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Joe Buck’s new $108M extension, David Berson’s forthcoming CBS/TNT Sports kingdom, Pat McAfee is ESPN’s center of attention and Brian Rolapp has innovative plans — they are all part of a 36-minute power player edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
Plus, what is next for Troy Aikman/ESPN and the potential NFL TV analyst carousel, J.J. Watt and Jim Nantz check-up, Doc Rivers returns to TV and much more.
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* Why PGA Tour CEO’s Brian Rolapp’s plan makes sense
* Buck and Troy Aikman have restored the marquee of MNF
* Remembering Chris Spatoloa
* Tom Brady needs to pay for better WiFi
* What was up with Gus Johnson
* ESPN’s plan, at this moment, with Aikman is …
* If it doesn’t workout with Aikman, what could be next
* With the Manningcast ratings not great, how about …
* Evaluating Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt after two weeks
* McAfee is the center of everything at ESPN
* Rece Davis is almost non-existent on GameDay
* CBS Sports president David Berson’s power
* CBS/TNT’s portfolio rivals ESPN’s
* Rolapp and the “haves and have nots”
* Rolapp’s moves makes TV sense
* Doc Rivers stabbed ESPN in the back, now he’s back on NBC
* Evaluating Matthew Berry’s Roku move
* How is Peter Schrager’s show doing
* Alexa math
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
* Ourand blooper
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CEO Brian Rolapp has transformed the PGA Tour over his first year in charge. He tells us how all sports leagues should be diversifying their revenue to be less reliant on media rights.
Plus, why there will be “haves” and “have nots” in the $30 billion media rights pie. And much more.
It is a 42-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.” The podcast was taped as part of the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” event series.
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POD RUNDOWN …
* Rolapp explains how the PGA Tour weekend viewership beats NBA first round playoff games
* How the NFL went from around $7 billion in revenue when he joined in 2003 to $20+ billion when he left
* Why the LIV “crisis” made it the right time for Rolapp to leave the NFL for the PGA
* The major sports history behind his thinking
* Why competitive parity, scarcity and simplicity are so important for sports
* Rolapp explains how the new approach achieves the goals
* How Pete Rozelle figured out the TV model to leapfrog other sports
* Why Rolapp thinks major sports leagues should diversify away from being so dependent on media rights
* Why the Cowboys have done it right, even if they haven’t won
* What the NFL did to expand this idea with Skydance Sports
* Why media is still most important
* The Rolapp pitch for the PGA Tour to networks and platforms
* Why the players are aligned with a mandate for change
* How Tiger Woods, Theo Epstein and others were part of the process
* Rolapp explains how the drama of the season will work
* How meritocracy was central to what the PGA Tour is creating
* It is is what players want
* The luck for how Rolapp ended up at the NFL
* Why Rolapp nearly quit after six months at the NFL
* An amazing Paul Tagliabue, Pat Bowlen, Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones and Steve Bornstein story
* How his amazing answer to Tagliabue and company changed his career
* The NFL, the media and $30B pie that will be split between the “haves and the have nots”
* Will the traditional players be part of the NFL in the mid- to late- 2030s
* Rolapp says sports packages will have to change to fit the new models that streamers, etc. want
* Why the PGA Tour is focusing on the summer
* How AI will impact sports in a good way
On Deck: By Thursday, Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media
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Founder Craig Karmazin has built a sports media business over three decades and he believes sports are about to “explode” because of AI. He spends half of his day on AI and offers his passionate views on the future of media.
In the late 1990s, Karmazin started his then radio-focused company with a couple of high school friends and now Good Karma Sports has 500 employees, works with ESPN, top professional teams, leagues and stations across the country. Karmazin, the son of Mel, is also a minority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. .
