Skydance may shed sports rights as $6.6B tab, $80B debt collide with NFL talks
The Ankler’s Lesley Goldberg reports Skydance holds at least 36 sports-rights deals worth over $6.6 billion yearly, and sources say it’s weighing cuts to Big Ten football, NASCAR and the French Open, worth $515 million combined, ahead of pricier NFL talks.
Why it matters. If Skydance drops mid-tier rights like NASCAR and the French Open, rival bidders and streamers gain a fresh shot at properties that had been locked up under one owner.
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