Yes, it's true. Disney, or, more specifically, ESPN, is in the process of acquiring NFL Network and its sister channel, NFL Red Zone, the latter a premium channel in the 518, at least for now. At the same time, the "worldwide leader in sports" is in negotiations to try to retain Sunday Night Baseball after the current contract expires after this season.
The news of the NFL Network purchase has been met with a mixed reaction online. If they can make Red Zone available to everyone, great. If not, whatever.
The worst case scenario, however, is the prospect that NFL Network, which recently saw NFL insider Peter Schrager move to ESPN earlier this year, would have to have a certain ESPN dunce appear on their channel.
Yeah, this guy:
We already know that Stephen A. Smith doesn't know diddly about football. He pretends to, just so he can have his mug on TV more than necessary. He has the football IQ of burnt toast. No, you'd have a better chance of seeing Pat McAfee on NFL Network than Screamin' A. Cosell, anyway.
Speaking of McAfee, his other employers, WWE, are moving their streaming from Peacock to ESPN's new service next year, which means WWE's parent, TKO, will soak consumers, since ESPN's new streamer will cost $30 a month, or, an extra $20 per month as opposed to Peacock being $10 a month.
These are the times we live in, folks. Corporate greed gets in the way again and again. Disney & TKO are both guilty in this case, and we have to live with it.
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