I suspect it's ESPN and their ilk that pay a very hefty premium for the rights to distribute similar highlight reals. Why watch highly-opinionated fluff conten

I suspect it's ESPN and their ilk that pay a very hefty premium for the rights to distribute similar highlight reals. Why watch highly-opinionated fluff content when you can get the goods straight from youtube? On the other hand, the NFL does a good job of making highlights available on their own site very fast, and there are a lot of youtubers using NFL film access to do in-depth breakdowns of players and games.