Did ESPN just buy the Big XII?
By picking up all of the FOX Regional Sports Networks, ESPN picked up most of the Big XII's tier 3 broadcast rights. The only ones they didn't pick up were Texas, which they already had, and West Virginia. I may be missing one or two, but Fox has agreements with the major players like Oklahoma and Kansas.
It will be interesting to see what ESPN does with this. I don't believe this was their objective. I think ESPN was more interested in all of the professional sports programs. But they have picked up the Big XII in the deal.
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Posted: 12/14/2017 at 7:04PM