ESPN Lays Off Mark May, Per Report | Eleven Warriors

[donttread]

I don't watch it unless there's something specifically that I want to see. I don't like the politics. I don't like the SEC favoritism -- I call it SECSPN. I don't like the east coast favoritism -- they'll talk Boston and NY when the Tribe or someone else is in First Place. I don't like the left wing politics. I think they're anti-Ohio State. They went after the Big Ten b/c of The Big Ten Network but gave the SEC a pass on its scandals.

I like sports.

I'm more of an NFL fan but I've had years where I out predicted the gurus so how much can I relly get from them?
Also the scripted talking points and buzz words like "quarterback driven leauge" or "let em play" drive me nuts. If I'm going to watch a show about sports I want some originality and someone who has the balls to admit the obvious fact that the NFL is NOT calling blantant penalties in the passing game more often than they are calling them. Or that the very inconsistency of when contact with the ball in the air is actually going to be called can and does decide games. Instead of that, when I turn on sports TV I get buzz words, cheerleaders for the leauge ( and usually not the pretty kind) and grade school mentalities. More like beer salesman than sports commentators.
They're a joke to any real sports fan.

[Captain Obvious]

Who?

[The Xl]

You know, I love the nba. On Saturdays at 8est they have a game of the week. It flips between providers, sometimes espn, sometimes tbs...

It usually involves playing Friday and Saturday nights back to back. In April, the reason the cavs record sucked was because the cavs said, screw those games.

The cavs flew 17000 miles in April. Think about that. I think they had 5 home games. So they were smart and rested players.

The warriors, who lost last year because they ran out of gas did the same thing.

Throughout April, the nba game of the week for the billion dollar tv package featured a series of 30 point losses by the nba's best teams.

And they $#@!ed on the air about it. A lot. They had a point.

So, that money? We'll see.

They are kinda getting screwed when LeBron, Durant, half the spurs roster, etc, randomly sit out games on national tv, considering what they're paying.

[Bethere]

They are kinda getting screwed when LeBron, Durant, half the spurs roster, etc, randomly sit out games on national tv, considering what they're paying.

They are, and yet baseball eliminated the double header a long time ago. They created the get away game to end series. And they rest their starters all of the time.

In football? Week 17 of the nfl season is a joke. No one that matters is playing. Nor do the announcers whine about it.

If LeBron and company had contested all of those games that simply didn't matter in April they'd be hurtin for certain in May and June.

[Tahuyaman]

What's happening at ESPN? Are people growing tired of watching more sports talk than actual sports?

I think it's more an issue of people getting fed up with sports reporters opining on politics. If they tune in to watch a sporting event or listen to sports talk, they don't want to be bombarded with politics.

[donttread]

I am a writer, and as my friends can tell you I've written a lot of sports. I was one of the first to start using a voice recorder in press conferences in Ohio. Reporters either wrote quickly or used shorthand. So my quotes were perfect. Others? Less so. In truth, I forced everyone else to get voice recorders.

So, I guess my opinion of sports journalism has evolved over time.

I know people and sometimes am one who is just as good as the "talking head experts " at predicting outcomes. So basically it's all talk.

[donttread]

I think it's more an issue of people getting fed up with sports reporters opining on politics. If they tune in to watch a sporting event or listen to sports talk, they don't want to be bombarded with politics.

Not for me, although I'm with you I don't like that either. The scipted unimaginitive over use of "buzz words" and phrases drives me nuts. Can't we have some originality?