- 5: # of television networks airing games (ESPN, NFL Network, CBS, FOX, NBC).
- 4: # of major corporations with rights to the league (Disney, Viacom, News Corp. and General Electric).
- 1.1: billions of dollars paid by Disney to air Monday Night Football on ESPN.
- 9: of the top ten highest rated cable broadcasts of all time are Monday Night Football games.
- 17.8: the rating for the Dallas Cowboys/New York Giants game on December 3, the highest rated regular season NFL game of the decade.
- 3.7: billions of dollars in NFL rights fees; the number is “‘more than the total national TV money now being spent annually’ on the NBA, MLB, NASCAR, PGA Tour, NCAA tournament basketball and the Athens Olympics combined”.
- 2.5: millions of dollars to air a 30-second ad during the Superbowl.
- 90.7: millions of viewers for Superbowl XL, the largest number of viewers for Superbowl since 1996.
- 103,000: people attended an NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals in Mexico City.
- 3: NFL teams worth more than 1 billion dollars, according to Forbes magazine in 2005 (Washington, Cowboys, Patriots).
Linda Cohn talks her ESPN exit and future plans on the SMW Podcast
"SportsCenter" anchor Linda Cohn talks her ESPN exit, future plans and more on the SMW Podcast.
