ESPN Layoffs

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I've been flipping back and forth. The NFL Network was always better, but it's amazing what dropping Chris Berman has done to improve ESPN's coverage.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Actually ESPN's demise has nothing to do with politics. Its all about how technology is changing industry. ESPN just couldn't adjust to the new era of streaming media over the internet. More and more people are cutting the cord and going total internet for the media needs. ESPN's built a business model on cable subscribers. They also overpaid mightly for the NBA and NFL.

They just made the mistake of thinking their business model would always stay the same.
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Actually it's a multitude of different reasons ESPN is failing, one of which is it's nose dive far left. So yes, it does have something to do with politics.
 
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Burger said:
They're good at their jobs. Kiper and McShay are both idiots.
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I thought Charles Davis was a really good analyst during the NFL network coverage, and not just because he was a Tennessee Vol. Mayock was sometimes right in his predictions, but it was more entertaining when he was wrong & surprised by it. As a team they didn't appear to take themselves too seriously.
 
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Billy Antrim said:
I thought Charles Davis was a really good analyst during the NFL network coverage, and not just because he was a Tennessee Vol. Mayock was sometimes right in his predictions, but it was more entertaining when he was wrong & surprised by it. As a team they didn't appear to take themselves too seriously.
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Charles Davis and Mike Mayock actually played football. Even Bucky Brooks on the free online stream was really good.
 
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bamawriter said:
What really sucks for ESPN is that they have the infrastructure in place to offer stand-alone streaming or a la carte options, but they can't do it under their current contracts. They have no choice but to take their lumps for the next few years. Then they have the option of not re-upping their current deals, which would allow them offer direct services to cord cutters.
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Yep. They have to bite the bullet until they get out from under their current contracts.
 
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the.one.the.only said:
Actually it's a multitude of different reasons ESPN is failing, one of which is it's nose dive far left. So yes, it does have something to do with politics.
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I'm not sure a single person has eliminated their entire cable package because a single channel (ESPN) developed a political bent they disagree with.
 
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At least Dari is safe.

I'm one of the disdained Millennials people on here trash all the time, but we aren't some monolithic herd.

I'm a liberal. My friends are liberal, conservative, libertarian, socialist, etc. But the complaint remains constant at least in my small circle of the world: people watch ESPN because they want sports. When I want to watch the news, I watch the news. The point of sports is to get away from the nonsense in politics. Sports is an escape, entertainment. ESPN has stopped providing that.

But, not one person I know cut the cord due solely to ESPN. They, like myself, just watch games and then move on. Cord cutting is simply a cost saving measure for the most part, not a political statement.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
At least Dari is safe.

I'm one of the disdained Millennials people on here trash all the time, but we aren't some monolithic herd.

I'm a liberal. My friends are liberal, conservative, libertarian, socialist, etc. But the complaint remains constant at least in my small circle of the world: people watch ESPN because they want sports. When I want to watch the news, I watch the news. The point of sports is to get away from the nonsense in politics. Sports is an escape, entertainment. ESPN has stopped providing that.

But, not one person I know cut the cord due solely to ESPN. They, like myself, just watch games and then move on. Cord cutting is simply a cost saving measure for the most part, not a political statement.
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The political stuff just tanks their rating numbers, not suscription numbers.
 
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Burger said:
The political stuff just tanks their rating numbers, not suscription numbers.
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The non-live sports ratings (SportsCenter, the various shout shows) have been declining for years, even before they went full-on progressive. Their ratings for live events are just fine.

The political angle, IMO, is just one component of their shift in coverage. Over the last several years, their coverage has also become social media-obsessed and infused with non-sports pop culture.
 
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05_never_again said:
The non-live sports ratings (SportsCenter, the various shout shows) have been declining for years, even before they went full-on progressive. Their ratings for live events are just fine.

The political angle, IMO, is just one component of their shift in coverage. Over the last several years, their coverage has also become social media-obsessed and infused with non-sports pop culture.
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It's turned into TMZ.
 
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508mikey said:
Anymore layoffs coming ? Would like to see Jessica Mendoza off the air
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I was watching MLB Network regional coverage and they tuned into a San Francisco Giants game and hear Jon Miller calling the game for the Giants. I then realized how much I miss the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball games with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
 
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give_him 6 said:
I was watching MLB Network regional coverage and they tuned into a San Francisco Giants game and hear Jon Miller calling the game for the Giants. I then realized how much I miss the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball games with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
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Joe Morgan was awful, but I miss Jon Miller.
 
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