I don't know if this is ESPN's last breath or not but surely a former punter in a wife beater and Stephen A Smith being your flagship on air talent has to be close to the end.
Poor SVP.
Poor SVP.
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Does Mina Kimes really bring in $1.7M worth of value? She sounds competent and all, but are people really tuning into ESPN to listen to her?
The answer is no. (And I think she's one of the better ones they have.)
Every time I tune in he is sucking. Reminds me of Littleton Ward with a bat.
I like her. Knows her stuff. Not worth $1.7M (if that's true). But I would say that about almost anyone at ESPN short of SVP.
I can speak with a little knowledge on this. ESPN going forward is about two things…live games and personalities that draw ratings. That’s it
Love or hate Stephen A or McAfee but they draw eyeballs and (more importantly) advertisers. The two most profitable shows on that network now are First Take and NFL Live (or whatever thsy show is called at 4 pm). Not a surprise those people will make a lot of money
It’s not necessarily about picking personalities that appeal to people like us. We aren’t watching tv at that time of day and we will subscribe for the games. It’s about the people who will watch daily for those kind of shows
The premise of ESPN being done or even close yo done is silly. Clay writes stuff like that bc he hates ESPN. But what has happened is they are cutting out all the stuff that doesn’t make money. But as long as they have the games, they will profit once they cut the costs of things that don’t. And they are hell bent on doing that
That’s fine and I get it, they’re making shows for the lcd. That’s what gets ratings.
I come here though because I enjoy the smartest takes I can get. Some may be biased but I get them. That’s all good and well, just a bummer to see ESPN go downhill.
But let’s be real…what was the last show you liked on ESPN besides Van Pelt and PTI (if you like it). The reality is the days of Olbermann and Patrick doing Sportscenter ended with mobile phones. The shows people now complain about basically just replaced reruns of games.
The “demise” of ESPN is a lot about nostalgia of a day long gone by…when people watched highlight shows. ESPN Radio is a different conversation (which I can’t talk a lot about) but on tv I actually think they programming is much better now than it has been in last 6-7 years, even if the Atephen A scream feasts are not for me
Matt, thanks for keeping us in the loop. Look all we want to do is watch live sports. ESPN can surely understand that.
That’s all true. Can’t argue with any of it. Maybe we’re just wanting those days back. Either way I can’t listen to those guys, they’re awful but here we are.
Cawwwaall Pawwwawall! He’ll make sense of it awawawalll!
The programming of ESPN has gone off a cliff.
The sports reporters, and the journalistic side of the network is dead. Rather than being observers/arbiters/storytellers to fans- they now insert themselves as being part of the theater. Of which, no sports fan truly gives a **** about.
The programming of ESPN has gone off a cliff.
The sports reporters, and the journalistic side of the network is dead. Rather than being observers/arbiters/storytellers to fans- they now insert themselves as being part of the theater. Of which, no sports fan truly gives a **** about.
This chick hot enough that her trying to hire a hitman to kill you might be worth it? Probably.
I miss the days of The George Michael Sports Machine.
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Self immolation doesn't belong on this list. It should actually be on the most AWESOME types of protesting list.
It makes a great show, and rids the world of another stupid protester.
-a have a extra ticket for the game if anyone needs.
That’s EXACTLY why I’ve steered clear of the Russian model polo club scene.
I mean at some point you’re just asking for it, fellas. Stay safe out there on these streets.
I mean at some point you’re just asking for it, fellas. Stay safe out there on these streets.
The people who f'd up being able to watch TV like a normal human used to do need to be shot in front of their children.
My wife: "Honey, you CAN watch the game. Since we get Disney+, you'll want to download the HULU app, open it up, click Login from a Computer, I'll type in this code from my phone and it will activate. Now when you get in there, you won't be able to just find the game and searching on it doesn't work either, so find their team page and go to that." Oh, you want to flip through the other games before it starts, well switch over to YouTube TV and awkwardly scroll up to Live games.
F IT ALL.
I mean wtf are we doing? Somebody needs to drop a bunch of EMP bombs (or nukes for all I care) on the server farms of Netflix, Google, Microsoft and Apple.
My wife: "Honey, you CAN watch the game. Since we get Disney+, you'll want to download the HULU app, open it up, click Login from a Computer, I'll type in this code from my phone and it will activate. Now when you get in there, you won't be able to just find the game and searching on it doesn't work either, so find their team page and go to that." Oh, you want to flip through the other games before it starts, well switch over to YouTube TV and awkwardly scroll up to Live games.
F IT ALL.
I mean wtf are we doing? Somebody needs to drop a bunch of EMP bombs (or nukes for all I care) on the server farms of Netflix, Google, Microsoft and Apple.
*just set up a projector the size of a Miller Lite tall boy and plugged an old iPhone into it with one cable so I can watch football outside like a civilized human being so not sure what Wayne is talking about but I won’t say anything because #bekind and stuff*
Somehow I have watched the whole Colorado game on the trip to WKU and plan to watch all of the UK game too!
Pretty simple really. YTTV
Pretty simple really. YTTV
You know what was simple? Turning on your TV and scrolling down through the sports channels to see what games were on. That was the simplest thing ever.
Totally agree but watching JP Sports sucked as well. Figure it out. I’m listening to this game.
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