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"We'll come up with a nice mix, I think, of opportunities to present games that are free; some things we might put behind a subscription, others might be a mix of the two."
"It gets more clicks. It gets credited more. It gives your outlet more visibility"
"It was like my world was collapsing. I went to therapy. I cried. It was terrible."
"Netflix could say, 'Look, we're going to spend this crazy amount of money. We want the Super Bowl.'"
"When you're watching a game and all of a sudden, you're like 'Wait, what?', that's usually the broadcasters."
Kelce would enter NFL broadcasting at a moment when the industry is already incredibly loaded with recently retired stars, but his charisma and fame could vault him ahead of many of his contemporaries.
"From where I sit, I don't see a vision for the content."
"You can call me a prude. I swear all the time in my life. But when you're ESPN, you're Disney, is that necessary?"
"I understand that there is an interest. That just, to me, doesn't make me think I need to feed every aspect of said interest."
"I have no doubt that there are going to be multiple bidders that are trying to get MLB."
"If there was the right fit, if it was an ascending company or if they could provide something we don't have, (but) there's just a great freedom to call the shots."
"She and I have always have had a great relationship, and that continues to this day."
"I knew what the truth was, people at ESPN knew what the truth was."
"I think (the NFL is) going to be on broadcast for a long time. Because it just, first off, it makes everyone happy. Secondly, there's good business."
"I think they built what we see on ESPN with First Take and all those shows."
"Another way not to get stories like this out there, is don't get mad at a low-level assistant when you're shown swinging and missing against a softball player."
"ESPN didn't want this story out there at that point right before the Finals, I get that."
"NFL owners, they want to do this they've been trying to unload NFL Media for a while"
"When they make that deal, I think (David) Ellison and Co., they want to spend."
"I think you will see two places have the NFL Draft in the future."
"...This could be a very significant point for ESPN's growth when you're adding it all up and we're really in a full streaming world."
"More description! I need more from you! Let's go! More specific!"
"I just think younger people, they're just so used to their phones, they don't turn on TV, they don't turn on cable."
Being at Sports Illustrated — and the access that came with it — had its perks.
Is ESPN's approach to this NBA season coming back to bite it?
