In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.

If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.

What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.

Glad you're with us tonight.

May convince you, you've gone to sports heaven.

And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.

This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.

Sports Forever.

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC.

Craig Burley, Gab Marcotti and Kay Murray here in the studio, kicking things off with more talk of the move of Nico Williams to Barcelona.

Front page of Mundo Deportivo saying Compromiso Nico, talking about Nico's commitment.

Nico Williams and his agent have informed athletic club of the player's desire to join Barcelona.

So now we talk about how this is going to work.

Pulling another lever?

That's a lever.

Yeah.

Now, this is the financial side of it.

That's the financial side of how it's going to work.

There's three of us at this table and two of us have absolutely no idea how Barcelona

might make this work.

And there's a man here who may be able to tell us if it can work or can't it.

You'd have to forensically look at the books which Javier Tebas and the League are going to do.

...