The Goat Pen

You say that as if it was a bad thing.

espn 30/30--usually quality

OJ made in america was espn quality

other then live events I also bypass every panel discussion show they have on

len elmore/jerry punch/dottie pepper got the axe too--thought they were all ok at the commetry

someone said that Elmore had blog where he titled himself "NBA LEGEND/BROADCASTER
so I googled it and its taken down but if you hit the cache its still there...and its true.

They've got to fill the time with something. How many times can you watch the same highlights? How much so-called "face value" reporting can you do on a Wednesday night in an off month for sports? I doubt many people (save aTm) are really that interested in European league soccer and the like. I don't really think that ESPN's coverage or filler had really become overly politicized (although of course, people like Prof, who if there's any mention of Kaitlyn Jenner, will claim ESPN has become MSNBC), but I have noticed that Mike and Mike never mention anything outside sports. Not sure that you can run that kind of thing 24/7 though...

Crotch will like this:

Facing his toughest rebuild yet, can John Calipari keep Kentucky in title mix?

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/facing-bi ... 57287.html

hedge wrote:They've got to fill the time with something. How many times can you watch the same highlights? How much so-called "face value" reporting can you do on a Wednesday night in an off month for sports? I doubt many people (save aTm) are really that interested in European league soccer and the like. I don't really think that ESPN's coverage or filler had really become overly politicized (although of course, people like Prof, who if there's any mention of Kaitlyn Jenner, will claim ESPN has become MSNBC), but I have noticed that Mike and Mike never mention anything outside sports. Not sure that you can run that kind of thing 24/7 though...

The decline in viewership is telling them.

hedge wrote:Crotch will like this:

Facing his toughest rebuild yet, can John Calipari keep Kentucky in title mix?

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/facing-bi ... 57287.html

Its going to really get tough if Bamba goes to Texas

Well with the product they're peddling, it can't keep increasing forever. There are a limited number of sports fans out there with a limited amount of time. Maybe some of them developed other interests...

yea, watching something other than ESPN

There's a lot of competition out there...

whats amazing to me is ESPN accounts for like $8 of your cable bill. Every other channel is less than $1.50 beside the HBO type stuff.

I doubt many people (save aTm) are really that interested in European league soccer and the like.

Many people are, but the networks themselves are becoming stratified for those kind of sports and only cover the ones they carry. I think NASCAR for example has been relatively smart (or lucky) by dividing up their broadcast schedule between 3 or 4 different sources. ESPN, Fox, Turner, NBC all have had NASCAR races over the past few years and so they all have an incentive to pay the sport lip service, put on weekly talk shows about the sport, etc. If ESPN makes a big deal about european soccer, and spends a bunch of money catering to that fan, they would essentially be putting money in the pockets of NBC and Fox who are the ones who broadcast those games. ESPN mainly focuses a little on MLS and a lot on US men's national team soccer because they carry those games.

based on the people they let go, ESPN won't be focusing on hockey in the near future

I only watch ESPN on football Sundays or if there is a game I'm interested in. They lost their mojo years ago with all the bs talk shows.

Professor Tiger wrote:

Saint wrote:If people don't watch sports because they didn't like a feature on Bruce Jenner, they weren't really sports fans. That's a terrible analogy by Travis. Retarded even.

Travis is dead on. I don't watch sports TV to be propagandized. If I want liberal politics, I'll turn on MSNBC or CNN.

But Cook Out is pretty good. It has the only vinegar-based BBQ I can stand.

Fuck you and your heresy.

Vinegar is for fish and chips, and maybe for salad dressing, but not for good meat.

I think the reason I can stand Cook Out BBQ is they cover the offensive vinegar taste with cole slaw and Texas Pete.

Professor Tiger wrote:Vinegar is for fish and chips, and maybe for salad dressing, but not for good meat.

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but ketchup is?

ESPN fires Andy Katz........

https://www.seccountry.com/sec/espn-lai ... -andy-katz

For hamburgers and hotdogs, nothing else.

Why anybody would hold to one bbq sauce is bizarre. Variety really is the spice of life. Thin red, thick red, vinegar, vinegar with a touch of red, bama white, mustard based..dry rub without. Sweet, hot, mild. All good.

That said, the Almighty made ketchup for one thing only: french fries.