Being in business with the NFL is good business. The value of each NFL franchise keeps going up year after year. Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys for $150M and now what is it worth? $20B maybe?
If you're a network and want to show NFL games, you better come with Billions for the ugly Thursday night games.
Now it's reported that ESPN and NFL Network are close to agreement for ESPN to purchase the network owned by the league. The estimated purchase price is $2B. This negotiation has gone on for over a year and as the season inches closer, so has this deal to the finish line.