"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."
"They didn't want a real question and they knew that Steven was primed to ask questions, potentially about one of the biggest stories in the country..."
The letter also accuses Fox of violating an agreement not to leak Carlson's private communications to the media and not to use his private messages against him.
Gamble was the NBCUniversal employee who filed a sexual harassment complaint that led to the eventual ouster of the company's CEO Jeff Shell last month.
"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."