Notice Disney is reportedly laying the groundwork for its standalone ESPN streaming service

Still the iconic NBA song to me.

Mid 30’s

 

Hey Man! I feel cheated now. We never got the cool guitar solo part. It definitely is a fantastic intro song. Kind of silly it's not still used for the NBA. I went on Wiki and saw John Tesh sold the use of it to Fox Sports College Basketball.

 

Yeah, never should have changed it. It's fantastic.

 

Then ABC took over in 2002, so that was 21 years ago. Yeah I guess most people in their 30's remember NBA on NBC - probably very few if any 20 year olds do though

615 million 1998-2002 for NBC/Turner deal per season
765 million 2002-2008 for ABC/ESPN/Turn
930 million 2008-2016
2,700 million 2016-2025

Supposedly its going way up on the next TV contract. I'm a little surprised, as it already nearly tripled in 2016, and all these regional sports networks are going bankrupt, as well as so many streaming options and people cutting the cord.

Also think of it as half the money goes to the players and 30 teams during those 4 time periods;
10.3
12.8
15.5
45.0 million per team for players share

 

But I thought before these playoffs a bunch on here said the league is in shambles and a giant mess with no fans watching. Hmm

 

Hopefully the Blazers see this trend by now.