ESPN layoffs: Ryan Clark gone and more to come | (Updated: ) Tom Pelissero expected to be out at NFL Network

[1960Pats]

Tebow has a huge following. It is almost cult like.

He wasn't much of a pro QB but he's pretty likeable.

Speaking of followers, I wonder what Christian Cat is doing these days.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

I thought it was Clark also but after asking the question yesterday in this thread I looked it up, it was Anthony Smith.

Yes Smith, but I'm sure he is still bitter about losing every big game to the Pats the Steelers played in while he was there.

 

[1960Pats]

Not just that, I think most ex-athletes aren't that great at explaining what's going on since they come at it from being excellent at their game so at some level they think most things going on are obvious. Also, a lot of them take the "too cool for school" vibe that I find really unhelpful.

FWIW it took Brady a season to become a decent announcer, and he's got all that content on the field to react to, rather than having to carry the whole story line by himself. On top of that all he has to do is fill in those precious nanoseconds before they jump to another ad read. It's not that demanding a gig, yet it took him a year to grow into it.



Overall I like him, although I gotta say his podcast doesn't stay in my regular rotation.

Good for him for keeping multiple gigs going, it's looking pretty darn smart right about now.

I saw a video years ago of Eisen throwing a football at a target. He was among a few players and when he threw the first one it was so awful that the players were laughing and telling him to try again, just so they could laugh again. I can't find the video but it was the worst attempt at throwing a football that I've ever seen.

 

[rkarp1]

everyone has their fave and those that they hate on.
it is a business model that is squeezed to the max, making payroll one of the few overhead expenditures that can be controlled.
consolidating NFLN and ESPN was always going to include consolidating personnel.
no industry, including media, is exempt

 

[BennyBledsoe]

I haven't watched ESPN as a source of anything, entertainment or information, in about 20 years. Not at all coincidentally, that's about when Stephen A really started to become the face of the network. That's about when it all started to crumble for me. I can't stand shouting.

 

[rkarp1]

I haven't watched ESPN as a source of anything, entertainment or information, in about 20 years. Not at all coincidentally, that's about when Stephen A really started to become the face of the network. That's about when it all started to crumble for me. I can't stand shouting.

fwiw, ESPN also fired Smith in 2009, only to have him back a few years later

 

[sb1]

He wasn't much of a pro QB but he's pretty likeable.

Speaking of followers, I wonder what Christian Cat is doing these days.

I think this is her board. Doesn't look like it gets much traffic.

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[sb1]

The Tebow wars on this board. Good times lol

Player Signing Thread 'Patriots Sign Tim Tebow'

Jun 10, 2013

No joke!

http://https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/344198740132913152

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• Forum: PatsFans.com - Patriots Fan Forum

 

[XLIX]

He wasn't much of a pro QB but he's pretty likeable.

Tim Tebow is one of the best college QBs of the past 50 years. People always forget how good he was because he sucked in the pros.

 

[Bill Lee]

everyone has their fave and those that they hate on.
it is a business model that is squeezed to the max, making payroll one of the few overhead expenditures that can be controlled.
consolidating NFLN and ESPN was always going to include consolidating personnel.
no industry, including media, is exempt

All true, but the thing about sports is they are not necessary for survival, they are just a pass-time.

To me there's a genuine risk of over-exposure and over-exploitation.

Prices of everything starting with food then energy then housing are going crazy, and there's a point at which people will opt out, either due to lack of money or due to feeling like they are being ripped off time and time again.

A good article worth reading is linked below, here's an intro quote:

Everywhere you look in the sports world, fans feel left out. Pick your poison. Streaming deals make it increasingly cumbersome to watch all the games you want. Exorbitant ticket prices that make it impossible to actually attend in person with your family. Beloved traditions and rivalries are cast by the wayside. Expansion that nobody wants in the name of the bottom line is ever-present.​

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Sports are more popular than ever before. But we are also reaching a breaking point where private equity dollars are becoming more valuable than paying customers. And although it seems we might currently be in a state of equilibrium, the sheer weight and volume of unpopular changes rising in the sports world is becoming a concern.​

It ends with:

As we look towards the back half of the 2020s, sports are facing an existential question that may shape the next generation. Is it for the fans, or for the billionaire class? Sports are already experiencing declining popularity among younger demographics, which should be a major canary in the coal mine for all leagues and executives. The more complex, convoluted, and expensive it is to be a sports fan, the more those younger demographics will increasingly tune out.​

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For now, it looks like the power brokers in the industry are all going deeper into the abyss in search of whatever treasure they can find. And if they go much further, they risk leaving every sports fan behind because the revenue graph must go up and to the right at all costs.​

Sports are reaching a breaking point in the endless pursuit of cash

Nearly every recent major decision in the sports world is based on what can make the most cash, not what is best for fans.

awfulannouncing.com

The article digs into pretty much every major sport: NFL, NBA, CFB, NCAA basketball, F1 racing, the FIFA World Cup, and the Olympics too. They are all trending in the same direction, over-exposure and over-exploitation. For younger people, the juice just might not be worth the squeeze when they look at their college debt, their grocery bills, etc. As a not-young person, I certainly limit my spending to just a few streaming services, none of which I buy just to watch sports.