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ABC/ESPN Decision to Add SEC Football Pays Off in Big Way

Georgia's win over Texas on Oct. 19 was the most-watched college football game of the 2024 regular season. | Sara Diggins / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

1. A lot was made when ABC/ESPN lost the Big Ten package in 2022. That conference now has its games split up between CBS, NBC, Fox and the Big Ten Network as part of a seven-year, $7 billion deal.

However, things have worked out just fine for ABC/ESPN thanks to the company acquiring rights to the SEC (the conference had been with CBS since 1996).

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