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Fox Sports: The $3b betrayal that may tear college football apart and create a Super League
Max Laughton from Fox Sports
@maxlaughton
The second-biggest sport in America is fractured, and that’s the beauty of it.
While the NFL is a runaway juggernaut, the second-most watched sport in the USA is college football. Its three playoff games were watched by between 18 and 19 million Americans this past season, while the Bucks-Suns NBA Finals drew a maximum of 12.5 million viewers for the deciding game six.
The combination of being American football, which the nation has grown to love more than anything else, and passionate, localised rivalries driven by the 130 schools competing at the top level (Football Bowl Subdivision or FBS), has created massive revenues.
Read more at https://www.foxsports.com.au/nfl/co...s/news-story/b330e32417afc02ca28df11a3eba71bb
Max Laughton from Fox Sports
@maxlaughton
The second-biggest sport in America is fractured, and that’s the beauty of it.
While the NFL is a runaway juggernaut, the second-most watched sport in the USA is college football. Its three playoff games were watched by between 18 and 19 million Americans this past season, while the Bucks-Suns NBA Finals drew a maximum of 12.5 million viewers for the deciding game six.
The combination of being American football, which the nation has grown to love more than anything else, and passionate, localised rivalries driven by the 130 schools competing at the top level (Football Bowl Subdivision or FBS), has created massive revenues.
Read more at https://www.foxsports.com.au/nfl/co...s/news-story/b330e32417afc02ca28df11a3eba71bb