‘Monday Night Football’ #TVsports doubleheaders to end as the real brawl moves behind closed doors...

#NationalFootballLeague owners have approved taking 10% ownership of #ESPN by selling entire #NFLnetwork broadcast arm to #Disney; which will require entering labyrinth of #Gov regulatory approval and potential of #KingDrumpf putting his thumb on the scales to get his piece.

Back in the 1980s #Drumpf was infamously blocked from owning an #NFL franchise and he has seldom shirked since from attacking league or #MickeyMouse, it is almost a certainty the angry 😡 range troll will seek his #FartOfTheDeal revenge, and place a heavy thumb on the scale in his second term as the nation's #ChiefExecutive

Said a corporate PR stooge of the process "We're going to cooperate, we're going to partner,"

The NFL is the #USA #TVRatings king, whose team's contests comprise 72 of the top 100 most-watched #streaming and #cable television programs each year, with only #Prresidential #Debates taking a chunk out of their top 10 most watched live programs.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/10/22/nfl-owners-approve-disney-deal/

#BroadcastMedia #Kleptocracy #SportsOnTV

https://insidethemagic.net/2025/10/nfl-owners-okay-disney-deal-now-it-needs-approval-from-trump-administration-rl1/

Ex #NBA & #ABA basketball #PR man #RudyMartzke whose role as a cofounding #SportsEditor & #TVSports journalist at #USAToday made him must read & oft dreaded Monday AM fodder for #Network execs & #sportsbroadcasters like #DickVitale
#HowardCosell & #JohnMadden has passed ... Wives, Waiters & bartenders everywhere express relief ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2024/11/22/rudy-martzke-sports-columnist-usa-today-dies/76508824007/

Rudy Martzke, USA TODAY Sports columnist famous for covering sports media, dies at 82

Nobody covered sports entertainment the way Rudy Martzke did when he started his column at USA TODAY. Few have even decades later.

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ESPN Launches ‘What To Watch’ Digital Feature To Guide Viewers To Games Across The Dial

ESPN is hoping to help sports fans' quest to find their team's action by launching a new feature called What to Watch on the ESPN app and ESPN.com

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