Economics question?

When Monday Night Football moves from ABC to pay-cable ESPN next year, does that cause a rise in the CPI?

If so, is a change like that part of any formula used by the Labor Department?

They're always eager to reduce the CPI via the legerdemain of the hedonic adjustment. How would the MNF switch be viewed in such a light?

UPDATE: Yeah, and Howard Stern too.


posted by Quiddity at 12/26/2005 07:53:00 PM