Awful Announcing
"I would not assume that this is just happening, that one day the Texas and Oklahoma guys woke up, I would guess that it’s a logical sequence of events that ESPN now has all of the SEC, now they bring Texas and Oklahoma in."
"I am aware that ESPN has also been actively involved in discussions with at least one other conference regarding that conference inducing additional Members of the Big 12 Conference to leave the Big 12 Conference."
Projections from May have the SEC paying its schools $66.9 million annually from 2024-25 on. To stay at that level after adding Texas and Oklahoma, it would need at least $134 million more in central revenue. But there's quite a good chance it can get that, likely mostly from ESPN.
After a bunch of recent rights acquisitions involving ESPN+, parent corporation Disney is now raising the price for that service.
Wimbledon is staying on ESPN through 2035
The deal would seem to make a lot of sense for both parties.
Here's who to expect on this week's calls.
Last month, ESPN's Scott Clark said "Having an experienced voice like Kelly Stewart join us better positions us to expand our sports betting content going forward." They now won't have Stewart contributing to their betting content.
"When I was a teen, I was like, ‘Man, I want to be on SportsCenter.' When I started my broadcasting career it was without question on my vision board."
Up Close is coming back, but you'll have to pony up for ESPN+ to watch it.
This furthers the approach we've seen lately from ESPN of adding more linear ESPN content to ESPN+.
This past weekend, the two-time NBA champion was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
