PAC MAN Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Disney is buying BAM Technology for $1.58B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 NETFLIX Sports would be killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utefan1211 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 ESPN is bleeding money. More sports personalities about to be fired again. Viewership way down for many reasons and ESPN has made some huge commitments and did not keep up with new technologies that allowed the viewers to pick and choose what they want. ESPN also became too political instead of simply focusing on what made them so successful; SPORTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 On 8/9/2017 at 7:08 PM, azgreg said: NETFLIX Sports would be killer. Tell that to Larry Scott with a swift kick to the rear. On 8/10/2017 at 7:49 PM, Utefan1211 said: ESPN is bleeding money. More sports personalities about to be fired again. Viewership way down for many reasons and ESPN has made some huge commitments and did not keep up with new technologies that allowed the viewers to pick and choose what they want. ESPN also became too political instead of simply focusing on what made them so successful; SPORTS. Yup Disney's agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 what do you people consider "too political"? is rece davis breaking down the ACA on sportscenter? are announcers inserting anti-conservative rhetoric during the waning moments of blowout 4th quarters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quack 12 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Mostly, I thinks it's about Kaitlyn Jenner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Quack 12 said: Mostly, I thinks it's about Kaitlyn Jenner. And Michael Sam. Reporting on the first openly gay player in the NFL is one thing but when you spend a lot of time and energy on that than you would normally do for any hot sports topic, it reeks of an agenda. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox Sports eventually gets bashed like ESPN did at some point. I have spent more time on CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports these days and less time on Fox Sports (due to the site's layout) as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Hard to believe this is a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedmolerat Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Quack 12 said: Mostly, I thinks it's about Kaitlyn Jenner. Some of those jokes at the ESPYs were pretty mean too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckfandan Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Jalapeno said: And Michael Sam. Reporting on the first openly gay player in the NFL is one thing but when you spend a lot of time and energy on that than you would normally do for any hot sports topic, it reeks of an agenda. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox Sports eventually gets bashed like ESPN did at some point. I have spent more time on CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports these days and less time on Fox Sports (due to the site's layout) as a result. It's 24 hours sports news. They spent more time on Brady being 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 12 hours ago, Nakedmolerat said: Some of those jokes at the ESPYs were pretty mean too. 11 hours ago, duckfandan said: It's 24 hours sports news. They spent more time on Brady being 40. Hopefully they will be showing more Von Miller sack dances on November 12-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 for those keeping score at home, espn rehired hank williams jr AND publicly reprimanded jemele hill for her comments on donald trump this week, two things that won't sit well with liberal America. just pointing it out the next time someone remarks that espn's downfall was cemented when they gave caitlin jenner five minutes of air time two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaG Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 1 hour ago, glduck said: for those keeping score at home, espn rehired hank williams jr AND publicly reprimanded jemele hill for her comments on donald trump this week, two things that won't sit well with liberal America. just pointing it out the next time someone remarks that espn's downfall was cemented when they gave caitlin jenner five minutes of air time two years ago. Publicly reprimanded an employee who called the president a "white supremacist?" Trump's a lot of dumb and bad things, but white supremacist isn't one of them unless you're a completely unhinged liberal. Didn't they just say her views aren't shared by ESPN and leave it at that? I must have missed the reprimand. Seemed rather tame compared to what happened to Curt Schilling and a few others at ESPN for making political Tweet. Williams Jr. spent 6 years in exile from ESPN for comparing Obama to Hitler, and as far as I can tell, Hill was on ESPN tonight. Why would liberals possibly have to be upset about with that obvious double standard? I really don't care, but it pretty much illustrates the political leanings of those who run ESPN in my mind. Then again I only watch games on ESPN, some SportsCenter, and none of the talk shows where all of this political crap I don't care about is beat to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utefan1211 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Michael Jordan is a billionaire for keeping his mouth shut. In a recent interview, he was being baited into sharing his political thoughts. His answer, "Republicans buy sneakers and attend basketball games too." Millions of us go out of our way to not support companies that go out of their way to go against our common beliefs and push it in our faces. People are not attending movies at the same rate, ESPN is way down in viewership, Target is suffering. The NFL is way down in viewership. The smartest companies simply stick to what they know and stay out of the political spotlight. Once you choose, you run the risk of alienating 50% of your audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utefan1211 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 9 hours ago, PapaG said: Publicly reprimanded an employee who called the president a "white supremacist?" Trump's a lot of dumb and bad things, but white supremacist isn't one of them unless you're a completely unhinged liberal. Imagine the liberal backlash if Hill was fired. Any conservative that would have said anything similar would have been fired. It's so one sided right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 // shrug espn gave tim tebow roughly nine thousand times more air time than caitlin jenner and michael sam put together, but we got thirty seconds of michael sam hanging out with his boyfriend at his draft party and legions of conservatives began their boycott. meanwhile, i'm still getting tim tebow's minor league baseball updates. that market isn't directed at me or my fellow liberal heathens, folks. espn airs what it thinks is the most popular stories of the moment. that's why yankee highlights come before diamondback highlights. that's why they'll talk about swimming in an Olympic year. michael sam was the first draft eligible openly gay nfl prospect, and they knew that would bring in eyeballs. conservative america fell hard for young mister tebow, so just about every sportscenter for two years led off with a thrilling tim tebow take. the company isn't out to get you, it's out to get money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possumslayer Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 6 hours ago, Utefan1211 said: Imagine the liberal backlash if Hill was fired. Any conservative that would have said anything similar would have been fired. It's so one sided right now. https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-suspended-linda-cohn-let-jemele-hill-slide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glduck Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 when a poster scoffs at politifact but tries to make a point backed by outkickthecoverage and Fox News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 16 hours ago, PapaG said: Publicly reprimanded an employee who called the president a "white supremacist?" Trump's a lot of dumb and bad things, but white supremacist isn't one of them unless you're a completely unhinged liberal. That's debatable as hell. If David Duke is repeatedly singing your praises, what are you, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 11 minutes ago, glduck said: when a poster scoffs at politifact but tries to make a point backed by outkickthecoverage and Fox News. Politifact and snopes don't reinforce his preordained beliefs. So, there's that. Conservatives don't.........learn new things. Perhaps they're "conserving" brain space to be used later. Or not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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