CBS Sports and TNT Sports are heading for a merger and it is not going to be pretty.Paramount has bought Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal worth $110 billion with the two forming one entity called Skydance.NFL rights are about to get even more expensiveGettyWith $80 billion in debt, the new company needs to cut costs and investors have been promised $6 billion in synergies.Unfortunately, that also means a lot of people are likely about to lose their jobs.CEO David Ellison is downplaying the role that redundancies will play in that process, but it appears inevitable that jobs will go when the sports divisions merge.“Everybody assumes it’s gonna be a bloodbath,” a top sports business executive told Puck sports correspondent John Ourand.The later added: “David’s role at first is to be honest with his people, and not hide. And over the next month or two, the final entity will start to take shape.”Sports media rights are also in the firing line after TNT went on a spending spree after losing the NBA.The NFL, March Madness, UFC, and the Masters are all “untouchable” per Ourand.“The reality is that Skydance probably has more sports rights than it needs,” LightShed Partners analyst Rich Greenfield said. “All of the things that TNT Sports was doing to scramble to fill the hole that the NBA left—Skydance doesn’t need those rights anymore.”NFL rights will be up again in 2030 and are expected to skyrocket as streamers fight for a bigger slice of the pie.There was talk of an early renegotiation, but FOX Sports led a pushback from boradcasters.There is plenty of crossover between CBS and TNTGettyRoger Goodell wants to shake up NFL TV offeringNFL commisioner Roger Goodell spoke in September about the future landscape, and suggested that big change is on the cards.“One of the things we’re doing as a league is talking to our partners, talking to future partners, potential partners […] and evaluating, should we repackage our current packages? Should we think differently about where we go with those things?” he told CNBC’s Alex Sherman.“The world is changing for our partners. It’s changing for us; it’s changing for fans. Our fans are moving to other platforms. “I think one of the challenges for us is to look at the changes, evaluate what’s working, what’s not, what we think is going to work beyond those option dates and the partners that can bring the greatest opportunity to reach those fans on a global basis.“We’ve never looked at it that way until recently.”Join talkSPORT’s dedicated US Sports YouTube channel The S* Word every Tuesday and Thursday for our brand new NFL shows.On Tuesdays, Will Gavin and US senior reporter Brian T. Smith will debate the biggest talking points from the NFL weekend, while on Thursdays Efe Obada joins the crew to talk to players past and present and break down what to look for across the league.