exclusive at all. when i was doing this work for the poynter institute, being a watchdog for espn, i frequently heard from espn officials that they don't like to surprise their partners. and even though the agreement between frontline and espn made it clear that both organizations had final control of their own editing of the documentary, i could see how as push came to shove, espn couldn't make promises about what would be in frontline's version of the documentary and that put them at a disadvantage in that lunch that "the new york times" was describing. so i think that's completely possible that they're both true. >> but the nfl has said that it has not pressured espn to back out of this project. espn has said that it's about their editing control. but what you just described is a situation where they sense that a corporate partner would be uncomfortable and maybe they acted on it. doesn't that sort of tarnish the