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Daniel Frankel

Top NFL Execs Reportedly Furious at Disney, Fox and WBD About 'Being Left in the Dark' About New Joint Streaming Venture

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Top NFL executives including Commissioner Roger Goodell and Chief Business Officer Brian Rolapp are reportedly furious about only finding out at the last minute about the new sports streaming joint venture being launched by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.

How mad are they? According to sports business news guru John Ourand, now with Puck, they had their lawyers look at the league's TV contracts with ESPN and Fox to see if there was any way they could stop the JV. (They haven't found any useful legal language yet that would let them do that.)

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