The future looks dim for lightning-rod analyst Johnny Miller, who won the U.S. open 40 years ago and has been a big part of the event’s announcing team since NBC took over. “I feel bad for the USGA in a way that money was more important than basically a good golf crew,” he told the Associated Press. Under the deal, Fox Sports will deliver 146 hours of USGA golf, including a minimum of 70 hours of the U.S. Open, Women’s Open and Senior Open championships. Fox Sports 1, which goes live August 17, will be part of the coverage, but its role was not specified.
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DaSaintFan
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
Sounds like Mr. Miller's po'd he's out of a job unless Fox hires him?
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08-07-2013 09:12 PM |
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PurpleReigns
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
(08-07-2013 09:12 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote: Sounds like Mr. Miller's po'd he's out of a job unless Fox hires him?
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08-07-2013 09:48 PM |
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
i hope fox doesn't hire him due to that quote...that dude has no idea, nor does any of us, who fox will have announcing the tourney...plus...going out on a limb here...but i assume that nbc paid the most money for the tourney when they first got it...
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08-07-2013 10:41 PM |
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PurpleReigns
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
Very true!
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08-08-2013 06:23 AM |
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
I want Gus Johnson doing every sport possible.
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08-08-2013 07:49 AM |
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
You should have heard the commentary by the broadcasters on the Golf "NBC" Channel. They called out the USGA for their timing of the announent just before the. PGA of Americas big event, the PGA Championship. They called it bad taste. I call it sour grapes!!
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2013 08:19 AM by pilot172000.)
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08-08-2013 08:17 AM |
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RE: OT: Fox Sports Lands Its First Major Golf Tourney With 12-Year Deal For U.S. Open
Great news.
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08-08-2013 08:35 AM |
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