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Involved in every high-level negotiation for ESPN, Christine Driessen, is key in strategizing and negotiating multi-year, multiplatform rights agreements for some of the most prestigious sports programming in the world – The Bowl Championship Series (BCS), an unprecedented 15-year deal with the SEC and, most recently, the Barclay’s Premier League rights acquisition , the cornerstone for ESPN’s expansion in the UK and launch of a new live network there. Recently, Driessen sat down with Pink Magazine to talk about her career.