Marchand Sports Media

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In the 41-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel grade the announcers from Ian Eagle to Charles Barkley to Nate Burleson and all the teams. Plus, what is hanging over all the networks, who is a big name to watch for NFL studio, Netflix gets Barry Bonds, Laura Rutledge says goodbye to SEC Nation and Zlatan says hello to Fox.
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THE RUNDOWN …
* Why the NCAA Tournament is the hardest and best assignment
* Grading all 8 CBS & TNT Sports announce teams on Clicker Rating System
* The No. 1 team was …
* The lowest score went to …
* Candace Parker was on Friday, but not Sunday, why?
* Why put together three-person teams on short notice
* Jason Benetti filling in for Brian Anderson and reaction
* Who will analyze a Final Four one day who is not right now
* Who is a “poor man’s Ian Eagle”
* Why one analyst could be a little more positive
* The team that Marchand & Meterparel were divided on
* Which duo could be a riser
* Nate Burleson or Adam Zucker, who ya got
* Which sideline reporter asked good, concise questions
* How the NFL opt-out negotiations hangs over everything
* Emerging big name NFL TV free agent to watch
* Mike Tomlin’s status
* Is Barry Bonds an inspiring choice for Netflix
* Zlatan to Fox and who else it thought about for the World Cup
* Laura Rutledge’s move to leave SEC Nation
* The fallout from the Rutledge move
* The WBC’s big numbers, which we went deep on last week
* What’s Up & What’s down (at the beginning)
* What’s Up: Howie Rose & Steve Lappas
* What’s Down: Tom Brady & Charles Barkley
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* On Deck: Traug Keller is The Main Event

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One of the biggest characters in all of college basketball is CBS’ Jon Rothstein. On the 42-minute podcast, Rothstein explains his passion for college hoops, his willingness to miss family and friends’ weddings for basketball, the amount of games he watches, where all his sayings come from and how he climbed the ladder of NCAA media.
Rothstein is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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THE RUNDOWN …
* The incredible amount of college hoops Rothstein watches
* How does wife and child deal with his obsession
* How did his passion for college hoops begin
* The greatness of Christian Laettner’s college hoops career
* The surreal story of being on TV for the first time
* Trying to sell his own advertising for his show and being told to take a hike
* His pride of never having any help from family or connections to break in
* The big decision to turn down a full-time ESPN LA radio show
* While others friends were going on vacation, Rothstein saved up his money to go around the country to visit coaches and college teams
* He finished Ithaca College in three years
* Why he always wore a suit
* His connection building through hand-written notes
* He grew up reading Ian O’Connor and Frank Isola and learned …
* Jim Calhoun, Jay Wright & John Calipari were very accessible for Rothstein early
* World events happened and Rothstein has a tweet about some random college hoops matchup, what is that about
* What is up with all of Rothstein’s sayings …
* Why he has such a good memory for college hoops
* His politics and college basketball bubble saying …
* Who has the best pizza …
* Would he miss his brother’s wedding if it were on Final Four Saturday
* What he told his then girlfriend, now wife, about hoops …
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* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel

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In the 32-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel say why and potentially how MLB could grow the WBC as a TV event.
The duo decides if the recent Netflix, NBC and MLB Networks hires were strong, what to think of Thanksgiving Eve NFL, a potential March Madness “What’s Up,” a comparison of Pat McAfee’s free agency frenzy numbers, a Double Eagle and more.
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THE RUNDOWN …
* In the WBC, MLB has a spectacle that it can sell for more TV money
* Do you want more money or not?
* What do we make of Matt Vasgersian being hired by everyone
* Barry Bonds not agreeing to work for Netflix, a win or a loss?
* Netflix looked into hiring …
* The Brendan Burke, Noah Eagle examples and should MLB broadcasters take a shot at younger broadcasters?
* Does Netflix need to hire a versatile full-time play-by-player?
* Bob Costas picking a convenient time to say local announcers should do national MLB playoff games
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* Is the NFL Thanksgiving Eve game idea a good one or gluttonous
* Pat McAfee’s NFL TV free agent frenzy dissected
* On TV, ESPN’s NFL special and NFL Live outrated McAfee’s free agent shows … McAfee’s show is also on YouTube
* The college hoop team to watch on the NCAA TV coverage that could be a what’s up
* How Grant Hill has improved with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery
* Grant Hill used to have Rudy Martzke review his games
* The Double Eagle for the SGA Wilt Chamberlain record
* The great families of sportscasting …
* Eddy Cue’s ridiculous comments
* The emotional Chris Carrino story that Marchand wrote in The Athletic
* Consider Marty Glickman’s mantra
* Honoring a legend of statistics
* What’s Up, What’s Down (at the start)
* Eric Hosmer going to MLB TV is a good deal
* NBC’s Smylie Kaufman is on the rise
* The Dread Glitch Award goes to Prime Video’s mic issue on NBA
* NBA media jumping on Bam Adebayo’s accomplishment
* On Deck: Jon Rothstein is The Main Event
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In the 33-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Puck’s John Ourand go deep into if there is a breaking point for networks with the NFL looking to strike new, even more expensive deals for this upcoming season, despite the fact the league’s opt-outs are not until the end of the decade.
Why Paramount will go first, the potential billions in play, the extra bidders involved, the FCC angle, the network budget factor, does the NFL ask for double, the setting the market angle, Sunday Night as the pressure point, YouTube lurking, Amazon maybe wanting more, NFL creating leverage, the minimum networks could spend, how it impacts other leagues’ deals, examining the MLB local streaming dreams, NHL’s position and the biggest story from CBS-TNT Sports confab.
It’s The Monthly, Marchand & Ourand.
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In the 32-minute sports media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel discuss the NFL, YouTube and what distribution dominance means.
The duo goes into if college football pooling its TV rights together could work, the standout out college basketball regular season TV story, the upgrade of an ESPN booth, NBC’s old and new moves and Gorilla Monsoon.
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The RUNDOWN …
* What YouTube’s desire to be an even bigger part of the NFL distribution strategy means
* Why winning distribution historically leads to domination in media
* Nets’ radio play-by-player Chris Carrino going into the Hall of Fame is well deserved
* Breaking news: Meterparel’s take on John Smoltz, Fox & the WBC
* The NFL wanting deals before next season is bad news for networks
* TMZ’s story on Momma Kelce was ridiculous
* Why YouTube’s strategy feels unbeatable
* YouTube TV is on pace to be the No. 1 cable-like distributor
* Can college sports bundle all of its rights for TV
* TNT Sports’ Jamal Mashburn has been the standout newcomer on regular season college
* Evaluating the Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler team
* The NBC Bob Costas led throwback game
* The potential of the WBC as a TV event
* Tyler Kepner’s strong column
* Judging Jason Benetti’s move from Fox to NBC
* NBC going with local announcers
* The pod controversy of using the word “misnomer” wrong
* Papa Clicker Review of the Gorilla Monsoon book by Brian R. Solomon
* Meterparel’s Larry Bird book recommendation for Papa Clicker