Media Rights Update

[Spotcheck Billy]

Listening to that game on the radio was my first Marquette memory at age 7. Brutal.

Thanks, I feel even older after reading that.

[The Sultan]

Listening to that game on the radio was my first Marquette memory at age 7. Brutal.

It was especially frustrating coming off their run to the CUSA tourney title.

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/6/27/general-big-east-announces-new-media-rights-agreement.aspx

The new agreement, which will span from 2025-26 through 2030-31, encompasses coverage on FOX Sports (FOX, FS1, FS2), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock) and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS, truTV and Max).


FOX Sports will feature at least 80 BIG EAST men's and women's basketball contests across the regular season and postseason beginning in 2025-26.

Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men's basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men's and women's regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games.

TNT Sports will feature more than 65 regular season BIG EAST basketball games airing on TNT – as its primary network – along with TBS, truTV and Max, beginning with the 2025-26 season.
 

https://x.com/BIGEAST/status/1942584455639511221?t=wFuI7KqjKoIvbu-JUopzFw&s=19

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I kind of figured every game would have been covered already between Fox, TNT & Peacock/NBC.  Is this anything not covered?

[The Sultan]

I kind of figured every game would have been covered already between Fox, TNT & Peacock/NBC.  Is this anything not covered?

This is replacing the Flo Sports productions.

[bluebodega]

This is great for Olympic Sports in the Big East and it's overdue. Many Olympic Sports are carried on ESPN Plus. You can watch entire seasons of various sports on there. MU's Olympic Sports programs will be very happy with this news.

The FloSports deal hurt exposure with recruits, fans, alums, etc...

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

This is replacing the Flo Sports productions.

So we won't have a Georgia game issue this year.

[StillAWarrior]

This is great for Olympic Sports in the Big East and it's overdue. Many Olympic Sports are carried on ESPN Plus. You can watch entire seasons of various sports on there. MU's Olympic Sports programs will be very happy with this news.

The FloSports deal hurt exposure with recruits, fans, alums, etc...

Yeah, this would have been awesome when my daughter was at GU. The platform that they used back then was pretty bad.

[MU82]

From The Athletic:

As of today, Peacock's pricing goes up $3 per month (the cheapest tier, ad-supported, goes from $7.99 to $10.99). It's reductive, but call it the "live sports tax" — NBC adding the NBA creates valuable new programming for Peacock subscribers, but it wasn't cheap for NBCU to acquire (~$2.5B per year).

[Uncle Rico]

From The Athletic:

As of today, Peacock's pricing goes up $3 per month (the cheapest tier, ad-supported, goes from $7.99 to $10.99). It's reductive, but call it the "live sports tax" — NBC adding the NBA creates valuable new programming for Peacock subscribers, but it wasn't cheap for NBCU to acquire (~$2.5B per year).

Good. 

[JakeBarnes]

From The Athletic:

As of today, Peacock's pricing goes up $3 per month (the cheapest tier, ad-supported, goes from $7.99 to $10.99). It's reductive, but call it the "live sports tax" — NBC adding the NBA creates valuable new programming for Peacock subscribers, but it wasn't cheap for NBCU to acquire (~$2.5B per year).

If their nba coverage is anything like their Tour de France coverage, the NBA will become unwatchable.

[Uncle Rico]

If their nba coverage is anything like their Tour de France coverage, the NBA will become unwatchable.

NBC sports coverage is dreadful across all sports.  It's amazing how bad it truly is

[The Sultan]

NBC sports coverage is dreadful across all sports.  It's amazing how bad it truly is

Which is incredible because a generation ago it was fantastic. But then they decided to ignore everything but the Olympics...then screwed that up for awhile as well...

[Uncle Rico]

Which is incredible because a generation ago it was fantastic. But then they decided to ignore everything but the Olympics...then screwed that up for awhile as well...

Somehow, coverage is too much and too little.  Too many voices, not enough action

[JakeBarnes]

Which is incredible because a generation ago it was fantastic. But then they decided to ignore everything but the Olympics...then screwed that up for awhile as well...

Cannot wait for full screen 30 second The Feed commercials in the middle of a short track speed skating race.

[GoFastAndWin]

Charlie Baker is now speaking on CSpan2 on the House settlement

[MarquetteMike1977]

Charlie Baker is now speaking on CSpan2 on the House settlement

Baker expects NCAAA tournament expansion decision in the fall per Jeff Borzello ESPN

[Jay Bee]

FloSports takeover is near

[JakeBarnes]

FloSports takeover is near

One commercial at the start and then pure sport? Hell yeah.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Donald Trump signs order, seeks to clarify NCAA athletes' employment status
Dan Murphy
Jul 24, 2025, 06:59 PM ET

President Donald Trump has directed members of his Cabinet to develop a plan in the next 30 days aimed at preserving college sports opportunities and preventing college athletes from becoming professionals, according to an executive order he signed Thursday.
Trump's order sets out specific guidelines
for preserving athletic scholarships based on an athletic department's annual revenue. It also declares that schools should not permit athletes to accept "third-party, pay-for-play payments." The order states that Secretary of Education Linda McMahon should use future federal funding decisions among other tools to force schools to abide by the administration's policy.
The NCAA always has prohibited pay-for-play payment from third parties. In the past several years, college sports leaders have struggled to find ways to stop boosters at the industry's wealthiest schools from paying athletes via contracts that are endorsement deals on paper but function in reality as de facto salaries.

[muwarrior69]

Donald Trump signs order, seeks to clarify NCAA athletes' employment status
Dan Murphy
Jul 24, 2025, 06:59 PM ET

President Donald Trump has directed members of his Cabinet to develop a plan in the next 30 days aimed at preserving college sports opportunities and preventing college athletes from becoming professionals, according to an executive order he signed Thursday.
Trump's order sets out specific guidelines
for preserving athletic scholarships based on an athletic department's annual revenue. It also declares that schools should not permit athletes to accept "third-party, pay-for-play payments." The order states that Secretary of Education Linda McMahon should use future federal funding decisions among other tools to force schools to abide by the administration's policy.
The NCAA always has prohibited pay-for-play payment from third parties. In the past several years, college sports leaders have struggled to find ways to stop boosters at the industry's wealthiest schools from paying athletes via contracts that are endorsement deals on paper but function in reality as de facto salaries.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6514072/2025/07/24/trump-executive-order-college-sports-student-athletes/

Sorry, behind pay wall. However if you search it on the web you can read the article from the Atlantic.

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6514072/2025/07/24/trump-executive-order-college-sports-student-athletes/

Sorry, behind pay wall. However if you search it on the web you can read the article from the Atlantic.

More of that free market, small government conservatives say they believe in.

[WhiteTrash]

President Donald Trump has directed members of his Cabinet to develop a plan in the next 30 days aimed at preserving college sports opportunities and preventing college athletes from becoming professionals, according to an executive order he signed Thursday.

LOL! That is funny. Maybe an executive order preventing the fall of Rome or the laws of gravity is next. 

[The Sultan]

LOL! That is funny. Maybe an executive order preventing the fall of Rome or the laws of gravity is next. 

Right? The whole thing is stupid. Pay for play has been around forever, it was finally brought above the table, and now we are longing for the days when it was done behind everyone's back.

[moomoo]

More of that free market, small government conservatives say they believe in.

Less of that behind the scenes, bribery filled business dealings that liberals say they hate.