The Big Ten is in the middle of negotiating their next television deal which will begin in the fall of 2023, and John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that Fox is already in an agreement with the Big Ten to continue televising Big Ten football games. What makes these negotiations interesting is that (a) the Big Ten has already agreed to grant all of their broadcast rights to BTN, and (b) Fox quietly acquired an additional 10% ownership in BTN from the conference schools over the last year.
Since Fox controls BTN, which in turn controls all of the Big Ten’s rights, it’s made for unique negotiations because the other networks are having to make their pitch to Fox along with the Big Ten.