This is an open letter to Disney (ABC and ESPN), Paramount (CBS) and NBC: It’s time to stop kowtowing to the pressure from the Trump administration to suppress free speech and truthful reporting. No more deals. No more taking shows off the air. Play the “Trump card” (pun intended) that you have: NFL and college football. If the Federal Communications Commission threatens to pull your licenses, call their bluff. That would mean no Monday Night Football; no Sunday Night Football; no college football on ESPN.
There are 32 very rich (and mostly Republican) NFL owners and thousands of college boosters who will be incensed if the NFL and college football is only available on Fox Sports. And if President Donald Trump thinks his base likes him more than football, let him find out the truth!
Larry Sollisch,
Cleveland Heights
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