 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Nhaurirano dzacho dzakanga dzichinyatsocherechedzwa nevari munyika yebhizimisi, sezvo yakanga iri nguva yokutanga kuti mutambo mukuru wemitambo wakagadzira chibvumirano cheterevhizheni mumamiriro ezvinhu matsva ezvoupfumi kubva pakurwiswa kwamagandanga kwaSeptember 11mwedzi mishomanana yapfuura. Kuderera kwezviverengero zveNBCs NBA mitambo yeterevhizheni kwakanga kwatotungamirira vakawanda kudavira kuti muripo unotevera wekodzero dzeterevhizheni dzeNBA waizova wakaderera kupfuura makore akapfuura, uye kuderera kwezvemari kwakaita kuti izvozvo zviitike. Sezvakanga zvafanotaurwa, kupa kweNBC kumakwikwi kwaive kwakaderera pane mari yechibvumirano chekare. Kudai NBA yakanga yabvuma kupiwa kwenhepfenyuro yacho, ingadai yakava nhabvu yokutanga yemitambo kuderera mubhadharo wokodzero. Zvisinei, NBA yakaramba kupiwa kweNBC uye mushure mekunge nguva yekutaurirana kwechikwata ichi neligi yapera, ABC neESPN vakapinda. Musi waNdira 22, 2002, NBA yakasaina chibvumirano chemakore matanhatu neThe Walt Disney Company neTurner Sports, icho chakavandudza chibvumirano chiripo neTNT uye chakabvumidza ABC neESPN kuwana kodzero dzekutepfenyura mitambo yeligi. ABC neESPN zvinonzi zvakabhadhara avhareji yemadhora US400 miriyoni mumwaka. Technically, ESPN inobhadhara NBA nokuda kwekodzero dzayo dzekutepfenyura uye inotenga nguva paABC kuti iite mitambo yakasarudzwa izvi zvinotsanangurwa muzvinyorwa zvekodzero panguva yekupedzisira zvikwereti pamagumo emitambo, achiti Iyo purogiramu yapfuura yakabhadharwa neESPN, Inc. Pamwe chete, chibvumirano chacho chakabvumira NBA kuwedzera mari yayo yekodzero ne25. 