Spiranac's Apology Comes With a Bigger Prize Pool

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorPaige Spiranac apologized for her behavior at last year's Internet Invitational, and she's back for the twenty twenty-six tournament with a field of sixty-four.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe apology is about last year's behavior and the rules, right? She said she was painfully embarrassed that she didn't know that rule.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRight, and look at the numbers, because The Spun says last year was a one million dollar event and this year's field is chasing four million.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour million.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI'm telling you, that's a franchise that got hit with a penalty and came back with a bigger stadium. Episode one runs five hours and Yahoo says it's past six million views.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive hours. Nobody watches five hours of an apology.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey watch five hours of a tournament that has an apology in it, and the algorithm knows the difference.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorEpisode two is Thursday and the finale is November twelfth. That's a season, Kenji, with a redemption arc built in.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRex, she lost the rulebook and gained three million dollars.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou sat on a bench for four seasons and they didn't even give you a bigger bench.