OT ESPN mass layoffs

[stampedehero]

If Dick Vitale is still around, that is proof the network is fucked beyond belief. Hope Berman finally retires........

 

[stampedehero]

ESPN is chum time for commercials

 

[trailblazer18]

So is there any chance ESPN/TNT default on the new media contract? Would that mean players don't get paid? I'm sure this won't happen, just thinking down the road...

 

[Schilly]

I haven't actually watched ESPN in at least 10 years outside of the occasional live event.

 

[santeesioux]

Playstation Vue isn't so awful; they provide CSNNW, TNT, and ESPN.

If it had the Pac 12 channel, History, and Comedy Central, that combined with an antenna would be all the tv you needed. The first one of Hulu, Youtube TV, Directv Now, Sling or Playstation will be the one that wins.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

a la carte internet might not be so bad. if i dont watch porn, should i have to pay for the rest of yall to beat off? i just wanna see my lolcats. $5 a month. easy peasy. and all you perverts can pay $100 a month to watch eel soup and the like. sick bastards.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

ESPN fucking sucks. lick my balls!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

honestly, if jeremy schapp doesnt get fired, im gonna laugh. dude is the worst thing in the world.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

sexual harassment suits coming soon

 

[Mediocre Man]

Reports now that Bucci may not be cut. That would be awesome

 

[Mediocre Man]

Significantly reducing Ryen Russillo's role is asinine. He is really knowledgeable and totally unbiased

 

[joeBlazers]

I don't feel sorry for any of these guys. Most of them have spent their careers making fun of players getting cut, guys losing their jobs in sports.
I know it is none of their faults, but this is the reality of the world we live in. Many of these guys will get some perspective !!!
Many of them can create a channel on youtube and create some type of content and make money that way or figure out another way to make money, just like most of us. They report so well on Running Backs in the NFL being a position that doesn't matter anymore ... maybe the traditional Journalist job has become the new RB position in the NFL: Nobody wants that position anymore. Time for them to re-invent themselves.

 

[TBpup]

It's because they figured out that they can literally buy elections. We will never take back this country until we pass campaign finance reform. The people simply can't/won't outspend a corporation that wants to place an inside man into government. They shape the message, they leak misinformation, and they throw as much money as it takes to bury their opponents. It has been going on for god only knows how long. But not only do they control the politicians, they also control the media.

In other words.... we're fucked.

So does that mean you were happy Trump won because he raised and spent far less than Hilary?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Time for them to re-invent themselves.

They're all just going to start podcasts.

 

[Blazinaway]

So is there any chance ESPN/TNT default on the new media contract? Would that mean players don't get paid? I'm sure this won't happen, just thinking down the road...

Bankruptcy is the only way they can likely get out of the deal, don't know how they are legally structured but per Wikipedia they are a "joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share)."

 

[THE HCP]

Being in the industry, where do you see the future being? Whispers have been that Netflix may try to break into sports...that would make sense to me, but they've come out and denied that recently.

Soon everything will be like what espn is doing. Broadcasting from remote location. Huge events like the Super Bowl will be covered the same, but with the use of fiber optic cable lines now for camera feeds , it's bound to happen soon. Facebook, twitter...... you'll be watching our shows and n some sort of streaming format sooner than you think I'm sure.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Perfect. I cant fucking stand tv in general. So many ads. I hope every channel that costs extra dies. I had to get rid of espn because of some random national sports fee on my bill. Like paying for the package wasnt enough they needed a $3 surcharge because it included espn.

 

[stampedehero]

All the vanquished have a positive message. It's better to use social media to display your merits than be pissed.

 

[Strenuus]

Significantly reducing Ryen Russillo's role is asinine. He is really knowledgeable and totally unbiased

Well, that is probably WHY he got a reduced role.

 

[Bob Dobalina]

Lines are long on fridays maaaaaaaaaan

Smokey, is that you?

 

[dviss1]

Now THAT is ridiculous. He is one of the best football minds around....period.

Yeah and a completely out of touch asshat. I'm glad he's gone.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Significantly reducing Ryen Russillo's role is asinine. He is really knowledgeable and totally unbiased

I agree. He's a stud. My favorite ESPN guy.

 

[Phatguysrule]

So does that mean you were happy Trump won because he raised and spent far less than Hilary?

If campaign finance reform were done the right way, given time, I would hope the Hillary and Trumps of the world would be flushed early on.

It would completely change politics.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Andy Katz gone too. Basically everyone that started around the time i started really getting into sports...cool

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I know this was posted already but I am going to repost it because a lot of new people are added:
http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-of-espn-layoffs-1794664091

 

[Natebishop3]

So does that mean you were happy Trump won because he raised and spent far less than Hilary?

I wasn't happy Trump won..... but it's pretty obvious that guy won because of a number of messed up factors, and campaign finance played a very small factor in that.

1) Russia obviously played some role in the leaks about Clinton.

2) Some of the Clinton campaign emails revealed that her own people were pushing him on the national stage, getting him exposure that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise, because they had dirt on him that they thought would sink him later. That obviously backfired.

3. I don't think he would have won if Hillary was less polarizing. The whole DNC primary debacle. A lot of Democrats didn't show up to vote because they were disenfranchised.

I think it was a perfect storm that got him elected.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Russillo just tweeted his "reduced role" was planted by an agency losing clients. He will be working more.....one bright spot

 

[Mediocre Man]

Andy Katz got let go.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

All the vanquished have a positive message. It's better to use social media to display your merits than be pissed.

Something something tell Canzano that something...

 

[santeesioux]

Marc Stein just tweeted he's out too, and I heard Henry Abbot is as well. It really is going to be the inmates left running the asylum at this point.