silantbill My guess is that they were afraid Opie would blow it all up if they tried to remove him. That or even if they were successful the company might step in, mix things around, and completely ruin everything. They sit behind a desk and not a microphone for a reason. They would gladly destroy everything funny if it meant a .2% increase in profits.
I'm an opie fan and proud of it!!! He was the only one with talent on this show. He is the best and funniest radio man in history!! I dont understand why everyone doesn't love him. He knew exactly how to run a show and he knew he wasn't the funny one and you could tell that because he never interrupted when the other guys had a good comedic flow going. I mean c'mon guys, you have to admit that he always went to the phones at the perfect time. Can you blame him for going to the phones?? The brilliant, well informed listeners of this great, award winning level radio show were very smart and always contributed massively to the great flow of this show. Obviously he was the best out of the group because he has the best and largest podcast out there!!! I mean I'm lucky enough to be able to donate straight to opie so he can keep the lights on!! Long live the talented opie!!