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On the 33-minute podcast, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand are reunited for their monthly Main Event. Here’s what you need to know.

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* Marchand and Ourand explain how the NFL could use its international expansion and its potential 18th game to create a Netflix package

* Marchand and Ourand predict where the UFC rights will land

* Marchand and Ourand tell what the ESPN, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and DirecTV moves mean

* Marchand and Ourand opine about what ESPN and these distributors need to focus on for success

* Marchand and Ourand say that ESPN will opt-out of its MLB deal in March, then what?

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* With Altice keeping MSG Networks off its air, depriving many New York area fans of the Knicks, Rangers, Devils and Islanders, Marchand and Ourand go into how the RSN conundrum is now hitting bigger markets and is unlikely to stop.

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