Topic 1:
The last comment thread had some interesting thoughts about what we might expect at The Ticket after things get back to normal.
Bearing in mind that most people, including me, believe either that we will never get back to the pre-CV "normal," or, at a minimum, that the lead time for returning to that state is likely measurable in years and not months.
I think a lot of businesses will be cutting back, either because (1) they have discovered, out of necessity, that they can operate at a lower expense level, or (2) economic conditions will not support either reemployment at the previous levels, or at the previous levels of compensation.
So I think those who are speculating on a different-looking Ticket (and radio generally) are probably correct.
Bear in mind that, as Surly pointed out in the last thread, the Tier 1 guys, at least at the host level, have contracts. Now one thing we do not know is whether those contracts have what are called "force majeure" clauses, which allow one or the other party to cease performing the contract if certain (usually specifically enumerated) "acts of God" take place, which may include public health crises. We just don't know.
Anyway, I wanted to acknowledge that we had an interesting topic going there, and I'd ask you to continue to toss in your thoughts on this subject.
Red 1 serving as break before Topic 2:
Topic 2:
Why don't local reporters break the biggest Cowboys stories? I don't expect the hosts, or even the Tickermen, to break local sports news, but why would Adam Shefter get a story like the Andy Dalton signing before one of our distinguished local sports reporters? Gets him for the big interview first? Don't lour local guys have some high-up inside sources?
Maybe they don't want to give anything to David Moore because of his Ticket affiliation? But there are other prominent local reporters, including TV sports guys, who are not so afflicted.
Do the Cowboys favor national reporters to curry favor with -- well, let's face it, ESPN is pretty much it on the national scene. That would explain it. But I do think it makes our local sports journalism fraternity look pretty lame.
Red 2 will wrap this one up for us:
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