Re: 2007 USPC NOT on ESPN
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I can understand why ESPN isn't giving this the sort of coverage it got the past 3 years, but I'm surprised they aren't even going to film the final table since like they did prior to 2004.
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There is no reason for ESPN to pay "rights fees" to buy any more TV poker products besides the WSOP when 1) the online poker "schools" are now willing to put their branded shows on ESPN as "time buys", and 2) 32 hours of original programming from the WSOP are more than enough for ESPN to run over and over again to make money via online poker advertising.
(PokerStars.net has resumed airing TV advertising in the U.S., with Daniel Negreanu being the pitch man.)
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