Media has been hit during the pandemic and sport is not immune.

In an attempt to bring NRL, AFL and cricket back onto Aussie screens, sports bosses have been scrambling to sign new broadcast deals to save their bottom line.

Today on Please Explain former media reporter and Executive Editor James Chessell joins National Editor Tory Maguire to analyse the media landscape to see how, and when, we might see the first bounce of a new Sherrin, the toss of a coin or the screech of a starting whistle.

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