Think Dabo Sweeney or Urban Meyer giving up the college game and deciding to run an NFL team:
http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/10-decisions-will-define-new-espn-president-james-pitaro.htmlAmong the questions after reading this lengthy article:
What to do with
SC:6?
Instead of having a Wednesday night Yankees-Rays or Cubs-Pirates game--would you like to see a sports themed movie?
Will they seek a split TNF deal with Fox, just in case if they want to walk away from the billions they are currently saddled with on MNF (keep in mind their pre-game on site coverage is in flux).
What new weekend programming will occupy the spring and summer months, with deals announced Tuesday by Fox and FS1 to carry the Pro Bowlers Tour starting in 2019 and on Wednesday, the biggest news of all--that after 54 years, the Indianapolis 500 will be moving to NBC as part of a three year deal to carry up from 5 to 8 IndyCar Series races. Hopefully, overlapping will only happen occasionally due to NASCAR's second half dominating from July until the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving (but the IndyCar season usually wraps by Labor Day weekend in early September). What NBC did during the Rio Olympics in 2016 was that the three August races were moved to either USA or CNBC during those weeks. There will also be added coverage of practices on the NBC Sports Gold packages found online both with computers and on smartphones.
What to do with the 22 RSN's that Fox will be dumping later this year? More baseball? More cross promoting of the "30 For 30" series and other programs? Certainly, ESPN has the national talent--but it will be interesting to see how the coverage will be laid out for subscribers. At least, Fox had a good thing going throughout the southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with the 24 hour All Yankees network of YES as part of their portfolio.
Above all, there will be lots of things to notice and think about between now and when Jon Gruden's replacement is hired to join Joe Tessitore on MNF come August.
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