It’s an annual point of contention for Big Ten basketball fans: early season games on B1G+.
The league doesn’t air any football games on its direct-to-consumer product, B1G+. Instead, it utilizes overflow channels to show multiple football games on BTN simultaneously.
That isn’t the case for other sports, which are often sent to B1G+ when multiple games are scheduled at the same time. The service requires an additional subscription which begins at $9.95 per month.
This distribution method will continue in the coming years with the Big Ten’s new media rights agreement. As part of the new agreement, “as many as 47 regular-season men’s basketball games (32 conference and 15 non-conference) and 30 regular-season women’s basketball games (20 conference and 10 non-conference)” will be available only on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform.