Could ESPN produce ‘RedZone’ channel for college football?

Among the major properties ESPN will take over in its new partnership with the NFL is the RedZone channel, the non-stop live highlights program that airs each Sunday during the pro football season.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell discussed that move during an appearance on SportsCenter Wednesday, saying that the current RedZone set-up will not change. However, ESPN could expand that to other sports, including college football.

“It’ll continue to be produced right here in this building,” Goodell said from the NFL’s Los Angeles studios, via Pro Football Talk. “It will be the NFL RedZone. I don’t think fans will see any difference to that.

“Obviously, in the context of that, though, ESPN purchased the RedZone name and they will be able to utilize that for other sports, college football and other things, and I think that could be an exciting thing for our fans also to see a RedZone, maybe in college football or other sports.

“That’s something that they now own and have the ability to do that. But as far as Red Zone, NFL Red Zone, there won’t be any changes for our plans.”

A college football version of the RedZone would be an exciting prospect, with fans able to keep up with highlights and scoring plays in real time from dozens of games across the country each Saturday without changing the station. It’s not yet clear if ESPN has plans to create such a channel, however.

ESPN announced Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to acquire the NFL Network, RedZone and Fantasy Football outlets from the NFL in exchange for 10% equity in ESPN and its subsidiaries. ESPN will also continue to air the NFL draft and will become the new domestic home of all WWE Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania.

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