The average additional payment that ESPN will pay for the expanded college football playoff is $345 million annually the next five years, per sources, which is in addition to the average of $1.3 billion annually over that time ESPN is already paying.
Of that new $345 million, ESPN will only essentially be paying $205 million, as they are getting back $140 million annually from the cancelation of the three power conference championship games that ESPN owns the television rights to broadcast.
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Oct 16, 2026, 06:22 PM
