Did ESPN suddenly land the best bargain in sports?
The incredible NCAA Women's Tournament ratings has ESPN celebrating what could now be the best bargain in sports media.
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ESPN agrees new NCAA Championships deal, women’s basketball tournament stays in bundle
The NCAA inked a new deal with ESPN for the rights to many of its championships, including the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
Ex-ESPN exec Carol Stiff questions selling NCAA WBB separately: ‘The value for the whole is much stronger together.’
"Who’s going to do for those championships what ESPN has done, not just in the championships, but in the regular season as well? Do not undervalue the thousands of hours produced on ABC/ESPN networks."
NCAA threat to ban California schools from national championships if image rights bill passes could be disastrous…for the NCAA
Eliminating California schools from competing for national championships would dramatically damage the fields in a lot of non-revenue sports, and throw away a lot of viewers, attendees and host sites in revenue sports as well.
