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Analyzing ESPN’s report on an unfinished Big Ten TV deal, Kevin Warren criticisms, and the conference having to ‘pay back’ Fox and NBC

According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, ex-Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren gave the 2026 conference championship game to NBC "without full authority to do so." Warren's deal with NBC also created a divide between the network and top schools over late-November night games.