ESPN’s 40-year partnership with the Big Ten could be coming to an end.
According to a report by Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, CBS and NBC have emerged as the “clear” frontrunners to pick up Big Ten TV rights alongside Fox, leaving ESPN on the outside looking in.
ESPN is still negotiating with the Big Ten while Amazon has also made a bid to stream games, per Ourand’s report. Negotiations are nearing an end, however, as Ourand reports the Big Ten’s new TV deal could be announced by the end of the week or next week.