ESPN isn't the only one either. These are all tied to scams just for the purpose of swindling people. They call themselves legitimate businesses but that notion is only supported in the letter of the law.

Where this really goes wrong is the shows and the networks know exactly what is going on. They can't not know. They have IT and computer security people, so they know. In that sense they have liability for what they put out on the public airwaves and on cable. They care only they are filling the advertising time with paid spots.

This is part of the larger moral and ethical corruption of the big corporations running this country. This is an epidemic of dishonesty and is going to lay the whole country low. The dishonesty in government and big business has absolutely trashed this country. And "We didn't know", is just as big a lie as every other. Their only interest is profits. Any other outcomes, and you can hear the echoes of this stated over and over, aren't their problem. I disagree. The networks et al make contracts with persons who are sending this crap down the conduit the networks provide. And their lawyers craft the language of those contracts absolving themselves of liability. This can't possibly be more ethically corrupt.

Amazing how that works. I've trained myself to go deaf and blind the instant a television commercial comes on. Reminds me of a survey I participated in not long ago having to do with certain products/corporate slogans and which companies they belonged to. I failed miserably... guess that's a good thing.