On Monday morning, ESPN and Charter Communications settled a two-week stalemate over carriage fees, which some had postulated could change cable television, and sports along with it, for years to come. One clear factor forced the two sides to the table: the imminent premiere of Monday Night Football last night. There was too much money to make off that one football game for either side to risk missing out. And that particular game was especially valuable for one primary reason: It was Aaron Rodgers’s grand debut for the New York Jets.
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