Here's why ESPN suspended Bill Simmons 

He didn't get suspended for profanity he got suspended because he told the truth. Why didn't skip Bayless get suspended when he said kobes rape case helped him with shoe sales. Why kind of bs is that

My respect for Bill just went through the roof. I did not know he had such big balls.

Goddell gets paid $40 million a year to be the evil figurehead for 32 billionaires.

The term independent is being used loosely these days. ESPN does have the right to suspend him. If I were Simmons I would just take his staff and leave ESPN. He's too honest for his own good. Journalistic integrity my ass.

Well he did dare them..guess his wish was granted.

ESPN is owned by disney???

Why is my mom doing sports stuff now?

Explaining why Simmons got suspended is pure speculation. Scott Van Pelt got suspended for criticizing the way Bud Selig looks (hair and outfits) later was found out the reason he got suspended is Bud Selig was listening to the show. All the NFL would have to do to punish ESPN out of hundreds of millions of dollars is reduce game times and reduce media access to ESPN. People theorized it was because SVP criticized Bud Selig's 18.5 million pay but that wasn't the case at all.