ESPN and the NFL, sitting in a tree

When the heck did ESPN start doing a two-hour special on the freaking release of the NFL schedule? Why would the network proclaim it a "new holiday," as the commercial I saw just did?
Is ESPN having an affair with the NFL?

 

What, in fact, does the E in ESPN stand for?

Entertainment. There you go.

 

I'm bored, but not so bored that I'd be entertained by two hours of looking at the NFL schedule.

 

Two hours on the release of the NFL schedule is supposed to be entertaining?

 

That was more in reference to the ads promoting a "new holiday."

It just occured to me that, as a result of this being made a primetime TV show, the AP won't be releasing the sked until this evening. Typically, that's something you;d have in hand in the middle of the afternoon. From a desk standpoint, it sucks.

 

I need two hours. I've been going through withdrawals since the Super Bowl ended.

 

I'm more interested in my work schedule than the NFL schedule.

 

It's been a long-term, mutually rewarding, financial windfall of an affair that will not end any time soon.

 

ESPN is up the NBA's ass, so I guess you could say the NFL is an affair. Come on, guys... two hours for a release of the frickin' schedule? It's April.

Now the way it looks across most of the upper Midwest, you'd think it were January.

 

Are you serious? What a joke? I hadn't heard about this.

Sounds like more penance for "Playmakers."

 

ESPN is a Fool!

The NFL gave NBC the better games. LOL.

Besides, I don't believe anything from ESPN, they have ONE SIDED views whereas the NFLNetwork tries to give two sides to developing stories.

 

I won't go into the two-hour show aspect, but ESPN Senior VP/Executive Editor John Walsh has always placed emphasis on the NFL sked release.