On 9 Feb 2007 12:03:16 -0800, i_tell_it_like_it_is_7@yahoo.com wrote:

>Sure, I'll watch the races, but I sure won't 'visit' any of the
>products sponsored on the telecasts. That's just like ESPN...take
>control of something so they can go and ruin it. Wanting (I think I
>recall) 3 times ($30M/year vs current $10M/year) for Nextel to
>continue. Nextel said they could not afford to do that, and I am sure
>their customers are happy about that.
>
>The local cable company was at one time thinking about coming out with
>a'la carte selling of cable channels. the ESPN channels were
>assigned a value twice that of the nearest channels. Just so you can
>watch recycled poker on pro football sundays. And, my favorite
>offering of theirs...the national spelling bee. Shat!
>
>Those cheap bastards in Connecticut wouldn't even pony up enough
>money for the NHL so the contract went to OLN/Versus instead.

I wonder what he was talking about.