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Football

Rincewind

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1. ESPN is a cable network.

Reply to pennylane100 (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 02:39 AM

Sep 2014

They have several cable channels devoted to sports, and news about sports. They also have a contract with the National Football League to carry football games. I don't know how long the contract is for, but according to MSNBC tonight, they paid the NFL $15 billion for the rights to show some, but not all of the games. If enough people stop watching the games, the amount ESPN can charge for commercials will drop, and so will their profits. Therefore, ESPN has a financial interest in the bad stories going away as soon as possible, and protecting the reputations of the League and it's Commissioner. Football is a mutibillion dollar buisness, and ESPN wants to continue to carry the games. If the league gets too pissed at ESPN, well, there a lot of other networks to bid on the games.

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I do not follow football closely, but I sometimes watch it. [View all] pennylane100 Sep 2014 OP

ESPN is a cable network. Rincewind Sep 2014 #1

You sound like a 'spokesman' JonLP24 Sep 2014 #3

It doesn't make much sense to me JonLP24 Sep 2014 #2