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ESPN Firing Over A Hundred Employees Today
OutkickedtheCoverage.com ^ | 4-26-2017 | Clay Travis

Posted on 04/26/2017 11:45:22 AM PDT by boycott

Middle America wants to pop a beer and listen to sports talk, they don't want to be lectured about why Caitlyn Jenner is a hero, Michael Sam is the new Jackie Robinson of sports, and Colin Kaepernick is the Rosa Parks of football. ESPN made the mistake of trying to make liberal social media losers happy and as a result lost millions of viewers.

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To: TangledUpInBlue

For a long time, ESPN was seen as the bulwark that kept people from cutting the cord, but eventually even they couldn’t stop it. The fact is that millennials don’t care about sports. Compounding the problem is that ESPN has spent a lot of money buying the television rights to a lot of sports, and with the revenues falling, there’s no way to recover that money, which is the major source of income to those sports. The next time those contracts come around, you’re going to see a lot less being bid, and a lot of guys who make millions a season are going to be making less.


21 posted on 04/26/2017 12:02:38 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: John W

Correct. Including being the exclusive host of the NFL Draft which is a major, major event. And then, gave half of it away to the NFL Network. They’re still a “Sports Monopoly” of sorts with a lot of value. Every teenage boy I know watches Sports Center whenever possible. They just need to re-tool and I think they will. These layoffs are an unexpected first step. And besides.... Trent Dilfer sucks.


22 posted on 04/26/2017 12:03:28 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue
the de-bundling of cable services and ESPN now being carried as a Premium Channel by most providers.
Time Warner bundled ESPN into my package years ago w/o even telling me. First I knew was when the (higher) monthly bill came.
TW is now Spectrum and I can only hope they'll de-bundle ESPN, and any of the other 5-6 channels TW forced on me. SOBs.
23 posted on 04/26/2017 12:04:12 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

Maybe. Maybe not. I have Cablevision and I know many people that have Comcast. Neither has de-bundled ESPN. I only know about what I wrote because I know someone in the industry.


24 posted on 04/26/2017 12:11:52 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: boycott

The last 3 years, those people have been listed as BSPNs heroes. The show has fired anyone that is not an SJW. I would like my football without all the lefty politics please.


25 posted on 04/26/2017 12:15:18 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: TangledUpInBlue
I know someone in the industry.
Assuming your "someone" is someone closer to making policy than Larry the Cable Guy, ask when cable going to give viewers what they really want and go to ala-carte subscription.
I think one of the satellite companies (Dish?) has already started offering it.
26 posted on 04/26/2017 12:20:31 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Cheerio
I know refer to pro football as THUG BALL

Good grief! You must be a brother from another mother. I thought I invented the term and use it to describe NFL football.

27 posted on 04/26/2017 12:21:23 PM PDT by jimbug
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To: boycott

Running list of the cuts as they are announced.....

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


28 posted on 04/26/2017 12:22:16 PM PDT by deport
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To: boycott

great writeup. new follower here.


29 posted on 04/26/2017 12:23:21 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: oh8eleven

Cable is going to die. Everything will be going On Demand/Streaming/Smart TV. There will be no Cable TV anymore. Everything will be over the Internet.

NFL games have already been broadcast on Yahoo and Twitter. There’s already Apple TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Hulu, Netflix and on and on. That’s where we’re heading.


30 posted on 04/26/2017 12:25:59 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: boycott
A great description of the SJW's on ESPN posing as play by play jocks or jocks of ancient and non relevant to the game they at.

Middle America wants to pop a beer and listen to sports talk, they don't want to be lectured about why Caitlyn Jenner is a hero, Michael Sam is the new Jackie Robinson of sports, and Colin Kaepernick is the Rosa Parks of football. ESPN made the mistake of trying to make liberal social media losers happy and as a result lost millions of viewers.

31 posted on 04/26/2017 12:34:06 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted."!!!)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
There’s already Apple TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Hulu, Netflix and on and on. That’s where we’re heading.
Agree ... both my adult sons subscribe to all on your list.
But there are just too many dinosaurs - like me - not willing to make that transition, so I'm thinking the change is a long way off.
32 posted on 04/26/2017 12:36:32 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: arrogantsob

Anyone remember when they shut down their programming all day to cover Obama’s inauguration? Or making a big production out of having Obama fill out his NCAA brackets each year? To be fair, they did invite Trump this year, but no one really expected him to accept.

Also:
Their two week pre-draft homage to Michael Sam
Jeez, Bruce Jenner, wtf?
Several specials on the University of Missouri’s bravery in standing up for social issues.
Their coverage on black athlete’s opinions of Ferguson (”Hands Up Don’t Shoot”) and Trayvon Martin
Firing Limbaugh and Schilling for going off the ESPN reservation.
Producing a show about Cuban baseball that was very pro-Castro.
The full-court press to make Colin Kapernick a hero.
Also running numerous interviews of only athletes against the Iraq War in 2003, while completely ignoring the Pat Tillman story.
And so many more smaller examples.

ESPN gets $6-7 for every DISH/DirecTV/Comcast subscriber there is. If cable/satellite companies ever went al a carte and allowed non-viewing people to drop the programming, ESPN would go bankrupt.


33 posted on 04/26/2017 12:38:45 PM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: oh8eleven

Never, because they can’t. 5 companies own the vast majority of the cable dial, and those companies LOVE bundles and won’t sell to the cable companies in anything but bundles. As long as the cable companies must buy in bundles they must sell that way too.


34 posted on 04/26/2017 12:39:13 PM PDT by discostu (Stand up and be counted, for what you are about to receive.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Cable’s not going to die. But it is going to shrink. The fact of the matter is the other options require more effort, and depending on how much you subscribe too can easily cost just as much as cable. Especially as the tech generation slides into middle age with kids and responsibilities and doesn’t feel like going through all the streaming effort, setting your DVR is just plain easier. For many the convenience will remain worth the cost, it’ll probably bottom out around 50% of peak.


35 posted on 04/26/2017 12:42:48 PM PDT by discostu (Stand up and be counted, for what you are about to receive.)
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To: boycott
NEEDED: More futbol for the immigrants...


36 posted on 04/26/2017 12:46:48 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

I see a lot if white males being laid off/let go/canned.

Disparate impact = Bias= DoJ lawsuit =Consent Decree and Fed Judge monitoring.


37 posted on 04/26/2017 12:47:49 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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To: boycott

ESPN is failing because it stopped covering sports.

Used to be that you could see things on ESPN that none of the other networks would cover (like drag boat racing, or River Jet Boat racing). They may not have been glamorous, but they were interesting and different.

Their model went to major sports and commentary on them. The latter part went full leftist, and everyone started tuning them out. The point of sports is escapism, not more full-throated leftist garbage.


38 posted on 04/26/2017 12:49:27 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: samadams2000
Where will i get my Social Justice Warrior updates?

From ESPN, of course. The most prominent SWJ aren't among those fired:

http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/espn-layoffs-firings-list-who-was-fired-ed-werder/

39 posted on 04/26/2017 12:50:13 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: boycott

ESPN is failing because it stopped covering sports.

Used to be that you could see things on ESPN that none of the other networks would cover (like drag boat racing, or River Jet Boat racing). They may not have been glamorous, but they were interesting and different.

Their model went to major sports and commentary on them. The latter part went full leftist, and everyone started tuning them out. The point of sports is escapism, not more full-throated leftist garbage.

If I could do a la carte cable....ESPN would not be on the list.


40 posted on 04/26/2017 12:51:12 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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