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Author: ChicoChico Date: Nov 6, 2006 20:49
> I'm talking about ESPN. Now we've got Wilbon in the booth, following
> the Boz and Christian Slater.
>
> I just read a column by some USA Today writer that said that ESPN is
> going to milk MNF for all it can with the "entertainment" angle. Their
> logic is that the people who are going to tune in to watch the game are
> going to tune in regardless of what goes on in the booth, while maybe
> ESPN can garner even more audience with this extraneous bullshit -- not
> to mention they want to leech every last penny out of the rights fees
> they paid for MNF by pushing and cross-promoting any product they can.
>
> If there's a person in the country that is tuning into MNF just to see
> interviews with Christian Slater and The Boz, I really feel sorry for
> that person.
>
> Somewhere, Cosell is spinning in his grave. Unless it's an extremely
> compelling matchup or my Hawks are on, I'm actually going to go out of
> my way to NOT watch MNF just because of how ridiculous this announcing
> booth circus has become.
>
> Dino
>
Ryan replied with this last week when I was bitching about the MNF coverage.
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