by: Brian Jones 5 hours ago brianjones_93
The media deal between the NFL and ESPN has been finalized, and President Donald Trump did not make any noise about it. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk recently spoke to Front Office Sports and explained why Donald Trump allowed the deal to go through.
“You never know what is going to set him off,” Florio said. “For as easy as it is to end up being on the wrong end of a three in the morning, all caps, thank you for your attention to this message matter on social media, there are ways to cozy up to him.
“He wants that stadium (in Washington D.C.) to be named after him. Maybe he’s thinking. ‘I play my cards right here, they do give me the name of that stadium.’ I’d be stunned if that happens, but I think that they found a balance that, maybe awkward, but at least it was enough to get the NFL and ESPN to get to where they wanted to go.”
Government regulators approved the transaction that will allow ESPN to acquire the NFL Network, NFL Fantasy, and the rights to distribute the RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators. In exchange for that, the NFL will acquire a 10 percent equity stake in ESPN.