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2017-04-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Real Story Behind ESPN’s Wednesday Massacre

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Posted by badanov 2017-04-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 One word: Disney.

Posted by Pappy 2017-04-27 08:37|| 2017-04-27 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 ....another example of why the Sherman Anti-Trust Act should have been actively enforced. Never allow such concentration of power. Fortunately, it appears ESPN is significantly financially obligated in long term contracts with the sports leagues now facing declining revenue and fans. The leagues are unlikely to renegotiate the terms and costs of those contracts which means senior management, Disney, is going to have to cover the losses.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-27 09:58|| 2017-04-27 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The pressure on the costs of broadcasts rights will have an interesting impact on team finances and player comp. We're already seeing it in the NFL -- moving teams, more primetime/night games, color rush unis, paid sponsorship of every aspect (USAF Fly Over Courtesy of Sprint), expanded coverage of Draft Day, Fantasy gambling.

Posted by regular joe 2017-04-27 11:57|| 2017-04-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Is there a link anywhere to who was let go? The most recognizable name I heard mentioned yesterday was Ed Werder.

Posted by Crusader 2017-04-27 12:17|| 2017-04-27 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 On the day ESPN laid off 100 people, it celebrated Asatta Shakur, who murdered a police officer in 1977.

Posted by Spolugum Unineque9148 2017-04-27 14:57|| 2017-04-27 14:57|| Front Page Top

#6 ...when a diehard sports fan finally decides that ESPN’s just not worth the cost of cable anymore. This brings us to the next cause of these revenue problems. Yeah, I'm one of those. Cable companies gouge you and you still have to put off with a plethora of commercials.

ESPN has a near monopoly on many sports events, e.g. college football. If they can't make money under those circumstances, they must have a bunch of morons running things. Moreover, they are not paying their bills as I understand it.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-04-27 15:44|| 2017-04-27 15:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Here's a link of carrion groaning for burial:

https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/04/26/espn-layoffs-firings-list-details

The targets appear to be mostly working sports announcers and analysts rather than that the JV SWJ debate team...

Ed Werder; longtime columnist Johnette Howard; espnW staffer Jane McManus; college football and ESPN Radio analyst Danny Kanell; NHL reporters Scott Burnside, Pierre LeBrun and Joe McDonald and a mass of college sports reporters including C.L. Brown, Eamonn Brennan‏, Jeremy Crabtree, Brett McMurphy, Max Olson, Dana O’Neil, Jesse Temple, Derek Tyson, Austin Ward, Ted Miller, David Ching, Chantel Jennings‏, Dr. Jerry Punch and Brian Bennett.

MLB reporter Doug Padilla, ESPN Dallas columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor, soccer reporter Mike Goodman, ESPNU anchor Brendan Fitzgerald, NFL analyst Trent Dilfer, SportsCenter anchors Jay Crawford, Darren M. Haynes and Jade McCarthy, correspondent Reese Waters, contributor Jarrett Bell, legal analyst Roger Cossack, golf broadcaster Dottie Pepper, NBA writers Ethan Strauss, Justin Verrier and Calvin Watkins, NFL reporter Ashley Fox, Len Elmore and longtime MLB reporter Jayson Stark.

Posted by regular joe 2017-04-27 16:01|| 2017-04-27 16:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Yet Jemele Miller and Michael Smith are oh so popular with their SJW management with their ~~Black~~ Sports Center @ 6PM. Covering all the achievements each day ~~by Black athletes only~~

Posted by Frank G 2017-04-27 16:32|| 2017-04-27 16:32|| Front Page Top

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