re: ESPN quietly exploring dumping NFL games

This is what happens when you only appeal to a certain side. Look, I'm all for equality in everything that deserves it, but ESPN has gone too far. For example, if you ever tune in to their football countdown shows, they have made them more urban than anything. There really is no balance. The other morning I was flipping through channels and it seemed like every time I turned on ESPN, they were talking about the owner McNair's comments about "inmates running the prison". I'm not saying don't go over it, but a whole hour? That's crazy.

People are tired of sports and politics mixing. People are tired of ESPN not being balanced. And, until they realize that, they'll continue to lose viewers.

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ESPN could go on a spending spree targeting CBS’ college football deal with the SEC, a Big 12 deal, baseball post-season, rights to NHL hockey, EPL soccer and a whole buffet table of other properties that would prove beneficial in its negotiations with distributors who would want to lower their sub fees.”

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Never understood why the cable/satellite providers haven't just threatened to remove ESPN from their lower end basic channel packages and only include it in higher end packages or group the various ESPN networks as a premium package similar to HBO or Showtime. ESPN would have to cave in or lose millions of subscribers who aren't sports fans but are forced to subscribe to ESPN because ESPN is included in most basic TV packages.