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Tim Noonan

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Why you can trust SCMP
Tim Noonan

You don't have to be a biblical scholar to know that even the big guy took Sunday off.

Some of us heathens have to work though, including this one, and what I would like to work on today is indulgence of the hypothetical, in particular, how it applies to another far more high profile group who also work on Sunday, American football players.

Now, what if you were posted overseas to a place like Hong Kong and what if your passion, like so many in the US and a surprisingly large number internationally, was watching America's National Football League? How would you go about indulging that passion in a distant locale like this?

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Fortunately, ESPN International has come to your aid in the past and broadcast a regular fare of NFL games. But what would happen if the folks who run ESPN and the ones who run the NFL could not agree on terms and ended their working relationship?

Well, again I am speculating here, but I think you would pretty darn angry, particularly if you paid money to subscribe to ESPN because you assumed that you would be able to watch the NFL on it.

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Maybe you're thinking, what kind of low down jive is this? Yes, I am speculating that you're not happy and at this point speculation is all we have. Nothing but the rancid state of the air we breathe in Hong Kong is official right now.

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