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Comment by foobaw | Hacker News Reader

Disastrous PR incoming. Did NBC not foresee this biting them back?

It must be a PR coup for those responsible, because you are blaming NBC, rather than the NFL.

Wha? We can blame both. But the NFL is in the business of that sport specifically. NBC has all sorts of ties to being a news network. And it's not just MSNBC, because they broadcast journalism under the "NBC" brand and they're basically denying science here.

NFL can deny science all they want, they are in the business of smashing heads together for entertainment. I think that should probably be their position -- this sport is dangerous and it might ruin you, sign this release form -- because football is going nowhere in America.

How are NBC not at least partly culpable in this?

Not that I believe this but the article says "McCarthy says the NFL did not ask NBC to remove Costas from the Super Bowl."

Eh, nothing will happen. It's also hilarious to see ESPN doing the shit-flinging here because they did the exact same thing to Bill Simmons in 2015. He called out the NFL's gross mishandling of the Ray Rice debacle, and a couple months later, ESPN announced they weren't renewing Simmon's contract. Nothing really happened to ESPN then, nothing will happen to NBC now.

I doubt it will do anything PR wise. Costas already did his morality lectures during football games, so I wouldn't worry much about fans actually caring. Heck, a lot of fans will be relieved they kept him out of the booth so they didn't get some lecture during the game.

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