Ya know…when my kids used to ask me questions about how the world worked, my stock answer was “money”.
Now maybe that seems cynical, but goodness knows it rings true.
Why weren’t the Cubs able to repeat the magic of 2016?
Why did the NFL Sunday Ticket move to YouTube? Why will more Big Ten content be on Peacock?
Why are there more reality-based shows on TV vs scripted dramas?
Perhaps Ponder was a financial liability because of her men-in-women’s-sports takes as well as other reasons?
At this point, who are you going to get mad at? A giant media conglomerate for protecting their larger investment? Those of us who think the “men-in-women’s-sports” is complicated and has nuance?
Sometimes it pays to take off the tin foil hat and just accept the reality. Money talks. Bullshit walks.