If you are not at all up to date on this situation, I will let Nancy Mace of all people take it from here

I would like to iterate that this could have been a local buy through my cable provider. I was giving context of where I was seeing this ad. I do not, and can not trace how this ad appeared but wanted to just inform that it has indeed hit the airwaves

Just aired now on ESPN

This has very much played out like the Russian submarine in Hunt for the Red October that is destroyed by its torpedo. Except it’s somehow so much worse than that.

We've been circling this for a bit and have failed to really advance this story like we would have liked. The Ringer is getting stuck, similar to what happened to Vox. Want to go full speed ahead into podcasts but are clearly indecisive on the website/written content front.

I think there is an issue in sports media PR that nobody is really talking about. Sports media professionals promote good things like ratings, announce new initiatives, and try to combat/soften negative coverage when and where they can, as that coverage is detrimental to the brand and personalities involved. In today's more fragmented media climate, I think many sports media PR orgs struggle to identify, or dismiss, major sources of consistent negative PR that inflict serious brand damage, often fueled by incorrect information and sensationalized narratives. I think PR orgs may see a meme account, a TikTok or youtube personality, or what I am a bit more focused in on....websites that may seem new and unknown, and thus are written off with "does anyone read this site?". They don't have a relationship with these voices and outlets, some of which are overseas. So it's convenient to dismiss them as something nobody pays attention to. Whether it's video content creators or a website with an unfamiliar brand, all of these voices have underlying public metrics on just how wide their audience is, and often considerably larger than outlets and individuals who PR orgs do invest a lot of time into. AA is a punchy brand, and we certainly get a lot of back-and-forth with all of the PR orgs. It's mostly very fair and I appreciate it. I get how PR folks can be quite annoyed with us! That said, there are a lot of places and people that are really racking up views who have no code whatsoever on how they cover sports media. The damage on this front is significant, and I am not so sure any of the major PR shops are actively monitoring a lot of this, nor have much a plan on how to initiate any constructive dialogue. TLDR, if you're off the radar a bit...you can get away with a lot and really taint narratives and brands, often unfairly at times.

I feel like any article announcing any type of new contract should end with “that is if AI doesn’t kill us all before then”

A rival to Skip Bayless covering Tim Tebow has emerged with Byers covering Weiss.

This past Saturday was special, just as so many Saturdays are. And we're throwing it all away to expand the playoff to 24 games. Congrats, Tony Petitti, you’ve paved paradise and put up a parking lot. awfulannouncing.com/college-…

I would kill for Ohio State to have the majority of it's games primetime on NBC. That said, I still think NBC and CBS are surprised at how the B10 TV contract has played out.

Tirico was surprised that Collinsworth brought up their dinner conversation about this. Makes you curious what the context was for them discussing Rodgers as an announcer. Very plausible they were thinking he is in play for Amazon, CBS, or ESPN next year.

Holy shit