February 11, 2019

Bob Costas leaves NBC after questioning NFL practices

Variety - Bob Costas has long been an outspoken critic about the dangers playing football can pose to the athletes who take to the gridiron, and some of that chatter resulted in NBC Sports’ decision to part ways with the legendary sportscaster, according to an in-depth report from ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”

In the report, Costas details how his decision to talk to NBC Sports viewers about challenges the National Football League faced in regard to the physical toll the game took on its players became unwelcome by executives. “The networks, all of them, dance to the NFL’s tune. It’s just kind of the way it goes. Everyone walks on eggshells around the NFL,” Costas told ESPN.

Costas left NBC Sports formally in January after working for NBC Sports for four decades.

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