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Old 10-17-2006, 12:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The parent company of abc and espn have banned anything having to do with UFC from their networks. Ufc had ads for tito vs shamrock 3 but will never carry adds or footage for the UFC again. Story can be found here

http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=27323
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Old 10-17-2006, 12:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That's what I was talking about on here yesterday. I got the email from Spike TV rep. about that, didn't really understand what it meant.
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i heard ESPN is going to pick up PRIDE since the contender failed. they want a legit combat show
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That's what I was talking about on here yesterday. I got the email from Spike TV rep. about that, didn't really understand what it meant.
So that's true then?
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i heard ESPN is going to pick up PRIDE since the contender failed. they want a legit combat show
Yeah that makes sense. Disney wouldnt refuse money unless it was gonna cost them more money.
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Doesn't FOX have PRIDE? I think that MMA doesn't fit in with the Disney image so they wont endorse it on ESPN or CBS.

Pretty friggin dumb if you ask me!
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disney's basically ze gestapo as far as i'm concerned
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They wanna make sure none of their stars like mickey and co. join mma. I personally think mickey might take chuck.
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The parent company of abc and espn have banned anything having to do with UFC from their networks. Ufc had ads for tito vs shamrock 3 but will never carry adds or footage for the UFC again. Story can be found here

http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=27323
i think you're misinterpreting the article somewhat. ESPN has a ban against any advertising for sports that are no shown on ESPN (or their affiliated channels).

They can still have UFC fighters on shows or talk about UFC events, etc. They just won't allow any UFC commercials or commercials for any other sports not shown for that matter.
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They're just following their own rules.

ESPN sent out the following memo to their affiliates today:

Effective immediately, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ads are no longer accepted on the Disney & ESPN family of networks. UFC ads are a direct violation of our Affiliate agreements "Affiliate shall not insert into the ESPN network advertisements or promotions of any sports program." Please contact your programming colleagues for complete advertising restrictions. ESPN is not accepting these ads on a national level, and the same restrictions apply for our local Affiliates. Thank you for your cooperation and immediate attention to this matter.
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