Rose Bowl still negotiating game's role in expanded

If the College Football Playoff is going to expand to teams as early as t season, everyone involved in the existing 12-year contract must unanimously agree to changing the terms, and the CFP and the Rose Bowl are still negotiating the historic game's role in the new model, a top Rose Bowl official told ESPN on Wednesday in an exclusive interview.

Laura Farber, the chair of the Rose Bowl Management Committee, said the game would like to maintain its exclusive broadcast window on Januyears that it would also host a wo weeks.

The discussion is centered around one of메이저놀이터추천 the most lucrative television windows in college sports, and while it's not the only issue surrounding early expansion, it's one of the most complicated. The Rose Bowl seems willing to temporarily concede its relationship with the Bbut in return, it's asking for assurances in the new contract. While the CFP is going to expand no later than the start of the season, there is no contract in place beyond the current deal, which runs through the season.

"The possibility of early entry to an expanded College Football Playoff is not something we're against," Farber said. "We continue to work with the CFP on this issue. We last spoke two weeks ago to the CFP, but have not heard back from the CFP."

CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN "nothing has changed" since they last spoke with Rose Bowl officials.

In the proposed 12-team format for 메이저안전놀이터 the Cotton and Orange bowls would stay true to the current agreement and host semifinals, and in 2025, the Fiesta and Peach bowls would also host semifinals as currently planned, but the Rose Bowl would have to agree to relinquish its partnership with the Big Ten and Pac-12 in order to host quarterfinal games that might not feature teams from those leagues. When the new CFP deal begins in 2026, the playoff could have quarterfinal games played on New Year's Day, which would compete against the Rose Bowl in the same time slot once every three years if that's the rotation the decides on.

Sources within the said the Rose Bowl is asking for guarantees that the other five major bowls Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Peach 안전놀이터추천have agreed not to ask for. If the CFP were to acquiesce the exclusive January 1 window, it wouldn't be able to maximize its revenue. Farber said the Rose Bowl recognizes "the importance of flexibility in our discussions with the leadership."

"We're very supportive of the College Football Playoff," she said. "As the only New Year's Six bowl with an independent contract, we're working to navigate our existing agreement. While we're willing to work through certain areas, we've maintained that an exclusive broadcast PT is important to the Rose Bowl Game."

According to multiple sources, there is a sense of frustration within the CFP that the Rose Bowl is trying to dictate when the sport's championship plays its games. As the window to expand early cont메이저사이트추천inues to shrink, the Rose Bowl Game remains a major question at the heart of the debate, but the game's top leaders insist it's not the only reason for the delay.

"For anyone to say that the Rose Bowl Game is the sole reason right now that expansion may not happen before the current cycle runs out is categorically wrong," Farber said. "Yes, we need to work through the details of our contract and our separate broadcast agreement, but we remain open to that. There are also issues not specific to our game that need to be resolved, including the NFL schedule, revenue sharing and on-campus schedules."

The Rose Bowl is unique from the other bowls because it has an independent contract