(04-13-2018 12:16 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 11:28 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 09:05 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 08:54 AM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 07:56 AM)ken d Wrote:  So, potentially Fox Sports would free up assets now devoted to pro sports, which they could now use to expand coverage of college sports. Would that be a correct reading of this?

FOX, FS1 and FS2 contracts are different than those of the regionals. This doesn't free up any space on those networks.

What it does it bolster ESPN's new app. All those RSN streaming rights are going to go to that app and a lot of the ESPN3 games will get moved to those networks.

Those FOX Regionals do deals with college sports. For instance, FOX SW carried a number of lower tier Big12 games. I wonder if those 3rd tier rights stay with those regional networks or remain with FOX.

I would bet that since the contract for those rights is with the Regionals, they would go with the Regionals to Disney.

I dont know if thats the case. My guess is that the Big12 deal is actually with FOX and Fox simply decided which deals will be on their primary platforms and the rest fell to their lower tier regional platforms. But thats just a guess. That said, if there were insufficient slots on FOX/FS1/FS2 to house that inventory before---then that same dynamic still exists. Thus, its very possible that rights for the overflow content was given to the Disney as part of the deal.