The Decline of ESPN...What Happened? 

lazy gamer Like MTV and music videos

Also VH-1 and music videos. Ditto MTV2.

Sounds like what happened to MTV.

lazy gamer Plus see the same thing over & over again or hear the same nerds yelling.

lazy gamer it’s called evolving

Jordan Payne and when the ad ends "and that is how RU-vid makes money" lol

Duded that happened to me!!

He placed it there on purpose...

haha I scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else caught that

*cough* uBlock Origin *cough*

Or "the comedian who thought everything he made was comedy gold and stopped trying as hard"

Don’t forget E!

Exactly. Sports journalism became more similar to the wider spectrum of American "journalism"...which is garbage.

And CNN. At least when Jemele Hill was there.

@@NeverMindMan yes, when they went political...I had to step away....

@UltimateOverlord screw cnn

Don't give 2 shits about anything lebron

Lyndon b Johnson’s son?

So true!

social justice warriors, their coverage from their gated disney castle - is laughable

@@jacobstrine6332 Hahahahaha! That’s why I thought, too. 😉

its like how MTV phased out music and Comedy Central is phasing out comedy, ESPN is phasing out its sports

And they act like teenagers. You never see weathermen acting like that. They just give you what you need

Then after that we'll talk about the Cowboys

@@cerabrii398they never talk about small market teams, and baseball/soccer/hockey have been basically forgotten about

This sums it up nicely.

@@NWSportscast the cowboys my favorite team hasn't been worth shit for a couple decades and yet we still in the top 3 greatest worldwide franchises Manchester United aint got shit on us

HA!

That is sad that u fall for the BS from Fox we just lie news & other right wing nut jobs!!! If the majority of the employees are black & who are under attack by the so called police they have a right to take a stand and speak out

Nw that’s funny😂😂😂😂

😂😂

@@starwarsnaomi what did Jon Gruden say that was so bad? I don’t get it. Please explain.

You do know that outside of NFL Football, the lion's share, aka HUGE majority of sports (College Football and Basketball, NHL Hockey, NBA Basketball, and MLB Baseball) are on cable/satellite television. On over the air broadcast TV, sports have pretty much disappeared, again outside of NFL Football.

Cancelled cable in ‘06 and I’ll never have it again.

Im in hotel watching cable right now....i dont regret getting rid of it one bit. 50 percent of it is bullshit shows trying to shill old people.

@@OdintheGermanShepherd I just hope you are not a sports fan. Most if not all of sports have drifted to cable/satellite. Of course, if you subscribe to 10 different streaming services, then you will be back to where you have started.

There shoving the New England and Tom Brady down our damn throtes.

Yeah, right? I loved those college basketball comercials with Rober Goulet singing about coaches! PRICELESS.... since we will never see stuff like this anymore...… binged.it/2ZPkdfM

FACTS

I yearn for the days of “this is sportscenter” commercials.

You almost forget hockey is a sport. Max Kellerman on first take said nobody in the USA cares about hockey. I disagree with his comments. Hockey has a strong following but it doesn’t get the same ratings as football, baseball and basketball.

If you wanna keep going it’s a large reason probably why NASCAR has declined as well. If they really brought a good overall network on all sports they’d talk more golf, nascar, hockey and more!

Thank God! For a while, I thought I was the only one!!!! Hockey is the greatest sport ever played, IMO. Hockey players are the best athletes. You don't have to have specific attributes, like height or to be 300#... there are 5'9", 165# guys in or going into the Hall of Fame, there are 6'5" and taller guys going into the Hall of Fame. The key is you have to be a great athlete. A great athlete who is 5'9" is very unlikely to make the Hall of Fame in Basketball or Football, and in Baseball you only need to be good at ONE thing... so you don't need to be a great athlete, you just need to be good at ONE thing... A great athlete like Trout will make the Hall for sure... but you can't just be good at one thing in hockey and be a top player. In baseball, if you can hit home runs easily, you can be considered great, even if you can barely make it around the bases or hit over .200. If you can throw a 100 mph fastball, you don't need any other skills. It used to be, in baseball, that you needed to be a well rounded guy to be a professional. Today, half these guys can't field worth a damn, they are sluggish on the base paths, and they can only hit the ball very hard... most not even for a decent average. That's baseball, a one dimensional sport. Hockey is the only true sport left of the major sports in the world today.

