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In the 44-minute Marchand & Ourand, The Monthly, reunion, Andrew Marchand & Puck’s John Ourand reunite to discuss how the NFL potentially may slice up another TV package, MLB’s strong hand in one area, Netflix’s audacity, Amazon’s lead and a bullish ESPN outlook. More details below.

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Rundown of topics:

* How the NFL could take more from Fox and CBS to create another package without adding an 18th game

* Ourand says the “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports” with Jay Marine event was great, but asks how it is off-the-record when there is a podcast

* The NFL seemingly front-loaded the schedule to start a strong ratings narrative … not that it needs it

* NFL has scarcity, but YouTube’s so so ratings might have been partly because fans may not want Friday opening week games

* Baseball’s big argument against football that MLB should scream

* MLB local ratings story is intriguing

* Red Sox president Sam Kennedy saying that Boston would be on-board with national digital package and explaining the “Big 6'“

* How Amazon’s League Pass with the NBA kind of works in the platform’s favor long-term

* Ourand doesn’t know how to reference days of the week even four years after he and Marchand started doing pods

* Why Ourand says a digital local world will be so much more fan friendly

* MLB’s attempt to entice Netflix

* We list all the platforms you need to watch the Yankees next year

* The Marchand Plan for MLB’s long-term packages

* Why live sports streaming is a bit of myth right now, but probably not long-term

* Does YouTube drive people to events

* Amazon is the leaders of the digital players

* All the ratings on streaming would be higher on broadcast

* Streaming makes it harder to bring in the casual fans

* MrBeast vs. the Manningcast

* Good guy Ourand trusts that the NFL was happy with YouTube numbers

* Ourand’s incredible USC/Notre Dame Netflix story

* What was Notre Dame’s AD Pete Bevacqua’s role in the rogue USC/Netflix plan

* YouTube and NBC/Peacock: Who won

* The analyst who is bullish on ESPN’s app

* Marchand & Ourand bloopers!

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