It is an illuminating 48-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
POD RUNDOWN …
* Why Karmazin chose to do his first interview ever about his company
* How Good Karma Sports creates and monetizes across all platforms
* His dad, Mel, loved making money from sports, while Craig loves sports
* How he and his high school friends started the company in the late 1990s
* The first idea to put sports radio on the FM dial
* Karmazin would have bet against radio surviving
* How the Good Karma relationship with ESPN has grown
* Why a lot of Good Karma’s partnerships are secret
* How teams used to make so much from people who didn’t watch their games
* How the Milwaukee Bucks and others are solving the RSN problem
* The DNA of the company is focus, not scale
* How Giannis trade helped make an 80-game schedule on over-the-air possible
* The Bucks will be the top rated show in the market 80 nights, Karmazin said
* How the direct-to-consumer product works for the Bucks
* Can the money replace the lost regional sports networks
* Why audio is bigger than ever
* ESPN Radio lineup is an example of the content strategy
* What is going on with ESPN New York and understanding its business
* Where Michael Kay, “DiPietro & Rothenberg“ do well
* How “Don, Hahn & Rosenberg” are now leading into Knicks games
* Kay still badly wants to beat WFAN
* Assessing ESPN New York at 25
* Karmazin spends half his time on AI
* What it takes to make a good team
* How AI is changing his business for the better
* Why AI does not narrow the gap between businesses
* Why AI is going to lead to job growth at his company
* Karmazin says a marketing consultant only is using 28 percent on sales … AI can change that percentage
* Karmazin clearly explains how it will work better
* How AI is going to take the impressions for podcasts down to almost zero
* Why this will create scarcity
* Trust is going to be more important in all of our lives
* Why AI hosts will have a success based on personalities
* AI is about to make sports explode
* What is like to have Mel as a father
* The lessons he learned from his father
* A great Howard Stern story about his dad
* Dish Network and giving out his father’s home phone number
* His dad fighting the government
* Having Mike Francesa reassure him about the Knicks as a kid
* How his dad thinks everyone of Craig’s ideas are bad
* How Craig became a minority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
* A tremendous analogy about his ownership share
* How his company is like LeBron’s
Related Podcasts: Michael Kay, Chris Oliviero, Traug Keller, Amanda Gifford, Chris (Mad Dog) Russo, Boomer Esiason, Adam Schein
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The grades are in: Mike Tomlin, J.J. Watt, Jim Nantz, Ross Tucker, Ian Eagle, Russell Wilson, Melissa Stark, Alex Smith, Greg Olsen and more are all evaluated after the first NFL weekend of the year.
It is a 34-minute, “Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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POD RUNDOWN
* The glory of 14 hours of NFL viewing on Sunday
* Did Meterparel have an FCC violation with YouTube TV
* Netflix’s two screen rule is ridiculous
* What grade does Luke Kuechly receive on the Netflix NFL stream
* Why ESPN’s Kevin Negandhi earned a “What’s up”
* Steve Sarkisian earns a “What’s down”
* Why NBC’s Melissa Stark receive a “What’s down”
* What grade did Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt earn on their debut
* What Watt has to do to improve
* Tony Romo was nowhere to be found Sunday
* Why it is hard to see Romo back at CBS
* If so, will Romo make a TV comeback elsewhere
* How did Mike Tomlin do on NBC
* The Tomlin and Bill Cowher comparisons
* Kuechly’s success has a lot to do with his partner, Noah Eagle
* What ESPN’s NFL Countdown got right and who excelled and who didn’t
* Evaluating Terry Bradshaw at this point in his career
* What Fox got right
* The ‘NFL Today’ has room to improve
* How did Russell Wilson do in his CBS debut
* Why Greg Olsen is so good
* How did Ross Tucker do with Ian Eagle
* Papa Clicker’s big review on Matthew Futterman’s new tennis book
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
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The Great NFL Opt-Out renegotiation of ‘26 never happened. What gives? Andrew Marchand & Puck’s John Ourand explain why it didn’t happen, who were the winners and losers and what is next.
It is a 35-minute Marchand & Ourand, The Main Event podcast.
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POD RUNDOWN …
* What gives since nothing has changed in the great NFL early opt-out renegotiation
* Who were the winners and the losers
* It was not a good offseason for Roger Goodell
* It was also a good offseason for Goodell
* Ourand defends YouTube not having the NFL
* Ourand tries a hostile take-over of the podcast
* Why Fox and Prime Video were winners
* Why it never made full sense to just give the NFL more money now
* Why broadcast TV was a winner this offseason
* Why Ourand is wrong about extra bidders
* Why Amazon is not going anywhere
* Ourand taking Marchand out of context on YouTube
* Ourand says the NFL wants to be on YouTube more than YouTube wants to have standalone NFL games … we debated
* Is YouTube in a worse position to one day have a full NFL package
* How will AI impact Google, Amazon and Apple in sports
* Google is impossible to use these days
* Why simple math explains why ESPN was never losing its NFL TV package
* NBC is most exposed on Sunday Night because it would seem most appealing to streamers
* The NFL has crushed Sunday Ticket with so many extra standalone games
* How the NFL could eventually create a new TV package by stripping even more games
* Why the NFL is still in great shape
* Could Apple or DAZN get involved
* Is MLB in good position to create a new TV strategy
* Why to be bullish on MLB and TV
* Can we get to a satisfying place to aggregate sports
* The difference ways between how Marchand & Ourand prepare for the podcast
* The NBC game clock Michigan controversy breakdown
* How NBC’s broadcast did in the moment
* Ourand starts screaming at the clouds
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The “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media” NFL TV Preview Spectacular. From Tony Romo’s future to ESPN’s first Super Bowl to Luke Kuechly on Netflix to the potential NFL announcer carousel & more.
Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go deep on a 34-minute sports media podcast.
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POD RUNDOWN
* Will Tony Romo comeback to CBS?
* Why Netflix is up and YouTube is down
* Credit to Michael Strahan
* Meterparel’s MLB tweet heard around the world
* Dissecting where the Romo-CBS situation may be going
* Maria Taylor’s comments on Mike Tomlin
* How well will Tomlin do on NBC
* Luke Kuechly will have some Romo first year moments
* Why Noah Eagle will likely help Kuechly
* Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt, Greg Olsen, Travis Kelce and Sean McVay all in the announcer carousel hopper
* Looking at some Olsen potential options
* Michaels says he will know when it is time to retire, will he
* ESPN having the Super Bowl is kind of a bigger deal than it has been given
* Meterparel dinner table conversation with his son debated
* What to make of the Peter Schrager’s “Big Day”
* The Meterparel tweet that got 1.6M views discussed
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
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* On deck: Marchand & Ourand, Monthly Reunion
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Maria Taylor tells her story from being a two-sport star, her rise at ESPN, the Rachel Nichols controversy and now with a prestigious NBC Sports hosting portfolio that includes a new teammate, Mike Tomlin. It is a 42-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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The Pod Rundown …
* Her sports obsession began with basketball
* How Taylor’s confidence grew as a kid
* Why her older brother was so important in her development
* Her athletic prowess
* The funny reason she chose to play volleyball
* She was recruited for both basketball & volleyball
* The big time schools after her … and a choice
* Being a two-sport athlete in college
* How she chose broadcasting over playing professionally
* The coaching advice that made her decision
* How she got on-air as an intern and Tony Dungy
* The big break of being an analyst
* How an ESPN writer led to another big break
* Her role grew quick at ESPN
* Learning with Steve Ackles, Joe Tessitore & Matt Millen
* How SEC Network was so big in her career
* The All-Star crew of SEC Nation
* Tim Tebow and God
* How did College GameDay happen for Taylor
* How she told John Wildhack and Lee Fitting what she wanted to do
* The great advice for younger sportscasters
* Where does her directness come from
* “Closed mouths don’t get fed”
* She got to GameDay at 30 years old
* Her dream of being there for championships
* Rachel Nichols’ private comments that became public and the NBA Finals’ hosting role
* What is Taylor’s view on what happened
* Imperfection and gratefulness
* The reason she left ESPN for NBC … Prime Video had interest too
* Meeting with Molly Solomon & Fred Gaudelli
* How her contract was up at ESPN, but the ABC Finals was still going on
* She remains friendly with Jimmy Pitaro
* Solomon and the Olympics
* The NBA Finals one day, the Olympics the next day and the craziness of it all
* How her NBC schedule changed and her newborn son
* She was ready to do more again
* How will Mike Tomlin do as an NBC analyst
* What she wants to learn from Tomlin
Related Podcasts: Rick Cordella, Malika Andrews, Joe Buck, Laura Rutledge, Bomani Jones, Fred Gaudelli, Greg Hughes, Drew Esocoff, Ramona Shelburne, Mike Soltys, Chris LaPlaca
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Caitlin Clark is on fire in the WNBA, and so are the ratings. Why we are likely in Caitlin RatingsPalooza II.
Plus, plenty of NFL, college football, MLB and tennis talk on a feel-good, 30-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media”
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Full Pod Rundown …
* Why the Caitlin Clark WNBA backlash may ultimately be good for her and its TV popularity
* ESPN’s Jordan Rodgers’ first game reviewed
* ESPN getting rid of the college football ticker: Good or bad?
