March Madness Moving to ESPN

[king_kong_]

end of an era for CBS/TNT/TBS/TruTV

hopefully Clark Kellogg + the Inside the NBA crew are part of the deal

 

[ckriley]

Do not like. I hate how ESPN is dominating college athletics. March Madness on CBS was a staple of my childhood. I guess no other network wants to pay that kind of money.

 

[BTF69]

Uh oh...really bad for the "I don't even watch ESPN" posters

 

[Charlie Marlow]

They are gonna put all the games on espn+ and espnU in order to get more subscribers

 

[Hford]

"March Madness" being the women's tournament in this case. CBS/Turner still has the men's tournament through 2032.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

"March Madness" being the women's tournament in this case. CBS/Turner still has the men's tournament through 2032.

Ahhh 😅

 

[king_kong_]

"March Madness" being the women's tournament in this case. CBS/Turner still has the men's tournament through 2032.

author of that tweet better lawyer up

 

[Cornicator]

end of an era for CBS/TNT/TBS/TruTV

hopefully Clark Kellogg + the Inside the NBA crew are part of the deal

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Holy shit. How the hell did CBS screw this up? ESPN is leveraging this deal to bump up ESPN+ subscriptions. I guarantee there will be Round 1 and 2 games only available on ESPN+.

 

[king_kong_]

Holy shit. How the hell did CBS screw this up? ESPN is leveraging this deal to bump up ESPN+ subscriptions. I guarantee there will be Round 1 and 2 games only available on ESPN+.

after further investigation (a post by @Hford), it's been revealed that they did not screw this up

at least not yet

 

[Hugo_Stiglitz7]

after further investigation (a post by @Hford), it's been revealed that they did not screw this up

at least not yet

March Madness without Bill Raftery would never be the same. Couldn't stomach Bill Walton doing a tournament game (or regular season game, for that matter).

 

[king_kong_]

March Madness without Bill Raftery would never be the same. Couldn't stomach Bill Walton doing a tournament game (or regular season game, for that matter).

I am seriously hoping B1G network and/or FS1 is bringing Bill Walton to cover west coast conference games starting next season

 

[Dean Pope]

Do not like. I hate how ESPN is dominating college athletics. March Madness on CBS was a staple of my childhood. I guess no other network wants to pay that kind of money.

Agreed. I love variety and competition when it comes to sports viewing and pretty much anything else. Heck, I still miss college hoops on NBC with Al McGuire and Billy Packer.

 

[Danimal4NU]

Yeah I hate ESPN. Hopefully they never get their mitts on the mens tournament.

 

[mel mains]

Dear gawd can you imagine having to listen to Dick Vitale call a national championship? Shrieking about diaper dandies, dropping friends’ names, and ignoring the game itself. Dodged that bullet for decades.

 

[Redblood23]

Ugh

 

[cubsker]

Espn would then pick the bracket, just like they do with football

 

[libbity bibbity]

March Madness without Bill Raftery would never be the same. Couldn't stomach Bill Walton doing a tournament game (or regular season game, for that matter).

It would be like the Masters without Jim Nance.

 

[drubendall]

Uh oh...really bad for the "I don't even watch ESPN" posters

I don’t watch hero ball so the jokes on them

 

[EmormousDouchebag]

"March Madness" being the women's tournament in this case. CBS/Turner still has the men's tournament through 2032.

And here I was set to be all outraged.

 

[huskerfan1414]

about gave me a heart attack