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Playmakers got canned.
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:32 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/sto ... 1727165</a>
Playmakers got canned.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:25 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>That's what happens when you get stereotypical and overdramatic plot lines. It tends to piss off the people who actually work in that field.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:29 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Doesn't seem to stop the lawyer, cop and doctor shows.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:56 am
by Agent 57
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Major networks don't have to worry about losing a very lucrative portion of their business by pissing off lawyers, cops, and doctors - whereas ESPN absolutely can't afford to piss off the NFL.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:03 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>What are they gonna do? Stop playing? =8^)</div>
PostPosted:Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:08 am
by Agent 57
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>No, but Tags probably wouldn't have let ESPN keep showing them (and possibly, by extension, ABC). ESPN's not willing to risk losing Sunday/Monday/Thursday Night football.</div>