ESPN Cutting Employees Today

[PurplePride92]

I kinda dig Stephen A. He's a Steelers guy so that had to keep him.

 

I'm indifferent. I don't agree with a lot of things he says but as petty as I am I still would watch ESPN whether he is an employee for them or not.

[tcjkbt]

If there is a market out there for what ESPN has been doing, someone will take it up. Free enterprise, free market. No worries.

[spindoc]

I'm indifferent. I don't agree with a lot of things he says but as petty as I am I still would watch ESPN whether he is an employee for them or not.

I liked him even more when he called out Phil Jackson. For the record, I totally agreed with him. But even when I don't, I don't tire of him like some others. Skip Bayless is the one that raked my nerves.

[PurplePride92]

I liked him even more when he called out Phil Jackson. For the record, I totally agreed with him. But even when I don't, I don't tire of him like some others. Skip Bayless is the one that raked my nerves.

 

I feel you there. Stephen A doesn't hold back.

[John Anthony]

Without the Star Wars films it would have been another 100.

[Wireman]

They fired Dr. Jerry Punch and Len Emore!

[coldweatherfan]

I like Mike & Mike and PTI. That's pretty much it.

 

I used to like Stephen A, but to me he has become the Jerry Springer of sports talk.

Screaming and ranting is not my thing, and I agree with him more often than not.

[HammerTime]

I guess I don't watch the right daytime shows because I can't think of one instance of them talking politics for any length of time that I've watched.

 

Same...

[GrantNKY]

ESPN Firing Over A Hundred Employees Today | Outkick The Coverage I think Clay Travis lays it out pretty well here:

 

"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. "

 

 

I could have dealt without the loser comment because it seems pretentious, but I still think the basic premise is there. There is nothing wrong with any of those stances, but that's not what America wants from their sports coverage.

[PurplePride92]

ESPN Firing Over A Hundred Employees Today | Outkick The Coverage I think Clay Travis lays it out pretty well here:

 

"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. "

 

 

I could have dealt without the loser comment because it seems pretentious, but I still think the basic premise is there. There is nothing wrong with either of those stances, but that's not what America wants from their sports coverage.

 

I think he is wrong as all get out. Doesn't fit his agenda though.

[GrantNKY]

Call Kaepernick whatever you want to call him, but that turned political real quick for a lot of people.

[GrantNKY]

I think he is wrong as all get out. Doesn't fit his agenda though.

How is he wrong? Is he wrong about middle America or is he wrong about why ESPN is failing?

[PurplePride92]

How is he wrong? Is he wrong about middle America or is he wrong about why ESPN is failing?

Wrong about why ESPN is failing. The downfall of ESPN was predicted years ago. For all his talk about Caitlyn Jenner, Michael Sam and Colin Kaepernick there were plenty of people on camera at ESPN who weren't in favor of any of them. Plenty. And Stephen A has been very very critical of Colin Kaepernick so, no, I'm not buying this reasoning that the ESPN being political is their downfall.

[jericho]

Even funnier is that Stephen A Smith leans more right than left but folks can't stand him either.:lol2:

 

I like him and I like hearing him talk politics more than the News people.

[GrantNKY]

Wrong about why ESPN is failing. The downfall of ESPN was predicted years ago. For all his talk about Caitlyn Jenner, Michael Sam and Colin Kaepernick there were plenty of people on camera at ESPN who weren't in favor of any of them. Plenty. And Stephen A has been very very critical of Colin Kaepernick so, no, I'm not buying this reasoning that the ESPN being political is their downfall.

It's not about being pro-Kaepernick or anti-Kaepernick it's about the fact that I don't want to hear about Colin Kaepernick unless it's about his play on the field.