"On November 18, 2023, NBC renewed its rights to the Fighting Irish through 2029. NBC will continue to carry most Notre Dame home games, with one game per-season being exclusive to Peacock."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame...all_on_NBC
"NBC will air primetime games throughout the regular season under the title Big Ten Saturday Night. All telecasts will be available on Peacock, while eight Big Ten games per-season (including four intraconference games) will be exclusive to Peacock. NBC will carry the Big Ten championship game in 2026, while the contract also includes a package of Big Ten basketball games and Olympic sports coverage for Peacock."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Fo...ame_rights
"On May 11, 2020, CBS Sports agreed to a multi-year deal through the 2023 season to become the home of UConn Huskies home games, which will mostly air on CBS Sports Network.[16]
In August 2022, it was reported that CBS Sports was nearing a deal for rights to Big Ten football under its next round of broadcast contracts, expanding upon its rights to cover Big Ten basketball.[17][18][19][20]
"On August 18, 2022, CBS reached a seven-year deal to broadcast Big Ten football and basketball beginning in the 2023 season. CBS will air up to 15 Big Ten football games per-season, including a Friday afternoon game on Thanksgiving weekend, and the Big Ten Football Championship Game in 2024 and 2028. In addition to the network's alternate 12:00 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET windows, Big Ten games will replace the SEC on CBS's traditional 3:30 p.m. ET window beginning in the 2024 season; CBS will carry seven Big Ten games in 2023 around its final season of SEC coverage, which will mostly be part of doubleheaders and tripleheaders with SEC and/or Mountain West games.[19][21]
In 2023, CBS Sports Network began airing football games from the FCS level Northeast Conference.[22]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Fo...CBS_Sports
A couple things I did not know:
1) Both networks have/had contracts with non P5 conferences or individual non P5 teams recently and presently.
2) CBS shows double and triple headers on Saturday.
3) CBS will air a Thanksgiving weekend Friday afternoon game.
It's not clear to me when the NBC deal with the B1G is set to expire, my guess is around 2029-30, 7 years seems to be the usual length.
Question: If ESPN wants to backout of their current deal because of all the uncertainty surrounding the lawsuits, is the ACC free to explore other networks? Assuming yes.
Follow up question: Since this would be for the 2028 season and beyond, is there a good-great chance that one of these networks would make the ACC their exclusive P2/M2 partner in 2030-31 and afterward?
Before the question is answered, imagine this: The ACC loses their ESPN deal and the ACC grovels at the feet of FSU/Clem/UNC to not leave, we promise to pay you better. We let bygones be bygones, FSU and the rowdy bunch then reaffirm their commitment.
Now wuddayu think?
