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Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media Rundown 

WHAT’S UP

Andrew Marchand: Jason McCourty

Jon Meterparel: Joel Klatt 

WHAT’S DOWN

Marchand: Rob Manfred

Meterparel: Gus Johnson 

THE QUESTIONS

* What are the biggest takeaways of the college football weekend? It feels bigger than ever with GameDay and Big Noon and the new setups of ESPN’s SEC behemoth and the Big 10’s NFL model .

* What should we expect from Tom Brady? How has Brady prepared? The NFL restrictions? What are his two keys to success?

*  Andrew reported in The Athletic that ESPN’s top candidates to join Mike Breen and Doris Burke on its No. 1 NBA broadcast team are Grant Hill, Richard Jefferson, Tim Legler and Jay Bilas. What will happen? What should happen?

*  What should we make of the Disney/DirecTV fight that took ESPN/ABC off the air during the US Open and LSU-USC? Monday Night Football is the key date.

* The future of Sports Media presented by WSC Sports: What should MLB be cognizant of in a post-RSN dominated local rights world?

*  John Sterling may come back to call the Yankees playoff games in October. He retired in April and Rickie Ricardo, Justin Shackill and Emmanuel Berbari have been the replacements. Is it right for him to come back now for the postseason? Meterparel says no.

*  For The Athletic, Andrew reported the US Open media rights deal with ESPN is for 12 year and more than $2 billion deal, what should we make of it? ESPN has added to its rights’ moat. 

YOUR QUESTIONS

*  Is Amazon happy with its NFL booth? Herbie is not great on NFL and Al is nowhere near what he used to be. … George, @Giants26 on X

* What’s the long term future look like for the NFL Sunday Ticket, given the future media deals for the league? … @MattRamas on X

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