ESPN lays off employees, with more cuts to come

[Basbear]

3 hours ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Prior to the age of the internet, ESPN was one of the few ways for sports fans to view game highlights other than evening news broadcasts.  All things considered, it is amazing that ESPN has endured as long as it has.

Looking back, well this is my take(ugh). I think part of the downfall was when they started forcing everyone into west coast teams, or just Duke, or only golf, etc. I never liked that, sports filled a big "time waster" in my life and I knew lots of stuff about many of them. Then I stopped watching sportscenter and i loved espn news 24/7. Then I stopped watching MLB(unless its a big game), NBA, nascar, even college BB and FB(unless its a big game). I even came close to dropping the NFL during alll the stuff that should not be in sports *rare deals. If not for me following the panthers since 93-95, id dropped the whole NFL and pick up a hobby....In which In have in arm wrestling. I use to also play FF and had like a 93% win rate on yahoo, many teams too. 

They just got tooo big, incert the mark cuban quote. Plus why the fucck is steve a smith getting 14 million or skkkkkiiipppp getting that coin??? thats a joke and rating were a joke. LG hit on it above, that turned every thing into a red vs blue on every topics, grossssssss. Same the drama for the females 

[Icege]

3 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Thanks for admitting what I already knew.

Not sure admitting is the right word there, but no problem bucko. Sometimes we all need to be reminded to not scream into the abyss.

[CamWhoaaCam]

3 minutes ago, Icege said:

Not sure admitting is the right word there, but no problem bucko. Sometimes we all need to be reminded to not scream into the abyss.

Yes sir rooskie!

[stratocatter]

I have the nostalgia for the low tech old days when NFL Primetime was without a doubt a highlight of my week. 
They need to bring back Australian Rules Football and the America’s Cup overnight programming, repeat that stuff all day, break on with some scores and reports on actual sports news that doesn’t involve contract, money, and focus on the athletic side not the business side. 4am after a late shift, America’s Cup was a blast. 

Present the content with much less emphasis on the personalities of the talking heads they employ and, again, place the emphasis on athletic side of sports. 

Too ‘80s?

Maybe, but I could handle ego deluded Berman and his nicknames, and Tom Jackson kissing his ass all broadcast long. Yes Boomer, no Boomer, yes Boomer, haha that’s a good one Boomer.

I do recognize that much of the old days’ appeal hinged on the more entertaining style of play celebrated on Jacked Up, which the media helped take away from us (if a guy wants to sacrifice his old age for millions of dollars he could never ever get a chance to earn otherwise, $ which elevates his family for generations, isn’t that his right?). 

Go back in time and stop the overt show biz there before you bring in Skip and Steven A and their TMZ oriented yelling and theatrics, and take the other fork in the progress road. 

 

[Ricky Prickles]

On 7/5/2023 at 11:46 AM, 4Corners said:

If someone calls you and asks you to bring them a firearm to a shithole bar/club at 2am then you need to find new friends and if you do it then you a DA as well 

You are just making too much sense here. Minds will be blown no doubt

[PghPanther]

ESPN is full of overpaid drama queens...........its a bore.