ESPN Failure
Sports Business Daily has an interesting take on the ESPN layoffs. So, I would like offer mine.
There may be another reason that ESPN is having problems. Rather than
sticking to sports it has decided to spend a lot of time on social
activism and social commentary, and take sides. I for one, greatly limit
the amount of time that I watch ESPN. There is lots of sports to watch,
and I can do without the biased lecture.
Other than one or two games per day, that's
all that ESPN is - talking heads, commentary about what some retired jock millionaire thinks about Obama, health care
(I DON"T CARE) and mindless blathering. Same with all the 24 hour "news" networks,
though. They have to fill 24 hours a day, and they think that people
care what their on-air personalities think. WRONG! I read the scores and
reports online. If a video is associated, I block it and go elsewhere. If I want political commentary I tune into CSPAN where they actually have the facts and know what they speak of.
ESPN has ruined and continues to ruin televised sports. How these washed up, fat
blowhards, that for the most part make up controversies, when they're not
preaching and tut tutting to the ignorant masses ever were allowed to
have this sort of monopoly on televised sports is one of the great
broadcasting scandals of the last ten years. Unless you pay these
bloodsuckers, forget for the most part being able to watch actual sports unless you think poker and darts are sports, your local
college/pro teams are no longer on local broadcasting. For example in regard to MLB,
unless you pay them (cable/satellite) you can forget watching your local
MLB team on local broadcasting. I consider it good news and hopefully
this (FANTASY) will put them out of business.
And now they are in bed with the Daily (Gambling) Fantasy sites
DraftKings and FanDuel taking their gambling money and corrupting sports
down to its core. No longer about winning and competing, now it's all
about your Daily Fantasy Lineup - hey ESPN stop advertising Gambling to
KIDS!