ESPN and SEC announced on Thursday that they have reached a 10-year deal starting in 2024 that will make the network the exclusive rights holder of SEC football and the men’s basketball.
The deal offers a network of 15 premier football games, including ABC, the SEC Championship game in L games, and rival games such as Alabama-ub Bern and Florida-Georgia.
“This new agreement came from a strong foundation that began almost 25 years ago and now reflects a shared vision of the future with the SEC, the commissioner. [Greg] Sanki and his member organizations, “said Jimmy Pitoro, president of ESPN and Sports Content.” With all the conference games under the ESPN umbrella and with the addition of ABC and ESPN + to our distribution channels, ESPN will have complete scheduled flexibility, resulting in maximum exposure and SEC. Adding significant benefits to schools and fans. “
Beginning in 2024, ABC will broadcast one SEC game per week, including regular late-afternoon kickoffs, and will have the option to feature the SEC game on ABC’s Saturday Night Football.l for the first time.
“So on Saturday night, prime time on ABC is the most profile window, the biggest stage in terms of college football. And we like the fact that now we can bring the ABC platform into the mix, starting in 2024,” Pitaro told Dhane. Associated Press.
ABC will also broadcast the SEC Championship Game in the late afternoon, and either ABC or ESPN will present a post-Friday Thanksgiving SEC game.
“This is an important day for the Southeast Summit and the future of our member organizations. Our agreement with ESPN will greatly increase our ability to support our student-athletes in the years to come and enrich the SEC-day experience for SEC fans worldwide.” . ”One of our primary goals is to improve the television-scheduling process in a way that will benefit our students, coaches, alumni and fans. By working closely with ESPN, we were able to secure a contract that included lead time for a lot of the game. Time announcements, and in many ways modernize the college football scheduling process. “
In addition, ESPN + To S.E.C. every season. Each school will have the right to stream one non-ference conference football game and two non-ference men’s basketball games. All told, ESPN + will host 14 non-ference football games annually and as many as 20 non-ference men’s basketball games annually.
Under the agreement with the SEC, ESPN + expands its portfolio of 20 and thousands of games ledge games each year.
The new agreement will coincide with a separate, existing 20-year agreement between ESPN and the SEC that takes more than 1,950 SEC games per year during the 21 games of the conference on the ESPN network and the SEC network.
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