* Should Al Michaels’ 60th wedding anniversary be a focus of Prime Video’s exhibition game
* Week Zero is weird in college football and may be gone soon
* Going deeper into why we are in Clark, RatingsPalooza II
* Did Pat McAfee get College GameDay producer Jim Gaiero run
* ESPN’s McAfee calculation
* Analyzing the bottom line ticker college football decision
* The Karl Ravech laid-off/goodbye sendoff spectacle
* The advice Meterparel got on his first radio job
* Watching Chris Fowler and John McEnroe
* Joel Klatt vs. Kirk Herbsteit
* Ahmed Fareed’s promotion
* John Fanta’s best skills are …
* Papa Clicker rates A League of His Own: A.G. Spalding and the Business of Baseball by Mark A. Stein
* “Cakes are Baking” Game:” Marchand enters 16-for-45
* Behind the screens of the Maria Taylor Main Event and Riverside issues
* Meterparel goes viral for a tweet
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On Deck: Maria Taylor is The Main Event this week
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One of the largest productions jobs in all of media is overseeing ESPN’s college football coverage. From “College GameDay” to more than 1,000 games, ESPN Sr. Vice President Amanda Gifford leads the network’s presentations.
With a career that has spanned teaching third grade, producing Colin Cowherd’s radio show, a stint in ESPN’s Talent Office and TV production, Gifford explains what ESPN’s tries to accomplish and how she rose from an intern into a top executive with great insight about all the personalities she has managed.
It is a 35-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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Pod Rundown
* What is the goal for how ESPN produces college football
* Her Penn State and radio background led her to where she is now
* Why she taught third grade before joining ESPN full-time
* College GameDay and not “screwing it up”
* How ESPN exec Mark Gross was instrumental in Lee Corso’s special sendoff from GameDay
* The way ESPN manages Kirk Herbstreit schedule with his Amazon Prime Video responsibilities
* What are Nick Saban and Pat McAfee like to work with
* The Kicking Contest with McAfee and Herbstreit having to pony up at times
* ESPN will do more than 1,000 college football games, including 45 on the first Saturday
* The UFL TV innovations that have spread to college football
* The idea from the UFL that Gifford would love to bring to college football is …
* The swearing issue at ESPN …
* Going from third grade to working at ESPN Radio
* How she started in radio at 16
* Why radio is a great foundation
* Why the big games are the easy games and …
* Why working on Colin Cowherd’s Show was so vital in learning preparation
* What moving from radio into management was like
* How Cowherd’s brain never shuts off
* What does the Talent Office at ESPN do
* She wanted to stay in the Talent Office, but a top executive called with a new role
* The apprehension with new roles, except for college football
* What’s her next goal for her career
* Does she still root for her alma mater Penn State
Related Podcasts: Colin Cowherd … Adrian Wojnarowski … Shams Charania … Mike Soltys … Chris LaPlaca … Mark Shapiro… Adam Schefter … Ramona Shelburne … Greg Hughes … Traug Keller… Howard Katz … Fred Gaudelli…Laura Rutledge … Pete Radovich, Jr. … Troy Benjamin … Phil Mushnick
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By placing Pat McAfee front and center for its football coverage, ESPN is tying itself to the popular and polarizing figure in a Super Bowl year. Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel go deep on what it means for the network, its other big personalities and its future.
It is a 36-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media” podcast.
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POD RUNDOWN …
* What is the biggest take-away from McAfee adding Monday Night Football Countdown, a potential a Monday Night alt-cast to go along with his daily show, College GameDay as part of his anticipated $60M-65M per year extension
* What to love about the ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, who passed away at 93 last week
* The young Fox Sports play-by-player on the rise
* Why Netflix’s low “Field of Dreams” ratings are bad news for MLB
* Is “Hard Knocks” on the Seahawks good or no …
* What is misunderstood about the ‘Stephen A. vs. McAfee: Who is bigger?’ conversation
* What McAfee is very good at
* ESPN is clearly saying it is OK with some of the poor choices that McAfee has made
* MNF Countdown is Scott Van Pelt’s show, but McAfee likes to lead
* Did ESPN have to put McAfee on MNF Countdown
* ESPN should be known for having the Super Bowl, not any distractions
* Jason Kelce is moving into the No. 2 ESPN NFL booth with Dave Pasch and Kurt Warner, what to think of this trio
* Karl Ravech gets his due as he says goodbye at ESPN
* ESPN is very good on the Little League World Series
* The real story in light of the Tom Pelissero Netflix/Ringer move
* Bill Simmons’ scours the ESPN waiver wire for a hat trick
* Being a human being, a reporter and the tragic Ed Oliver story
* Is Frank Isola a strong choice to succeed Tony Kornheiser on PTI with Michael Wilbon
* The ESPN, NBC, USA Network and the post-soccer World Cup bump
* Two years in, Meterparel vs. Ourand is the modern day Brady vs. Manning debate
* Cakes are Baking Game
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