1srelluc
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NFL RedZone has long been a football fan's dream: from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. every Sunday, the live broadcast provides a look in during the most pivotal moments of every game. You experience every touchdown, field goal, fumble, interception, sack and big play in real time.
And viewers have grown accustomed to hearing host Scott Hanson start the broadcast with these words: "Seven hours of commercial-free football starts now!"
Until this year.
Hanson confirmed that the broadcast will feature commercials for the first time.
"The business folks handle the business and I have no say over different elements that could or could not be in the show,” Hanson said on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show."
“When you see me come on the air, we’re gonna hit the Octobox, we’ve got eight games in the early window, taking you around to all the different cities. And then when we get into it ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s been more than 250 days since the first full NFL Sunday, but we are back! And seven hours of RedZone football starts now.’”
Last month, ESPN acquired the NFL Network and other NFL media assets, including the rights to NFL RedZone. In return, the league acquired a 10% equity stake in the company.
Is there anything that ESPN/Disney won't mess up?
IMHO Red Zone is what saved Sunday football. No woke, just play where you want to see it.
