TV lineup for playoffs

[Schnauzer]

Why would you put FCS playoffs on network TV and bury D1 playoffs deep down the cable lineup on often-forgotten TNT?

Is it because the FCS contract is older than the new big school playoff?

 

[maroonfive]

Lol. I had to turn off the prep bowl being played in Fargo. Unwatchable.

 

[50PoundHead]

My exact thought. I had to do a search to see what channel the CFP was on. TNT?

 

[Some guy]

Where this thing is on TV is hugely important moving forward

The big ten should insist on taking a network tv bid and should go hard against espn

TNT isn’t ideal but at least it’s not exclusively owned by espn

 

[Ope3]

Why would you put FCS playoffs on network TV and bury D1 playoffs deep down the cable lineup on often-forgotten TNT?

Is it because the FCS contract is older than the new big school playoff?

Disney (ABC-ESPN) sold the rights to Warner Bros (HBO-TNT). Probably didn't want to go head to head with "The Shield":

 

[USAF]

Lol. I had to turn off the prep bowl being played in Fargo. Unwatchable.

Much better game than SMU-PSU.

 

[fmlizard]

TNT is good enough for the NCAA Basketball Championship Game, so it's good enough for CFP round 1.

I admit it's weird to have a network that doesn't broadcast regular season games covering playoff games, even though this is a ESPN crew. It was weird 15-20 years ago when Fox only broadcast the championship game and zero regular season games.

It's all a play to make sure Max has live sports after losing their NBA rights to Amazon.