Emergency Podcast: The Big Ten announces TV rights deals totaling over $8 billion with Fox, CBS and NBC

Episode 232 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Stewart Mandel, a senior writer covering college football for The Athletic. In this podcast, Mandel and Deitsch discuss the Big Ten’s new media rights deal; whether the inventory is deep enough for an all-day linear airing of Big Ten football games; what networks did the best;  ESPN being out of Big Ten football; what it means for other conferences including the SEC; the future of the Pac-12’s media rights; the Big Ten going to market again before the SEC’s new contract with ESPN expires in 2034, and more.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.