@@Murph_. not true we are just at a time where pitchers are the best they've ever been and it's harder than ever to get a hit saying "if you can throw 100 mph, you don't need anything else" tell that to aroldis Chapman he was that and once the league caught up to it he started getting exposed pitchers now throw baseballs at 100 mph fastball with movement or a 90 mph even some curveballs are being thrown like blitzballs Chapman is still good now but he has two maybe even three pitches that batters have to worry about on top of the fastball. Plus baseball is probably the sport that requires the most hand eye coordination and patience that's why people who don't watch baseball find it exciting plus there are many great players in the league that can play both sides of the field shit ohtani is hitting pitching and fielding saying that you don't need to be an athlete in baseball is incredibly stupid btw just because they don't have as much movement as other sports doesn't make them any lesser of an athlete Jordan was the prolly the biggest atheletic freak in his time and he couldn't reach the majors

@@slanda2262 Throwing harder doesn't make a pitcher better. I'd put Greg Maddux up against any pitcher any day. Also, as we continue down this road, players will catch up to the high velocity fastballs, but if the pitchers are otherwise average or worse, which they are, then what? KNOWING how to pitch is more important than how hard you can throw. Finally, when guys are all taught that they should either walk or swing for the fences, it's much easier to strike someone out. MUCH, MUCH easier. In conclusion, one skill does not make a great player.

Excellent point- well said

Wow don’t worry then you’re almost on your way out

😂😂

I wonder if everyone remembers when ESPN showed the O.J. Simpson bronco chase as well as his trial, they also showed other things unrelated to sports such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin‘s funeral, as well as the Kobe Bryant Helicopter crash press conference and the George Floyd protest. Perhaps networks such as ESPN, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, lifetime, and TBS need to rebrand themselves to something that relates to their actual content

So you’re 50 years old?

pillowsocket that’s what I thought ahhaha

Same here lol

fuck you, take my upvote!!! haha

SHIT YOU BEAT ME TOO IT

The ocho is ESPN's savior..

raven lord Yeah I never miss the annual dodgeball tournament

If it almost looks like a sport, we cover it here! On ESPN 8 the Ocho

I cover college football to

Same for us. One of the reasons we started making our podcast in the first place is because we were sick of having to listen to just football and basketball all day. There's so many other good sports to cover that ESPN ignores.

They cover more nba than nfl nowadays

@@ftruers2544 No, the NFL is the most covered

To be fair, NFL and NBA are really popular among their viewers.

It’s a shame that the network has come down to this

Ok what’s the problem with that

Just give it a while, eventually you’ll see an athlete with race and/or gender. It’ll happen.

@@lanealbirth141 The people who complain about politics are soft as shit.

And Tom Brady.

And Zion Williamson

And Mike Trout.

And Aaron Rodgers...and Dallas Cowboys

AntsnRoaches Not to mention Nick Saban and Alabama football.

Ublock Origin does wonders.

David Frischknecht I have an ad block but I have RU-vid white listed unless I watch a channel that I dislike

Collin Smith jags super bowl 2018, DUVAAAAALLLLLL

I've seen you around, are you on Twitter?

Company Man is notorious (at least to me) for having very well placed adds if you pay attention to it in his videos.

That’s why I watch espn deportes and I’m Italian lol

NoFearIsHere but they need poster boys nba is star driven if not lebron than steph curry, nfl is a different story which is more franchise driven

Don't forget about the non-stop Yankees/Red Sox coverage

You must of missed the Tim Tebow coverage

This. ESPN shows way too much favoritism towards certain teams/athletes. I remember when A-Rod came back from his PED suspension and they covered his batting practice for nearly the whole show. Are you kidding me?

LeBron is a racist! boycott nba!

Allie-RX yesss

Allie-RX Or that Viacom-CBS merger.

he already did AOL

Tony Donaldson No he didn't.

Does the failed AT&T-T-Mobile merger of 2011 count?

It’s awesome!!!

THERE is no COVID-19

We have all seen it. Before ESPN. So basically they were not smart enough to put vintage footage. They have lost their way. It is dead.

