There has been plenty of chatter around NASCAR recently about the next TV deal, and where the races will be broadcast after the current contract expires at the end of next season. It appears a new TV partner will be joining the fold, alongside FOX and NBC, beginning in 2025.
According to Jim Utter from motorsport.com, the new deal will see FOX Sports broadcasting the first 14 races beginning in the 2025 season. NBC will get the final 14 races of the season. There will be a 10-race package in the middle of the season, which will be split between TNT and a streaming partner, most likely Amazon.
That would give Amazon a huge foothold in the NASCAR world, much like Amazon is the home for NFL Thursday Night Football.
An official announcement is expected very soon, as NASCAR is in Nashville this week to celebrate the 2023 champions and its end-of-the-year awards ceremony.
NASCAR's current broadcast deal with FOX and NBC expires following the 2024 season. They have been the two networks that aired NASCAR races since the 2015 season.
That deal was estimated at around $8.2 billion over its 10-year duration.
This new package is expected to be much higher, given pushback from teams about revenue sharing after all the current team charter deals expire following the 2024 season.
NASCAR and the teams have been at odds about renewing the current charter system and a new agreement has yet to be reached.
This new broadcast deal comes on the heels of the previous announcement that the NASCAR Xfinity Series will televise all of its races on the CW Network starting in 2025.
There is clearly a lot of change on the horizon but getting this new TV deal finished could go a long way in helping NASCAR negotiate a new charter system with its teams.
With no concrete evidence of a change in the revenue sharing in sight, however, things could become really spicy between NASCAR and its teams in 2025 if the two sides can't come to an agreement.
