In a move providing it with television stability and billions of dollars in added revenue, the National Football League has agreed to nine-year extensions with its three over-the-air network partners.
The extensions mean the NFL will continue to have a major ?free? TV presence.
?These agreements underscore the NFL?s unique commitment to broadcast television that no other sport has,? commissioner Roger Goodell said.
The deals with Fox, NBC and CBS extend through the 2022 season. The NFL?s current TV deals were set to expire after the 2013 season. The league has already done an eight-year extension with ESPN for its ?Monday Night Football? package. That deal will run through 2021 season.
Under the new contracts, the league can also add more games to its NFL Network?s Thursday night package beginning in 2012.
?The agreements would not have been possible without our new 10-year labor agreement, and the players deserve great credit,? Goodell said. ?Long-term labor peace is allowing the NFL to continue to grow, and the biggest beneficiaries are the players and fans.?
Besides continuing to air the NFL?s Thursday night season opener, NBC also gets rights to televise a Thanksgiving primetime tilt beginning in 2012. NBC also will exchange one of its current wild-card games for a divisional playoff game.
Flexible scheduling will be expanded. Beginning in 2014, the NFL will be able to move games between CBS (AFC) and Fox (NFC) ?to bring regional games to a wider audience,? the league said it a statement.
The three networks will get the right to air three Super Bowl telecasts. NBC will air Super Bowls in 2015, 2018, and 2021. CBS will carry Supes in 2016, 2019 and 2022. Fox gets to broadcast Super Bowls in 2017, 2020, and 2023. The NFL?s current deal with Fox, CBS and NBC is worth about $16<TH>billion.
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