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In the 38-minute pod, Andrew Marchand and John Ourand reunite to talk NFL, ESPN, Netflix, CBS, MLB, UFC, Google YouTube and Amazon. Here’s what you need to know.

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* The ESPN and NFL talks are heating up.

* Why the Red Zone and live games especially work for ESPN DTC

* The groundwork has already been established between the NFL and ESPN

* The next three or four months will decide if an ESPN and NFL deal happens

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* It was convenient for the head of Netflix chief of content, Bela Bajaria, on Matt Belloni’s podcast, to say she was interested in an afternoon NFL package when the NFL could soon have the contractual right to open up its deal with CBS. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not

* Skydance and the NFL are getting along very well

* The NFL could totally switch up how it presents its games

* Is streaming sports the future? Yes. Is it proven? No

* Why the MLB-ESPN showdown is so hard to predict

* ESPN and MLB look at ESPN's $550 million annual fee totally differently

* The problem with national MLB regular season games

* Could Netflix be interested in MLB

* Ourand is big on Google YouTube TV getting more involved in sports

* Ourand thinks the Yankees could be in on the full MLB streaming idea

* The business that Marchand thinks the Yankees could do very well in

* Grant Hill could end up at NBC or ESPN

* Why TV ratings are going up in sports

* UFC rights are up, who is a wild card candidate

* Ourand, formerly a man of the people, talks about the Fashion Show he attended during Super Bowl week

* Ourand shows off about going to Rao's

* Marchand & Ourand were both in New Orleans at the Super Bowl, but didn’t see each other

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