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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
Exactly what I was thinking. If they can get the National Spelling Bee on ABC, imagine the wonders it would do to have the FRC Championships on ESPN or the sort.
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I've been thinking about that for a while. ABC is actually more "open" then ESPN on Saturdays in March/Early April. The only issue is that both ABC and ESPN typically have first round NBA playoff games the Saturday of Championship. It doesn't make sense to have a set of regionals on ABC and the Championship on ESPNU!
Any TV would have to be at no cost to the networks, since all FIRST events are free to the public. The upside is that free "sports" rights usually sound good to a network.
Also, the National Spelling Bee doesn't air on ABC anymore. It moved to ESPN. (Like a lot of other higher profile events.
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