Report: ESPN could pull $7.8B rights offer if CFP doesn't fix 12-team format

By Andrew Graham, On3: However surprising the (lack of a) move might be, it’s apparently possible that the reported $7.8 billion media rights deal for ESPN to broadcast the College Football Playoff doesn’t get consummated, according to Puck News’ John Ourand. In a recent newsletter, Ourand reported that the deal has yet to be signed.

While the two sides are apparently in agreement on the deal, ESPN could apparently chose to walk in coming months if the College Football Playoff management doesn’t “doesn’t get it’s act together,” Ourand wrote.

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Report: ESPN could pull $7.8 billion media rights offer with College Football Playoff

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