OT ESPN mass layoffs

[Mediocre Man]

Some recognizable on air talent going. Somehow Screamin A Racist survived.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-of-espn-layoffs-1794664091

 

[trailblazer18]

Yeah, I'm reading the list that has come out so far. I guess Fox sports will be getting a bunch of new talent..haha

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Ed Werder is the most recognizable name I see (but that maybe because I watch more Football - outside of the Trail Blazers of course).

 

[THE HCP]

ESPN is losing money big time! I have lost a ton of summer work with them. All of their soccer broadcasts are now done out of Bristol in a control room instead of having a full crew out at the games. They are calling them 'Remis' and they are killing us work wise. I lost my golf package with the Golf Channel because of this as well. Sports tv is a changin'.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Russillo in a reduced role? Kannell gone

Yet First Take and Michael and Jamelle still there. Glad to see Lebatard and Bomani Jones still there

 

[Minstrel]

Ed Werder is the most recognizable name I see (but that maybe because I watch more Football - outside of the Trial Blazers of course).

"Trial Blazers" would have been a good alternate nickname for the "Jail Blazers" era.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Glad Adnan still there

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Russillo in a reduced role? Kannell gone

Yet First Take and Michael and Jamelle still there. Glad to see Lebatard and Bomani Jones still there

I'm pissed about Russillo and Kannell. I love their radio show, listened almost every day while at work.

Fingers crossed that Stephen A Dipshit gets the kicked to the curb.

 

[THE HCP]

I'm pissed about Russillo and Kannell. I love their radio show, listened almost every day while at work.

Fingers crossed that Stephen A Dipshit gets the kicked to the curb.

How were you able to listen AND take people's taco orders in the little booth?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'm good at multi tasking. Ask your wife, she knows all about it!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

ESPN is losing money big time! I have lost a ton of summer work with them. All of their soccer broadcasts are now done out of Bristol in a control room instead of having a full crew out at the games. They are calling them 'Remis' and they are killing us work wise. I lost my golf package with the Golf Channel because of this as well. Sports tv is a changin'.

Yeah; streaming is eating cable's lunch at the macro level, and that just makes the current CBA seem more insane. In ten years we will marvel from our bomb shelters at how over the top it was.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm also kind of surprised ESPN didn't air "The Layoff" as a 3-hour special to garner ratings.

 

[THE HCP]

DAAAAAAMN! Its' like THAT?

 

[illmatic99]

Hardly any pro bball guys.

 

[tlongII]

They signed contracts with sports leagues for WAAAY TOO MUCH money! I read they pay out over $6 billion per year in rights fees. The bubble will burst and broadcasters as well as sports leagues will feel the pain.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Why can't they fire everyone on NBA countdown and half of their announce teams? Cause all that is turrible.

 

[THE HCP]

Why can't they fire everyone on NBA countdown and half of their announce teams? Cause all that is turrible.

Amen

 

[Mediocre Man]

Jayson Stark also. He was great

John Buccigross

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Jayson Stark also. He was great

John Buccigross

Bucci is gone? That's sad.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

If they let Neil Everett bounce, then they done fucked up.

 

[Blazer Freak]

ESPN is losing money big time! I have lost a ton of summer work with them. All of their soccer broadcasts are now done out of Bristol in a control room instead of having a full crew out at the games. They are calling them 'Remis' and they are killing us work wise. I lost my golf package with the Golf Channel because of this as well. Sports tv is a changin'.

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.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Trent Dilfer gone

 

[Mediocre Man]

Can any of these guys take over for our piece of shit broadcast crew?

 

[Scalma]

The NFL and NBA have way too many analysts, with barely any standouts. That's where I would start, not with dudes like werder and bucci.

 

[trailblazer18]

Russillo in a reduced role? Kannell gone

Yet First Take and Michael and Jamelle still there. Glad to see Lebatard and Bomani Jones still there

Yeah, I usually listened to Rusillo and Kannell over lunch. Surprised.

 

[illmatic99]

They got rid of Ethan Strauss. He's been covering the Warriors for a few years. I enjoy him on the Truehoop pod

 

[TBpup]

Trent Dilfer gone

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

 

[BlazerCaravan]

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.

My money's on Amazon. They've got an interesting habit of storming in and swinging a ton of money around to get exclusives behind their Prime paywall.

 

[santeesioux]

They're going to end up keeping all of the turrible people like Screamin' A. Smith, aren't they?