Bored 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1929158 Fox will get rights for four years Associated Press NEW YORK -- Fox will be the new television home of the Bowl Championship Series. The network and the BCS announced a four-year, $80 million deal Monday that gives Fox the broadcast rights to the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls from 2007-10 and the national title game from 2007-09. ABC has held the broadcast rights to the BCS since college football's major conferences implemented the system to crown a national champion in 1998. ABC withdrew from the bidding last week, with network officials saying they were unhappy with the new BCS structure, which added a fifth game. Starting with the 2006 season, the national title game will be played at the site of either the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar and Rose bowls the week after those games are played. The new structure would allow greater access to the BCS and increase the number of teams involved from eight to 10. "We totally accepted what was being offered by the BCS," Fox Sports chairman David Hill said. The national title game will rotate on a four-year basis between the four bowl games. ABC still holds the rights to the Rose Bowl, and the national title game when it is played at the site, through 2014. The money in the BCS' new TV deal is up from the $76.5 million ABC paid over four years. BCS coordinator and Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg said all the Division I-A conferences and Notre Dame were involved in the negotiations. "This agreement does allow us to have increased revenue for distribution in our system,' Weiberg said. Considering Fox's terrible choices for baseball and football announcers, I'm not looking forward to this. They better not have Jeanie Zelasko be the in studio host. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 So what the heck does this mean as far as who plays in the national title game? Do they keep it the way it is (and have four meaningless bowls instead of three) or do they redo the standings after the bowl games? Whatever...college football on fox is going to suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2004 They are not doing the +1 model. The 4 bowls are to allow an extra two teams preferably from a mid-major conference into the BCS party and to let the two title contenders play a game just called "The National Title Game" at a rotating sight. But if it's like say at the Rose Bowl it won't be the Rose Bowl b/c the actual Rose Bowl game will have been played by Pac 10/Big Ten teams earlier that week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2004 Same shit, different look for the BCS basically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
