In response to a brand new report, Apple has held early talks with the School Soccer Playoff event a couple of streaming deal, becoming a member of the ocean of rumors regarding Apple’s curiosity in sports activities proper.

The 12-team CFP event’s present media deal expires on the finish of subsequent yr, so the group is holding discussions with potential future rights holders. Entrance Workplace Sports activities experiences each Apple and Amazon have held preliminary talks to date.

Entrance Workplace Sports activities says that CFP is unlikely to divorce itself a lot from the normal broadcast networks, but it surely might make a few of the video games on its slate accessible to streaming platforms.

There have been a flurry of rumors about Apple speaking with numerous sports activities leagues up to now few months, as the corporate seems to be to increase its sports activities choices past MLS Season Cross and MLB Friday Night time Baseball.

These embody prolonged talks with the NFL for Sunday Ticket final yr (Apple finally bowed out and YouTube received the bundle), the NBA for upcoming basketball TV rights beginning in 2025, and a doubtlessly enormous world streaming rights acquisition for Method 1.

We all know Apple is especially looking a deal for faculty sports activities, having virtually signed a media cope with the Pac-12 earlier than the convention collapsed. The School Soccer Playoffs are an affordable goal for Apple then, provided that historical past.