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Originally Posted by joff81
WTCC - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
SBK (superbikes) - Eurosport/Eurosport HD (better than Moto GP)
Moto GP - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
F1 - BBC
F3 series - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
GP2 series - Eurosport
indycar - Sky Sports
NASCAR (awesome IMO) open access (public broadcast)
A1 GP Sky Sports ???
all the above are awesome motorsport series and more like BTCC, World series by Renault, GT racing series, WRC, IRC etc that dont get aired and are pretty entertaining. they would be easy for ESPN to get deals and broadcast but they dont seem interested in nothing but football. look at the list you posted over half of it is dedicated to football and the rest is split between lost of minority sports (i do like NHL though).
its a shame that ESPN are not going for these as motorsport looks awesome in HD.
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Everything you just listed is already shown on other channels. ESPN can't buy rights for a sporting event which has already been sold to another broadcaster. They can only get the rights when the current contract runs out.
A lot of people seem to think they can pay to show whatever they want. This isn't the case. If they could, ESPN would easily have snapped up everything you listed and more sports besides, but as it is, they have to wait.