Why CBS locked up J.J. Watt; should WNBA broadcasters be more critical?

Episode 669 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch; Armand Broady, the co-host of the Sports Media Watch podcast and a contributor to SMW, and Derek Futterman, a multimedia writer and producer for Sports Media Watch. In this podcast, we discuss CBS Sports naming J.J. Watt as its permanent lead analyst for the NFL ON CBS in a new multi-year agreement; CBS saying that Watt will call Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta; what Watt being named as CBS's No. 1 means for Greg Olsen and Troy Aikman; whether Aikman will work in a booth in 2027; whether Netflix goes big for an NFL analyst; the viewership for the WNBA Finals; the presentation from USA Network and NBC; whether WNBA broadcasters need to be more critical; our viewership expectations for Rays-Brewers; FIFA now accepting formal bids for U.S. and Puerto Rican broadcast rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cups; the many potential bidders for the men's World Cup, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.