Which one? D3 is my favorite

Mtv is dying the same death = SJW/Leftist political BULLSHIT!

Drunk Roku You conservatives wouldn't be crying if they went in your direction.

Neither would the channels.

Mtv back catalog of shows/series is pretty decent....goes to app only teen mom and last season real world wtf

In two decades both ESPN and MTV will be either unrecognizable, renamed, or gone. Reminds me of The Nashville Network, which eventually morphed into Spike TV and is morphing again into The Paramount Network. That's ESPN and MTV's future.

Daniel Gonzalez is Hershey selling mirrors for reals?

Marilyn Marks nope :P

At first I was like “What? Mirrors?” But then I realized that was the point…

Not really though, because in 2017 a lot of teams and athletes used the games to try and highlight political issues, and they had to cover that.

Krombopulos Michael it sickens me when politics get everywhere. I'm from Venezuela and here (since things are so fucked up) you literally can't do a single thing without involving politics somehow, and it's really, really tiring. Don't let that happen over there

Degwin Sodo Zabi this is so right!

Degwin Sodo Zabi your right these analyst don't know shit. When I was kid I couldn't wait to watch pre game, post game. It's embarrassing to watch has been athletes act out plays

THIS. I bring him up a lot here, but UrinatingTree was right. ESPN is selling hot takes and personalities, but you can get those all over the internet for free.

Finally someone gets it here. Them trashing a player or team and then that team winning and saying "I told you so" despite what they said actually used to have some ground to it. Now, its nothing new. Everyone is catching on these guys are just fucking useless lol

Agreed, they need to entice you to keep watching and for the most part they like to get people outraged. That, and them trying to push things on you, remember Tebow mania. They are also so god dam pc it’s agitating. That’s what makes barstool so refreshing.

Are you are it's not politics? 99% of these comments is woke politics is why.

ESPN won't report about hockey because hockey is all white and ESPN is pushing the all black democratic billionaire media hidden agenda all black all the time

@@jonjonas2528 yes that is definitely the reason. Fucking idiot. They don't report on hockey because it doesn't bring in ratings. NFL and NBA do

@@jonjonas2528 get away troll please

@Jon Jonas--ESPN used to cover the NHL back when I first had an interest in the sport. They had some very good people covering it. But now the NHL is on another network. Many are interested in football or other sports. The political commentary and/or extra cost to have ESPN (depending on the system/package) can be too much for some.

@@jamiehoward6505 he actually does have a point. They did the same with Baseball when the MLB took the playoffs away from them and went with the higher bidder in TBS. And Baseball does as much ratings as the NBA.

Continue waiting it wont happen

@@gmonono2847 yes it will, when there other means to watch sports

Disney could end up selling them. The MCU has been more valuable than a network that airs every sport in the US, that's actually sad for ESPN lol

Fox sports will take their place.

@@michaelcap9550 Fox Sports will NEVER replace ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

Damon Abets Chris Smoove

For you maybe but for the league it's still necessary don't you think ?

For THE league? How about all leagues. I think, as Company Man pointed out, the leagues are already moving away from ESPN. 35 years ago, the leagues needed ESPN, but the NFL, NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and even 2nd tier sport leagues (UFC, MLS, etc) have already shown they could survive just fine without the old business model.

Actually ESPN has a app & streaming service......

ESPN now has UFC...trying to win the people they have pissed off back. I watch more of the Fox networks for my sports now, they have most the people who left ESPN anyway.

noideac 😂😂😂 that's from Dodgeball no?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XcpgmzHVc1E.html Watch this video, it is about mySpace, and should answer some of your questions.

It’s infuriating

Sippin Water like Skip Bayless

Rob Parker and Max Kellerman are the worst

George Ryan Jr. oh god Max Kellerman knows nothing. He said the MLB is more popular than the NBA. I’m a baseball fan, and even I think that’s the dumbest comment ever, obviously the NBA is more popular than the MLB

@Luke Skywalker Skip is on Fox, not ESPN.

Same 😂

Bingo. They panded to black issues.

@@mikerodgers7620 fr like leObressed

@@mikerodgers7620 pandered to China.

Yes, and that's how you learn, firsthand. The media is nothing but lies and obfuscation.

