Thank yew!CygnusX1 wrote:Dude! Enjoy this never-ending cup of WIN.
You're right though - this place has been even more of a ghost town lately - not sure what's going on.
I do stick my head in here every day and see if there's anything new.
Your worst nightmare-A NASCAR thread!
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NBC Acquires NASCAR Rights, ESPN/TNT Out:
ESPN and Turner Sports will be out of the NASCAR business after next season, ending associations with the sport that go back three decades. NASCAR plans to announce this afternoon a new rights deal with NBC for the second half of the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series seasons -- a package that previously had been held by ESPN. Beginning in 2015, NBC will share NASCAR coverage with Fox, which signed an extension with NASCAR last year. Financial terms of NBC's deal were not available, but sources familiar with it said it was as much as a 50% increase from what ESPN paid for the Sprint Cup series and half of the Nationwide Series. Turner's package of six Sprint Cup races, as well as the first half of the Nationwide Series, remain available, according to sources. Fox is considered a likely bidder for both those packages. Turner and ESPN, which are in the seventh year of eight-year agreements valued at $2.74B overall, had an exclusive negotiating window with NASCAR that ended July 14. When they did not finalize extensions, NASCAR turned to NBC. ESPN and Turner both were interested in keeping the rights, but were not willing to pay as much as NBC was offering, sources said. (full story at the Sports Business Daily)
ESPN and Turner Sports will be out of the NASCAR business after next season, ending associations with the sport that go back three decades. NASCAR plans to announce this afternoon a new rights deal with NBC for the second half of the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series seasons -- a package that previously had been held by ESPN. Beginning in 2015, NBC will share NASCAR coverage with Fox, which signed an extension with NASCAR last year. Financial terms of NBC's deal were not available, but sources familiar with it said it was as much as a 50% increase from what ESPN paid for the Sprint Cup series and half of the Nationwide Series. Turner's package of six Sprint Cup races, as well as the first half of the Nationwide Series, remain available, according to sources. Fox is considered a likely bidder for both those packages. Turner and ESPN, which are in the seventh year of eight-year agreements valued at $2.74B overall, had an exclusive negotiating window with NASCAR that ended July 14. When they did not finalize extensions, NASCAR turned to NBC. ESPN and Turner both were interested in keeping the rights, but were not willing to pay as much as NBC was offering, sources said. (full story at the Sports Business Daily)
I'm done with Jimmie stinkin' the place up every weekend...and Cup
drivers in NNS making the points tougher to get for the NNS drivers...
Who wants to see KyBu winning Nationwide races every weekend?
It's like watching the Patriots play a high school football team.
Waiting to see if BK gets fined for his comment about JJ yesterday...
drivers in NNS making the points tougher to get for the NNS drivers...
Who wants to see KyBu winning Nationwide races every weekend?
It's like watching the Patriots play a high school football team.
Waiting to see if BK gets fined for his comment about JJ yesterday...
Don't start none...won't be none.
Looks like we should change Tony Stewart's nickname to Crash:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... ized-wreck
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... ized-wreck