Monday Night Football?

[rmforney]

Well, with ABC (hopefully) on the verge of a turn around, has anyone heard an update on Disney/ABC’s contract negotiation with the NFL for Monday Night Football? Last I heard they deal, they said could go either way, and that they were trying to possible switch the Monday night game with the Sunday night ESPN game…


Just curious.

 

[Number_6]

So long as they get rid of Madden. I love his "Madden NFL" games, but can't stand him as a broadcaster.

 

[rmforney]

So long as they get rid of Madden. I love his "Madden NFL" games, but can't stand him as a broadcaster.

Yeah, me too, though I have to say the ESPN game was a far better game this year and hey, you can't beat $20 bucks...

But I digress. CBS and FOX both have new deals for the NFL through 2011, and I was hoping Disney will see through to doing the same…

:lookaroun

 

[Number_6]

Yeah, me too, though I have to say the ESPN game was a far better game this year and hey, you can't beat $20 bucks...

I wasn't that impressed with the ESPN game this year. I bought it before getting Madden, but after I got Madden, I had no desire to play the ESPN one anymore. Madden seemed to have smoother gameplay IMO.

 

[rmforney]

Well, here's a little update...

From the Wall Street Journal:

For Disney, Pressure
Is On to Make a Play
For NFL Contract

It may take Disney a while to figure that out. The company faces internal tumult regarding the search for a successor to Chairman Michael Eisner and a distraction in the trial over former company president Michael Ovitz's exit package. George Bodenheimer, president of ABC Sports and ESPN, says the networks won't be rushed into a deal. "Our timetable has not changed, and our intention remains the same: to renew both packages," he said in a statement yesterday.

http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110004883945569662,00.html?mod=yahoo_hs