BattleHawks wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 10:30 pmFOX Sports CEO Eric Shanks and IndyCar CEO Mark Miles both confirmed FOX's deal with IndyCar was made possible because the network was able to free up broadcasting windows on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
IOW the 'backseat' narrative that was briefly pushed by supposed convert Florio--and thankfully seems to have disappeared after two days of L00K AT ME I'M NEWS1--is in fact another seat-produced product.
It was announced a good month before this:
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootba ... ts-in-2025
So while I don't buy Florio's "conversion", apparently someone did let him know and in lieu of admitting he was wr.....wr.....wr.....(wide receiver?) he all the sudden sounds like he was doing the UFL Today podcast for the last four months--which I fully expect to go away like it never happened when guys don't make the first 53, don't say you weren't warned.
It was announced a good month before this:
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootba ... ts-in-2025
Nowhere was the announcement at the upfronts mentioned.The UFL is taking a back seat to auto racing.Via Mike Mitchell of SI.com, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks recently confirmed that UFL games will move to Friday nights in 2025. Fox needs the weekend broadcast windows for its new deal with IndyCar.
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Regardless, the UFL has done well in its first year — but not well enough to stay in a better weekend slot on Fox.
So while I don't buy Florio's "conversion", apparently someone did let him know and in lieu of admitting he was wr.....wr.....wr.....(wide receiver?) he all the sudden sounds like he was doing the UFL Today podcast for the last four months--which I fully expect to go away like it never happened when guys don't make the first 53, don't say you weren't warned.