>>Big Ten On Verge Of $1 Billion In TV Deals Excluding ESPN
(Undated) — The Big Ten collegiate athletic conference is on the verge of massive television deals in excess of one-billion dollars. It plans to create a football triple-header featuring Fox, CBS and NBC, according to Sports Business Journal media writer John Ourand who first reported the news. If the agreement goes through, ESPN will be out of the business of Big Ten football and basketball for the first time in 40 years.