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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132126368" data-attributes="member: 1428007">On tv rights:<h2>Big 12 television contract negotiations with ESPN, Fox</h2>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Big 12 announced last month it had opened early negotiations with ESPN and Fox to &quot;explore an accelerated extension of its current agreements.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Yormark said Wednesday those talks are going well.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;That process has started,&quot; he said. &quot;We met with ESPN last week. Had great meetings with them. I think we're very aligned and like-minded in where we want to go in the future. I'll be meeting with Fox in the next week to kind of gauge their interest. Obviously, these are conversations to explore is it in everyone's interest to go early, to gain clarity. My gut tells me that both Fox and ESPN would like to do that, but I'll know for sure once I meet with Fox in the next week.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The conversations come more than a year and a half before the Big 12's current television contract calls for a formal, exclusive negotiating window with both ESPN and Fox. The Big 12's current deal runs through the 2024 football season. The early talks could allow the Big 12 to get a tangible idea of what future revenue figures will be for its current members, future members and any potential additional members.f the Big 12 is unable to strike a deal for an extension with ESPN and Fox during the early negotiation window, the conference and media partners will fall back to the current agreement, which states there will be an exclusive window in February 2024. Yormark said the Big 12 would not become a media rights &quot;free agent.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;In theory, I want partners that help us glamourize, market and promote the Big 12 and all our member institutions,&quot; Yormark said. &quot;That's a big part of that partnership for me moving forward, in addition to all the other things that we benefit from. But I want great marketing partners that want to help build our business, and I don't think there's any better than ESPN and Fox to do that. So I'm anxious to be see where we can take the future with both of them.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Yormark said the early negotiations are not connected to Texas and Oklahoma being in active discussions with the Big 12 to bolt the conference early for the Southeastern Conference.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/cincinnati-is-ready-for-the-big-12-new-commissioner-brett-yormark-visits-uc-campus/ar-AA11Ati4[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132126368, member: 1428007"] On tv rights: [HEADING=1]Big 12 television contract negotiations with ESPN, Fox[/HEADING] The Big 12 announced last month it had opened early negotiations with ESPN and Fox to "explore an accelerated extension of its current agreements." Yormark said Wednesday those talks are going well. "That process has started," he said. "We met with ESPN last week. Had great meetings with them. I think we're very aligned and like-minded in where we want to go in the future. I'll be meeting with Fox in the next week to kind of gauge their interest. Obviously, these are conversations to explore is it in everyone's interest to go early, to gain clarity. My gut tells me that both Fox and ESPN would like to do that, but I'll know for sure once I meet with Fox in the next week." The conversations come more than a year and a half before the Big 12's current television contract calls for a formal, exclusive negotiating window with both ESPN and Fox. The Big 12's current deal runs through the 2024 football season. The early talks could allow the Big 12 to get a tangible idea of what future revenue figures will be for its current members, future members and any potential additional members. f the Big 12 is unable to strike a deal for an extension with ESPN and Fox during the early negotiation window, the conference and media partners will fall back to the current agreement, which states there will be an exclusive window in February 2024. Yormark said the Big 12 would not become a media rights "free agent." "In theory, I want partners that help us glamourize, market and promote the Big 12 and all our member institutions," Yormark said. "That's a big part of that partnership for me moving forward, in addition to all the other things that we benefit from. But I want great marketing partners that want to help build our business, and I don't think there's any better than ESPN and Fox to do that. So I'm anxious to be see where we can take the future with both of them." Yormark said the early negotiations are not connected to Texas and Oklahoma being in active discussions with the Big 12 to bolt the conference early for the Southeastern Conference. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/cincinnati-is-ready-for-the-big-12-new-commissioner-brett-yormark-visits-uc-campus/ar-AA11Ati4[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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