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Could Fox’s hardball tactics land it the NFL’s new five-game package?

Fox is bidding on a streaming package while arguing the NFL's antitrust exemption should be reexamined for moving games to streaming.

The streamer is in the final year of its three-year deal to showcase NFL games on Christmas Day.

If the NFL does succeed in doubling its rights fees, “that just doesn’t leave a lot of money out for everyone else,” says PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp.

"Multiple sources have told me the NFL will now roll the rights to that Australia game into a package with four or five other games."

All signs point to Paramount Skydance and CBS Sports as the first dance partners on the floor.

These deals are not going away.

These new packages would require taking inventory from traditional broadcasters such as CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN.

"The idea that NBC is paying more for Sunday Night Basketball than for Sunday Night Football."

"Everything we've done with them so far has been really successful."

"We're gonna be ready and we're always ready whenever our partners want to talk."

The Premier League employs a similar model in the U.K.

"The reason why we felt so strongly about the option is the landscape is changing."

"I think this is just inevitable with the growth of the game."

The NFL Network will continue to broadcast seven live games per season.

"The league could approach networks before the 2029 opt-out and try to renegotiate new deals."

The NFL will be exerting maximum leverage come 2029.

"This could be the thing that breaks the affiliate networks all over the country."

"I don’t think it’s a mystery that as media fragments, there are very few programming options that aggregate large audiences."