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Old 08-25-2008, 03:06 PM   #19
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Re: DIRECTV to discontinue the Big Ten network?

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Originally Posted by cumberlandreds View Post
They may want to go the SEC route. They just signed a huge deal with ESPN for the next 15 years.

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/59824
..and that $150 million per year that ESPN is shelling out to the SEC is for the rights to air sloppy seconds.

CBS has also forked over considerable coinage and will get to air the premier matchups every week.
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