re: NBA formalizing deals with Disney, Amazon, NBC

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More ESPN is not a good thing for the NBA. They are

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Mike Breen is the only saving grace for that shite show

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$2.6 billion increased to $2.8 billion annually and 2.5 billion to 2.6 billion for the A and B package is not doubling them.

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The increase is from the previous offers; not the current contract.

“Disney’s ESPN also would continue to carry regular-season and playoff games. Disney reportedly would pay $2.6 billion a year, up from $1.5 billion in the current deal that runs through the 2024-25 season.”

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“The wild card in the NBA talks is the entry of Philadelphia-based cable giant Comcast Corp., which reportedly has made a $2.5-billion bid for a package of games for streaming service Peacock and broadcast network NBC.”

This is up from the current TNT deal of $1.2 billion.

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Plus a new “C” packages that didn’t previously exist:

“ Amazon's deal is believed to be worth between $1.8B and $2B and would likely include the Emirates In-Season Tournament, the SoFi Play-In Tournament, first-round playoff games, the WNBA and international rights.”

So yeah, more than double.

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Unpopular opinion. Inside the NBA has become the most overrated show out there. There are great moments and hilarious moments, and it used to be great. But the show is basically Shaq mumbling about his hate for todays big men and that he is better than them, Kenny hating in general, and Chuck saying something funny but not knowing anything about the actual teams because he (and really all of them) barely watch any basketball anymore.

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This is the truth. It’s a lot like College GameDay. Used to be appointment viewing. It was way better and cooler when they weren’t as popular and still put forth the effort. Now they just play up the antics (instead of them feeling organic) and are becoming increasingly worse at analyzing the game. It sucks it’s leaving but better to leave it now than have it turn into GameDay

The NBA really should just be named "Try that in a small town"

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I can't wait for the trailer parks across the South to melt down once the first $100M/year player signs his deal

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And you wonder why you have the reputation you have here.

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All the people that just want to hear Roundball Rock on NBC

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Fox has been using this song for years for their college basketball games.

I linked articles to verify. You can search for other articles as well.

But you’re clearly a dipshit who’ll just deny reality because it doesn’t fit your emotionally driven narrative. Nice attempted deflection on baseball, whose World Series ratings were just an all-time low.

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But you’re clearly a dipshit who’ll just deny reality because it doesn’t fit your emotionally driven narrative.

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100% correct based on this

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And you wonder why you have the reputation you have here.

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Nice attempted deflection on baseball, whose World Series ratings were just an all-time low.

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and yet MLB spanks the NBA’s arse in terms of revenue

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the NBA almost doubles MLB in per game revenue

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and ratings

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The only ratings MLB beats the NBA in is in RSN viewership. Tell me how those are doing

Chuck “That mailman better be at my house on the 1st and the 15th..for another year”