The ESPN layoffs, however, have dampened the mood surrounding some of its programming for select talent. She made the comments while announcing her new basketball podcast, Beadle Royale, on Amazon’s Wondery network, which was divulged to the public earlier today. Rose was part of ESPN’s talent layoffs, and his position is expected to be replaced on the program – perhaps by Kendrick Perkins or J.J. NBA Countdown was again revamped prior to the 2021-22 season with Mike Greenberg as host and featuring analysts Stephen A.
“It’s unfortunate, and it’s why TNT dominates because they’re allowed to marinate for decades and the product gets better with year after year.”īeadle hosted the show from 2016 to 2019 before Maria Taylor and Rachel Nichols split the role and she was bought out by the network. “That position and that show has never been allowed to marinate and it’s sort of why you continue to see change,” Beadle said of NBA Countdown. The network reportedly is shaking up its lead NBA commentary booth going into next season, a move that left play-by-play announcer Mike Breen “ sad and stunned.”īeadle recently spoke with Andrew Cohen of Front Office Sports to describe how its NBA studio coverage compares to TNT, which features Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny “The Jet” Smith on the Emmy Award-winning studio program, Inside the NBA. Commissioner George Kliavkoff and conference leadership are under the microscope as member schools, media pundits and college football fans await a protracted decision.įormer NBA Countdown host Michelle Beadle has watched what ESPN has done from afar, especially during its layoffs of behind-the-scenes and on-air talent. The Pac-12 does not desire to add any more member schools until the completion of its media rights contract, a prime source of revenue for the conference. Somebody needs to shovel dirt on this league and end this charade.” “I don’t want to be the guy that keeps burying this league because I think I did it the other day, but I’m going to keep doing it. “Nobody is signing up on Apple to watch the Pac-12 because there’s nothing to watch once you lose Colorado, UCLA and USC,” Finebaum said. He simply said, “It’s over,” regarding if the Pac-12 chooses to agree to a heavy streaming component within its next contract. While appearing on ESPN’s morning program, Get Up, college football analyst and radio host Paul Finebaum expressed his sentiments on the situation. “That’s obviously a huge ‘but’ in a giant variance of how many people would sign up to watch Pac-12 football.” “That streaming deal was a bit underwhelming financially, especially to start, but, and it will be gauged by the Big 12’s $31.7 million deal kind of as the fiscal barometer, there’s a potential with subscriptions for the Pac-12 to eventually eclipse that throughout the deal,” reporter Pete Thamel said. Big 12 schools are set to receive $31.7 million each annually under its new six-year media rights contract with ESPN and FOX Sports worth a reported $2.3 billion, which begins in 2025. The University of Utah is also being considered as Arizona weighs a substantial choice, compelling it to hold a Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday to discuss its future. It could further compel Arizona State University to consider a move, although it is reportedly not doing so at this time. The University of Arizona is also mulling leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12 conference.
Yet the conference is quickly losing members, with three schools departing for other Power Five conferences next year.
Recent discussions are centering around a potential partnership with Apple TV+ as speculation and reports hint that a resolution could be reached soon. The Pac-12 is urgently looking to ink a new media rights deal to ensure it will have a broadcast home when its current contract with ESPN and FOX Sports expires prior to the 2024 regular season.
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