"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."
With radio, the top of the hour always begins with a self-aggrandizing, overly-produced introduction to a program I may have been listening to for half an hour already.
"$600,000 for them is a rounding error. The amount of money these corporate news outlets can put toward stupid decision making -- in both of those cases firing talent -- is remarkable in and of itself."