Report: Big Ten claims it owns rights to Duke vs. Michigan basketball game set to air on Amazon
On Thursday, Amazon announced it had partnered with Duke to televise three of the Blue Devils’ games next season. The landmark deal is the first of its kind. Specifically, Amazon is set to air Duke’s games against UConn in Las Vegas on Nov.
25, reigning champion Michigan at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21, and Gonzaga in Detroit on Feb. 20.
On Friday, Yahoo! Sports ‘ Ross Dellenger reported the Big Ten is battling against Amazon for the broadcast rights of the Duke-Michigan game. SUBSCRIBE to the On3 NIL and Sports Business Newsletter “The Big Ten has notified the ACC and ESPN that it owns the rights of the announced neutral-site basketball game between Duke and Michigan next season from Madison Square Garden, scheduled for streaming on Amazon,” Dellenger wrote .
“Duke collaborated with the ACC and television partner ESPN to strike the first-of-its-kind arrangement. “… The Big Ten, backed by its primary broadcast rights holder, Fox, has communicated with both the ACC and ESPN about the matter. The league believes it owns the broadcast rights as part of a rights-holder agreement between the conferences.
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