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Report: 12-Team College Football Playoff Could Fetch $2.2B Annual Media Rights Deal

The price of broadcasting the College Football Playoff is going up.

Way up.

Michael McCarthy and Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports reported the expanded 12-team playoff could fetch more than $2 billion when its new television contract kicks in. ESPN currently pays $470 million annually for the four-team playoff, meaning the payment is expected to more than triple.

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