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Disney+ and ESPN+ logos are seen with the Super Bowl LXI poster.

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Disney knows that business, like football, is a contact sport. Sometimes the hits come in-house from feuding among executives . Sometimes they come in court, from battling the Federal Communications Commission .

And sometimes, Disney, which owns ABC, takes hits from its own affiliates.

ABC station owners are irritated with Disney's recent decision to air the Super Bowl on many different platforms, including Disney+, ESPN2, NFL Network and ESPNU. The game is already airing on both ABC and ESPN.…