It's the big day and ESPN barely seems to notice. ESPN.com has finally made the move from what they were - a marketing vehicle for TV - to a full-on, premium-mode web site built to generate traffic, ad impressions, and cash flow. The slow move over didn't create the kind of hateful outburst from "SportsNation" as we had when BP switched to a pay-model, but Gary Huckabay is looking smarter and smarter for having made the move.

Most of what I was going to say about the move was already said by Aaron Gleeman, so I'll just link to his great post and save myself some keystrokes. Aaron's been on a bit of a roll lately, seemingly re-energized by something. Maybe it's his workouts!

The ESPN move goes hand in hand with this New York Metro article about network theory and blogs. I love network theory so this was great reading. I am a bit curious how the monetary models of subscriptions work in with the Power Law nature of the blog world. Without disclosing too much, the traffic at BP has not gone down since going Premium.

It's hardly a new world and it's still harder than it should be to get credentials, but as the Gods step down from heaven, bloggers still have to aim for the skies.