SoulMan Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Garbage channel. The screaming morons with "hot takes" and the hot young and intellectually devoid female "reporters" make it unwatchable. ESPN went for the young population, forgetting that the older, professional, gainfully employed population is where the money is at. That and the 3 hour evening segment entitled "unwatchable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 So far it looks like they are just going to chop all their reporters, let other outlets do the work then just hot take everything. It's feeling more and more like they are trying to be a sports channel by appealing to casual sports fans over diehard ones who actually appreciate some insight over hot takery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The NFL screwed them over though, Monday Night used to be THE night in the NFL, but now they've put the weeks big game on Sunday instead and further diluted primetime football with Thursday night. I love football as much as anyone, but after Thursday night and all day Saturday and Sunday, I need to skip out on monday so I don't end up divorced, I don't care about watching the Redskins play the Saints after already consuming ~30 hours of football the preceding 4 days. The NBA is doing no favors, no one watches regular season (not to mention regular season baseball) and the post season is just as much with TNT / Fox as it is with ESPN. They've ruined their relationship with the NHL and are basically just left with College Football to post them up (and the Thursday night games they aired lost a lot of luster with the NFL's thursday night football). Yup, that was a total shafting. Total dog games for Thursday and Monday and the pick of the litter for NBC's whim and caprice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansLanda Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I wonder how much these guys are getting paid that they are getting laid off. Some of the on-air talent/hosts of shows make between $1-3.5M. I would bet Werder and Burnside made less than that. Cable cutters are killing their business just like the internet crushed newspapers. Although, this seems to be happening much faster. The question is, what will this do longterm to the sports rights. ESPN surely won't want to pay the steep fees to each league if they're underwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Austin Ward is gone. He covered the Big 10 and I thought he was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Some of the on-air talent/hosts of shows make between $1-3.5M. I would bet Werder and Burnside made less than that. Cable cutters are killing their business just like the internet crushed newspapers. Although, this seems to be happening much faster. The question is, what will this do longterm to the sports rights. ESPN surely won't want to pay the steep fees to each league if they're underwater. Not the same, people didn't really read newspapers that intensely, giving up the paper meant they honestly realized they don't care much about news in the first place. It hasn't been missed at all. Watching TV or its equivalent is as vital as oxygen for almost all the population, you need something to veg and rest your eyeballs on for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Also Pierre LeBrun from NHL - wow Not sure to put this here or OTW, but first cut is a football guy. Ed Werder is being let go. One of the best guys there I thought. Shame to see a quality reporter like Ed get cut, but the chuckleheads at TBN like Sully, Bucky and Harrington are protected by a guild. Sad days when anyone loses their job over changing economy and business models. Ed Werder's dog died today too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Watching TV or its equivalent is as vital as oxygen for almost all the population, you need something to veg and rest your eyeballs on for hours. Thankfully, Netflix has like 457 seasons of various Law & Order shows to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansLanda Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Not the same, people didn't really read newspapers that intensely, giving up the paper meant they honestly realized they don't care much about news in the first place. It hasn't been missed at all. Watching TV or its equivalent is as vital as oxygen for almost all the population, you need something to veg and rest your eyeballs on for hours. It's very much the same dynamic. People are cutting the cable, getting some streaming package and noticing they don't actually care much about ESPN. ~$7 of everyone's cable bill goes to ESPN - if they have the channel of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yeah, Werder seemed like a solid guy. Probably not "sensational" enough for them these days... I was hoping ESPN would go back to solid reporting and less sensationalism. Ed was solid. He won;t be on the street for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Add Scott Burnside to the hockey layoffs. Sad Pour one out for John Buccigross Edited April 26, 2017 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The NFL screwed them over though, Monday Night used to be THE night in the NFL, but now they've put the weeks big game on Sunday instead and further diluted primetime football with Thursday night. I love football as much as anyone, but after Thursday night and all day Saturday and Sunday, I need to skip out on monday so I don't end up divorced, I don't care about watching the Redskins play the Saints after already consuming ~30 hours of football the preceding 4 days. The NBA is doing no favors, no one watches regular season (not to mention regular season baseball) and the post season is just as much with TNT / Fox as it is with ESPN. They've ruined their relationship with the NHL and are basically just left with College Football to post them up (and the Thursday night games they aired lost a lot of luster with the NFL's thursday night football). People here keep mischaracterizing the TNF broadcast. It's a top 10 broadcast. Therefore it's very popular. ESPN lost nothing from not broadcasting NHL...because no one watches the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 People here keep mischaracterizing the TNF broadcast. It's a top 10 broadcast. Therefore it's very popular. ESPN lost nothing from not broadcasting NHL...because no one watches the NHL. Back when the Avalanche and Red Wings throttled eachother on the regular I would watch out of market hockey games. Now it's just local games until playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Nooooo Hannah storm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Nooooo Hannah storm!!!seriously? She's one of the good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Wagon Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Titans reporter Paul Kuharsky is out. I'd be kind of surprised to see Rodak survive the day. I could see ESPN cutting out a lot of coverage for the non glamour teams (it was already limited to begin with) and focus on the teams that really move the ratings needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Add Scott Burnside to the hockey layoffs. Sad Pour one out for John Buccigross He was a big name rumored to be on the bubble. There was an article that came out in February with the guys that were safe and those that should worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 seriously? She's one of the good ones. just read her role will be reduced, prolly meaning a renegotiated salary as well. ESPN pretty much just relegated hockey to the "other" tab. But keep insisting the game is in great shape Gary...you freaking moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 He was a big name rumored to be on the bubble. There was an article that came out in February with the guys that were safe and those that should worry. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/layoffs-hit-espn-as-network-sheds-air-talent-997616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 just read her role will be reduced, prolly meaning a renegotiated salary as well. ESPN pretty much just relegated hockey to the "other" tab. But keep insisting the game is in great shape Gary...you freaking moron. I heard that about Hannah as well. Russillo is having his role reduced as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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