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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