Breaking my own rule regarding taking April off, but I saw some comments on the Big 12 ESPN+ deal that I think will need clarification by the schools. Per Sports Business Journal , the Big 12 and ESPN have completed an agreement for three Big 12 football championship games that would have been attached to FOX Sports (2019, 2021 and 2023). FOX Sports still is maintaining its presence televising regular season football, women's basketball and other events not covered by the existing deal that ESPN has with the conference. The other part of the deal involves content that the schools have retained outside of agreements with ESPN and FOX Sports. Each school gets to keep a group of events to monetize for themselves, which includes a football game, some men's & women's basketball, baseball, softball and other sports. Sometimes they're called third tier agreements, sometimes they are notated as member retained content. Much of this content aired regionally, and...