Now officially NFL TV contract will exceed $ 100 billion in 11 years.
At its core, it is a golden-rule deal. Makes a rule with gold.
In this case, gold is NFL programming, accounting for almost all of the top 50 events of the year, including all of their grandparents, the Super Bowl. The NFL is so powerful, it became news when Disney / ABC / ESPN dared to negotiate during the process.
In the end – glory, glory – the owners and players and everyone involved in the game will become even richer.
But who cares for them, we are here for you. So what does all this mean to you, fan?
Haven’t seen anything yet
The deals are so long that until Tony Romeo’s 10-year, $ 180M contract expires in 2033 will be old news. This is because you do not need to worry about it the most until 2023.
Amazon premade
Thursday night football will be exclusively on Amazon Prime. The deal may be the only deal to begin in 2022.
According to sources, Jeff Bezos’s entry fee for about 15 games is at least a billion dollars. The exact number is not yet known. It will be around $ 70M per game, and they may not be very good.
TNF did not want any of the networks in mind – Fox exited a year ago – this is not a bad job by the NFL.
Now you have a year to subscribe to Amazon Prime ($ 119 for free shipping) to a person who is digitally challenged in your life. In local markets, the games will be on over-the-air TV. So if the Jets are playing, you will be able to watch it on a free channel.
ABC / ESPN’s Super Bowl Shuffle
Last time around, ESPN negotiated the worst deal. This time they did not.
While the rest all basically doubled what they were paying, ESPN would run from $ 2B to $ 2.7B, according to sources. This is still the most of any network, but now they are mostly getting some real goodies instead of Drake.
First, they will have two Super Bowls (2026 and 2030). Around the last time, somehow they had none. The volume of ABC / ESPN games will increase from 17 to 23.
They should have a better one to broadcast with flexible Monday Night scheduling starting in Week 12 (if you plan a trip to watch the Sunday game late in the season, you will be returning for that return flight for Tuesday want to make).
He will also have a double doubleheader on Saturday’s final weekend of the season. In addition, they will add a divisional round game to their preexisting wild card. More games will be on ABC.
And they will have almost everything on ESPN +, which is the first time Disney officials at Space Mountain as a 7-year-old are happy. It will include a one-year special game on ESPN +.
Fox / CBS and NBC and a familiar Sunday sensation
The digitally challenged can sit in their La-Z-Boy and enjoy Sundays, like they always have.
These three networks will look the most like today. You CBS, Fox and NBC will be able to give you that sweet, all-day course of football for the next 13 years. According to sources, NBC will pay $ 2B, while CBS will go for $ 2.1B and Fox $ 2.25B per year.
They all have three Super Bowls in the deal, while Fox and CBS hold the conference championship. NBC and CBS will have their games available on the market on their subscription services, Peacock and Paramount Plus. Peacock will have one special game per year, like ESPN +
Fox will also get Tundi (its ad-based direct-to-consumer product), which includes pre-condensed replicate games.
So these three networks will introduce the new, while not saying goodbye to the old.
Sunday ticket not punched yet
The deal for the Sunday Ticket is yet to be allowed, allowing a fan to watch the game from the market. DirecTV is signed up for two more years, but ESPN +, Amazon, Paramount Plus and Peacock will all be interested, as all companies want to add subscribers to these services.
That would mean – glory, glory – more billions for the NFL.
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