BCS 'finalizing' deal to leave FOX for ESPN in 2011 (USA Today)

17 November 2008, 10:39 pm

College football's Bowl Championship Series reaffirmed Monday the norm in sports: TV rights always go to the highest bidder. In a statement Monday, BCS coordinator John Swofford said the BCS is "finalizing" a deal with ESPN that will start in January 2011, when Disney-owned ESPN will begin paying $125 million annually for four of the five BCS games through January 2014.... Read More »

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