Deputy….WOW. I had no ideaall ofthat was going on.

QA, sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying politics (national ones not football) was a driver in these conference moves. I’m completely with you on ESPN. IMO they’ve done more harm for real sports journalism than anybody. Lots of layoffs in the sports media business lately. I subscribe to The Athletic and they were a great place for good sports writing until they got bought by the NYT. First thingthey didwas lay off a bunch of beat writers; the core of any decent sportsmedia company. I haven’t decided if I’m going to re-up. If the Cards were doing better this year I’d prolly do it.

BKb