NBC Targets NBA Rights in $2.5 Billion Bid, Affects Turner Sports

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00:02 - Yeah, let's take a look at those other entities here.

00:05 NBC preparing a bid for NBA rights worth

00:07 two and a half billion dollars annually

00:10 in an attempt to squeeze out Turner Sports.

00:13 What are we looking at for the next wave of talent

00:16 that's gonna be shown on different networks here, Rick?

00:18 - Well, the interesting thing about that is,

00:20 I don't know if you guys remember, I do,

00:22 but I'm dating myself again.

00:23 You remember the old Inside the NFL

00:25 with my friend Nick Bonacani and Lennon Dawson

00:29 and all of those folks.

00:31 And there was a time when those guys transcended that brand.

00:36 Then it became the brand and then it moved around

00:38 and the hosts were interchangeable.

00:40 I think it's the same kind of thing this time,

00:42 except the difference is, you know,

00:44 how do you watch an Inside the NBA in a new entity

00:48 if they go somewhere else without Ernie Johnson

00:50 and certainly without Barkley and without Jack?

00:54 That becomes the show.

00:56 Now, I think they have in their respective contracts

00:59 that they can move around depending on the rights.

01:01 I would assume that's true.

01:03 That's what the top agencies do

01:05 relative to these superstar talents.

01:08 So who knows what's gonna happen with the ongoing talent?

01:11 I think if NBC does this,

01:14 I think it's a great opportunity for them

01:16 to cultivate and develop some fresh faces

01:19 in addition to moving some old reliables in.

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