Fact plus all the other shit they are basically TMZ east

Amen brother

Yep, if I want to see, hear or smell pig shit, I'll switch to pmsnbc.

Really

Good

That's.....just not true. Take the NFL for example, most of their games are on Fox, CBS and NBC. ESPN only gets the monday night football games. So if they went under, the NFL would just give MNF to another network.

@@blackanimelover18 I feel like your proved my point. Those other networks you mentioned are all struggling already in their own right aside from ABC since it’s Disney owned. Getting an equal or larger tv contract if espn is out will be extremely difficult. Also with the CBA always squeezing more of the tv money for their players each negotiating session is an unsustainable business model

@@brian12357 Wasn't ESPN affiliated with Disney? I know they had that ESPN Zone thing.

@@blackanimelover18you literally just proved his point 😂. Wow

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Same

It is possible to do as I do and not pay the slightest attention to RU-vid ads. I ignore them and do not recollect a single one!

If they hadn't demonized those that disagreed with the protests. And they if they had allowed for actual debate without making it the center of the network's attention. ESPN would be doing better, as would the NFL. The issue wasn't bringing politics in, the issue was blindly accepting what the protesters said as truth and attacking anyone with valid arguments. While making it more important than the game itself.

@@codyblea3638 they did that because you're stupid.

I wish Walmart would do that.

@@codyblea3638 Nah you all are just soft.

The people who left because of politics are VERY SOFT.

WTF is ESPN 8?

@@pedalesmexicali It's a joke based on the movie "Dodgeball."

I was going to comment the OCHO lol 😂

Most under-rated comment ever lmfao I listed the OCHO in my head when he was listing the ones ESPN has lol

That was a bold move on their part Cotton.

Politics has nothing to do with it... or the decline of Dick's Sporting Goods for that matter. They're both declining because they're obsolete. "Getting political" doesnt seem to hurt Target or Starbucks or Gillette or whoever else.

@Beau Lijah The comments section proves that SOME people's opinions are persuaded by how political they are. But, that's anecdotal at best, and doesn't give a clear picture of what portion of their subscribers have cancelled for that reason, or how many subscribers have JOINED because of their political leanings. Looking at other companies who "get political," it likely has less to do with that and more to do with what's mentioned in the video.

Christine Hill I think “going political” has certainly hurt ESPN because it alienated viewers of certain political beliefs. It has to do with demographic for instance, you mentioned how Starbucks has not been hurt too badly but it is not like Starbucks has a huge following of right wing individuals like Dicks sporting goods had but they sent the message that selling guns is somehow immoral and it rubbed a good amount of customers the wrong way. Starbucks started in Seattle which has now become a very liberal city where they still receive much of their business today so doing something that appeals to left won’t hurt them for now but could still hurt them in the long run like when Nike ran that Keapernick ad (Gillette is in Boston and I’m pretty sure Target started in Minnesota btw) overall it is still a very stupid decision to go political in either direction because no matter what you will lose fans and viewership and who knows, companies like Gillett and Starbucks may suffer in the long run even if they aren’t right now

@@vondeebs1906 The problem is that Starbucks (like Target) has a presence in more right-wing markets, which has been more or less unaffected by politically-motivated boycotts. ESPN, Nike and Dick's all have something in common: They were in decline BEFORE their political controversies. There's nothing to suggest that "going political" had any sort of impact. Right wing conservatives have this mindset that, any time a business makes decisions based on contemporary social mores (which tend to be liberal because that's how social progress works), those businesses must be "going political." That's how conservatives protect their inability to accept inevitable social progress. But, just because a business makes a moral business decision doesn't mean they're "going political." Look at Chick fil-A. They weren't hurt too badly when it was exposed that they give to right-wing hate groups. Boycotts typically do not work when it comes to issues where the public is polarized because, for every shopper who boycotts, another will be there to pick up the slack. Businesses have a social obligation to stand up for what is right in accordance to the morality of their market. ESPN is on the decline because they're becoming obsolete and are a part of cable packages that are also going obsolete. It has nothing to do with "going political."

