In June 2011, it was reported that Enberg's ESPN contract had ended and that the 2011 Wimbledon tournament would be his final one for the network.

Simms, who never signed his two-year ESPN contract, signed a three-year contract with NBC on Sunday worth at least $400,000 a year.

Elwell said that America's Cup 2000, the event organizer in New Zealand, also has agreed to the tentative new ESPN contract.

"There's really nothing to talk about until a deal has been signed," Wladika said about the revised ESPN contract.

Along with his one-year ESPN contract, Holmes made $70,000 in his first year, and was awarded with a brand-new Mazda6 5-door car.

However, he only featured as co-host on the Monday edition of the show as per his ESPN contract, with Williamson continuing to handle presenting duties by himself on Thursdays.

However, in January 2012 the Breeders' Cup announced a new contract with NBC Sports Group, superseding the final two years of the ESPN contract.

The suit also said that Gilbert still owed Bagliebter for negotiating his ESPN contract, which paid $60,000 for each Grand Slam event.

ABC could gain even more retransmission-consent leverage by winning extensions of its ESPN contracts at higher subscriber fees.

He has a clause allowing him to get out of his ESPN contract for an N.F.L. playing opportunity.