The Hog Sty

People are watching live sports again. Across all sports ratings and interest is up in comparison to the Covid era and in some cases beating pre-pandemic numbers. We look at Men's College Basketball numbers for the first half of March Madness and a strong performance by the World Baseball Championship as the latest pieces of evidence. Is Roger Goodell's extension on ice? Is it linked to navigating the sale of the team that plays in Washington? Ahead of the NFL Owners Meetings we look at the Mark Maske report that the extension was further off than previously reported. We close looking at the dire warnings the leadership at Noter Dame University gave about the future of the NCAA if new regulations around NIL aren't adopted, and fast.

We talk ownership updates, and what does a new owner need to do to make this team successful? After that we take a look at the draft, who will be available for Washinton at TE and RB?

Washington gets underway in re-designing their roster with some surprise moves.

For some reason the WWE think it will be a good idea to allow people to bet on their "sport", Steve and super sub-Alex see so many reasons that this is a bad idea. A mini-Dan Snyder update, as small as Dan himself. We go over ESPN's idea to save ESPN, it may actually be a good idea.

How about a little combine talk to cleanse your pallet?

This show went long and I’m not sorry. We cover the crazy week of Dan news, free agency moves and break down the teams options at QB.

Well, we thought we were being current Saturday with the latest details about Snyder, Bezos, the sale, but alas even more news broke since we recorded. Regardless, we still look at the big issues swirling around the Commanders sale. Snyder's pettiness and paranoia has definitely entered the conversation. Next up we continue to look at the fallout and new reality of college athletics in the era of the NIL. Here we look at Michigan University's extensive plan to drive money to recruits. Lastly we look at some recent set-backs for LIV Golf in their legal fights with the PGA.

The biggest news of the week, Washington hired Eric Bieniemy as their OC and what it means for the team. A few position coaches are also moving on and being replaced. We look at the WR’s in this coming draft and free agent corners.

We recap the Super Bowl, talk about the fee agent class on D-Line with our writer Noonefromtampa. Talk Bieniemy and Roman as possible OC’s.

Today we look at the continued cash cow that is the NFL during its annual bacchanal. Will they ever take to many sacrificial bites? Next we look at the daisy chain effect of the implosion of Regional Sports Networks serving MLB franchises. Will Baseball step in? Is more centralized control next? These same issues are play in NBA but they are looking at a golden opportunity to test their broadcast rights on the open market. We finish looking at Disney’s struggles making beachhead in the streaming wars.