Christine Hill the real reason why Starbucks has not suffered too badly is because there is a lack of competition but if they had a more stable competitor I’m sure they would see a decline if they were to delve into politics and how is not selling guns “social progress”? Also conservatives do not have an “inability to accept inevitable social progress” after all republicans were the ones that abolished slavery in the first place. Rather instead it is the argument of whether the things that Nike and others are pushing for is really progress at all especially since on the topic of slavery, Nike still owns all those sweatshops. It is also annoying that they promoted Keapernick because of this cause that he is promoting but he turned out to be a sell out and a fraud and I just feel sorry for the people that actually believed in his cause only to see him take millions of dollars from the NFL to stay quiet, could you ever see MLK jr doing that? Of course not! Because the King actually believed in what he was preaching (and his movement was clear and important) unlike the police brutality nonsense Colin was promoting, there is no national police force, if there is a specific department in certain cities not doing a good job then we can address that, it is so disrespectful to blanket all cops in the same category as if they are all part of the same force, you gotta know it is bad when the one player that actually served in the military walks out of the Steelers locker room and stands for the flag. Kneeling for the national anthem has to have been one of the most divisive and stupidest political movements I have ever seen because it is built around pure nonsense, people have a problem with it because doing it at the game makes it look like he is trying to send a message to the fans as if they need to something about it or they are somehow the problem when he should have taken it upon himself to have this be an off field issue

DemonGrenade274 Oh shit! After scrolling down a barrage of comments blaming “liberal propaganda”; I found one that actually points the blame to the true culprit of the decline. You, sir, deserve more likes.

That's why ESPN will have a streaming service in the near future.

May I point out: we are here on that Internet, not paying anything. Yeah .. could be politics, but if that was true, their decline would have been steeper. All those posting do not reflect the subscription chart. At the same time: all those posters, being here, ranting, won't come back paying $7, if ESPN was the only proper channel. If ESPN was the best way, I guess, they would watch Obama dancing at Half time. My hunch is, ESPN faces the same problem as most News outlets, having huge fixed expenses while shrinking revenue.

@J P Don't respond to the wrong person again.

J P he’s a conservative don’t attack him

Sure, why not

Chuck Keough I'm going to sub to you just because Jajajaja.

NHL.com too

mlb.com and nhl.com are powered by BAMTech streaming tech which is owned by The Walt Disney Company

Yoshi Bryant Your channel looks like a bunch of clickbait garbage. Why should I subscribe?

People who complain about politics are just snowflakes.

When a company decides to become political and woke, then what they choose to cover is only as important as what they choose to ignore. EPSN, Lebron and the NBA support the concentration camps in China by virtue of not speaking out against them now. They can't have it both ways.

@@FallicIdol LeBron is a black man so it makes sense to speak about black issues. He's well within his rights to do so, same as your well within your rights to get butthurt about it

@@hfr8343 Lebron is going to bed with slavers with China. He has no right to talk about injustice while aligning with the literal enemies of free society. I don't expect someone like you or Lebron, someone hell bent on being a victim and incapable of objectively looking at the plight of others, to understand this.

You should care.... Remembers the liars are gonna probably try it here 1st if it works here they're gonna do it to you.... Australia America and England will go up or down together

@@FallicIdol you have no say in what a person can and cannot talk about just because your way of thinking doesn't align with his. It's actually pretty hypocritical

They have their stories written before the game even starts, and they try and force their opinions down your throats.

@Skippy the Alien people watch sports to escape politics regardless of viewpoints

No doubt. I started watching ESPN less and less over the last few years. I always hated their obsession with Kaepernick but ultimately their non stop virtue signaling and glorifying gender politics did it for me. Herbstreit’s BETA performance was the nail in the coffin for me

I don't watch ESPN because of lame graphics and poor presentation of all of their sports properties.

One of the greatest comments ever typed on RU-vid

This is also what's killing foot ball and the Superbowl

Was there a specific event that caused you to cancel? Just curious...I stopped watching 10 years ago when I realized there was so much talk and conjecture and less actual sports.

@@mrjack8849 some time between stunning and brave Bruce Jenner coverage and BLM kneeling. I dont care what people do in their free time (be trans/protest whatever) but gtfo my sports

​@Skippy the Alien Maybe. But if sports commentators at the time filled the sports news cycle with segments like "How awesome the patriot act is" and "Reasons to invade Iraq" I would have probably stopped watching sooner.

