OT ESPN cost cutting and layoffs

[sb1]

Stephen A. Smith on ESPN layoffs: "More is coming"

The four-letter network's Red Wedding from last Friday had a loose sense of finality to it.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Spiral]

My hunch is that they went to a lot of the talent and said take a pay cut or take a walk. Many of the ones who didn't get whacked probably took a haircut to stick around.

 

[Bill Lee]

Yep, I didn't have a real choice either (Nashua) for fast internet until they came on the scene last year. I was going to make the switch but the early word was Fidium wasn't overly reliable at first, but I've seen less and less complaints, and am willing to assume the risk to get away from Comcast.

Agree, Fidium had a few outages a few months ago in Nashua but have been pretty decent for the last few months.

The following only is relevant to tech nerds: The wifi router they provide is pure chinesium, and only managed through a ****ty app. You can buy and manage your own router but to use it you'll have to call and provide its WAN MAC address to tech support.

 

[Bill Lee]

Stephen A. Smith on ESPN layoffs: "More is coming"

The four-letter network's Red Wedding from last Friday had a loose sense of finality to it.

www.nbcsports.com

Wow, talk about burying the lede. Florio is ignoring that SAS played the race card. Wonder why?

Usually Florio is all over click bait. Maybe NBC told him it was too hot to handle and to give it a pass?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Wow, talk about burying the lede. Florio is ignoring that SAS played the race card. Wonder why?

Usually Florio is all over click bait. Maybe NBC told him it was too hot to handle and to give it a pass?

How about the actual issue is his bloated-ass $10m a year salary and not the color of his skin.

God forbid.

 

[Bill Lee]

How about the actual issue is his bloated-ass $10m a year salary and not the color of his skin.

God forbid.

Gotta admit, it was a skillful use of the race card.

If he gets fired it's not because of what he's paid or what he's delivering, it's because of the color of his skin.

Chris Carter has his fall guy, SAS has his 'get out of jail free' race card ready to go.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Gotta admit, it was a skillful use of the race card.

If he gets fired it's not because of what he's paid or what he's delivering, it's because of the color of his skin.

Chris Carter has his fall guy, SAS has his 'get out of jail free' race card ready to go.

SAS is no dummy for sure. Manipulative d-bag....

 

[captain stone]

I think of her whenever the subject of female sports reporting comes up. Len Berman was the host of Patriots '76.

I was looking forward to the AFCCG show before the game in Three Rivers a week later, until Dreith & Co. ruined everything.

Must-see TV every week in our house after 48-16.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Must-see TV every week in our house after 48-16.

The Raiders were older and they couldn't keep up with us at all here.

It took a wet home grass field and a tsunami of biased wrong officiating calls for them to even be in it at Oakland. I suppose you have to credit the refs for trying to make it look fair by calling some penalties on the Raiders (half what they actually committed).

And I guess I you have credit the Raiders. They whined and cried for as many years about (falsely) being robbed as opponents and media did about the Patriots (nonexistent) cheating before Goodell took over.

Both worked. Well, not if the intention was to prevent the Pats from continuing to win. That only succeeded in 1976.

 

[AQPE]

Benjamin Phillip Dreith Obituary

For anyone in the area of Ft. Logan National Cemetery, if you have some spare time please leave ol’ Ben our best regards and I don’t mean flowers

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Benjamin Phillip Dreith Obituary

For anyone in the area of Ft. Logan National Cemetery, if you have some spare time please leave ol’ Ben our best regards and I don’t mean flowers

Dreith, Davis, Madden, Atkinson & Tatum are, at the very best, total buffoons.

 

[captain stone]

Dreith, Davis, Madden, Atkinson & Tatum are, at the very best, total buffoons.

Madden was a good coach but over-rated; same as his broadcasting career up until his (& Peter Queen’s) public homo-love for Brett Farve, a national ****ing embarrassment… He then became a caricature of himself from that point forward - same as Tony Romo has Already become - except for one brief moment of clarity: “What Tom Brady just did, gives me goosebumps…”