1. The college football season seems to be hanging in the balance, but I have a feeling the story about the future of the sport has a lot of twists and turns before we know the official outcome.
But for the sake of having to write something today, let’s go with the scenario that will cancel the entire season this week.
Here is the no. 1 question I would have: What does the NFL do in terms of plans on Saturdays?
Is there enough time for the NFL to adjust its 2020 schedule? Would the league try to own Saturdays by playing games at 1pm, 4pm and 8pm? Would they opt for regular games at 4pm and 8pm, or would the NFL just add a Saturday prime-time package at 8pm?
Then you have the question of which network would air the extra games. The league’s broadcast partners – CBS, NBC, Fox and ESPN – would have open spots for NFL games because they all have football games that do not happen. Plus, there’s always the NFL Network.
As with anything, this will come down to money. The league wants to compensate for the lost revenue by not paying customers in their stadiums. The networks need to fill in time and sell ads to cover the loss of losing football matches.
That money tells you that the NFL and its broadcast partners absolutely want to make an NFL day on Saturday. The biggest question will come after an agreement on logistics and timing.
And, of course, actually playing a season from start to finish.
But it’s hard to imagine the NFL not trying to capitalize on open Saturdays when the entire college football season is canceled.
2. TNT’s Ernie Johnson celebrated a birthday this weekend and his network shared this great flashback of the Within the NBA host.
3. Thanks to former Washington quarterback Mark Sanchez, we know the organization needs to update its official letterhead.
4. Former WWF star Kamala died Sunday. Every wrestling fan wants to watch the video of one of his matches below just to see his opponent.
5. The newest Podcast of illustrated sports has an interview with Journal for sports companies reporter John Ourand, who joined me to discuss the latest sports media news, including the future of NFL television and what packages might be on the way, the Rock that buys the XFL, the latest major rental of WWE, the state of podcasts, why the gambling explosion hasn happened and much more.
You can listen to the podcast below or download it on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play.
6. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: I discovered Gordon Ramsay’s TikTok account over the weekend. The chef just makes fun of people’s horrible attempts to make wild dishes, and it’s very amusing.
7. SPORTSVideo of the day: No college football would mean no GameDay, and that would hurt.
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