Skippy the Alien No. Politics shouldn’t be on ESPN because ESPN is showed around the world and how many people from other countries really give a fuck about American politics. And American politics is one of the most toxic things in the world they just need to stop talking about that shit.

he did that on purpose

RU-vid would make more money if they didn't demonetize every channel that didn't align with their political views!

Does anybody watch them? I sure DON'T.

You really mean you stop watching when their views didn’t match yours.

@@commonsense3921 False. He is saying (what most people are also saying) : "keep politics out of sports". The Kaeparnick kneeling situation.... Michael Sam draft day celebration.... Bruce/Caitlin Jenner nonsense... Dennis Rodman & North Korea ...

Sola Scriptura lol bet you have zero problems with “military tributes” though, do you?

@@philhunt26 Funny. You don't know me, at all, do you? I served eight years in the US Navy (2002- 2010). Last duty station in Pearl Harbor (2007- 2010). CS3 onboard USS Russell (DDG- 59). Thanks for trying; but, you lost that bet.

@@philhunt26 those are stupid also.

Keith Then what's FOX's problems? They are selling all their US media assets EXCEPT Fox News for now. It appears FOX News might be on the block too.

Piteus W Fox wasnt sold. PARTS of Fox were sold. The most profitable parts (like Fox News) which arent particularly subject to the changing media and streaming landscape remain staunchly Murdoch owned.

552mustang Murdoch sold their biggest asset at FOX. Their movie content. They also sold all their regional content. FOX also wanted to sell FOXSports but Disney balked due to possible monopoly issues. FOXSports is a disaster. FOX News will be under pressure as more conservative networks / streaming services are launched.Gasbags are a dime a dozen. Content is King. The Murdoch's know this. Look at CNN and MSNBC. They are competing for a liberal audience. It's only a matter of time FOX NEWs gets new competition for their conservative viewers. Please don't push this narrative about left vs. right. The media doesn't work that way. Content is King. FOX knows they are screwed in sports. They also know FOX News will have a lot more conservative platforms after their viewers. They will also sell FOX NEWS. With Trump as President, it will never get any better than to sell now.

@Keith - They were annoying and hypocritical if you were not in there preferred market long before they were getting political. Now there is not only faster ways to get the information, the popular games tend to leak to the internet somewhere and there is more alternate entertainment to TV as well.

Keith ESPN is like the modern woman no one needs you any more hah

b t s n Get Woke Go Broke.

but but but bron git a for grade edication. He know he shit.

Nazi

RandomStuffYT and Sports Chalet!

RandomStuffYT yes

They stopped selling firearms and ammo. That was a cut to their market and costumer draw.

I second this motion. I'd be interested in seeing that.

PickelJars ForHillary and they were all high and mighty about it. They even stopped filling co2 canisters foe paintball since it was at that same counter. Screw them, it took a long time for dicks and academy to get down here but it was the final nail in their coffin. Good riddance

You’re 100% correct. I can easily stream Redzone for free, listen to most games on the radio, or watch the play by play. I can also watch shows and movies on the internet or pay for a much cheaper subscription like Hulu

It has been 3 years since I have activity watched TV, and switched over to 100% digital media. Instant, mostly free and better...

I never heard of Gears TV. Is it an online service? 15 dollars a month is a steal. My cable bill was almost a 100 dollars a month at one time and I only used three or four channels.

Politics plays the smallest role, don't act like it was never there, even when ESPN was at there best... politics was there!

The young Republican lmfao

Yes!

Ye!!

ECDT1089 Yeah!

Hecc yeah lemme see that

GainedSalmon 3 Sprite is my favorite coke

I still remember where I was when Lance Stephenson started blowing Le'bron, glad dude finally admitted it.

Yes.

The real answer is it was hockey. No one actually watches it so why would ESPN care about it

@@gerhardschulzy Hockey is the only sport where people do not get ejected for merely fighting. Try doing that in the NBA, MLB, or NFL. It is an automatic ejection for merely throwing a punch. It does not matter if it connects or not.

If anyone wants to see hockey, there is always NBC and NBCSN (NBC Sports Network).

Fuzhou if it's almost a sport, they got it there.

Would that mean I can't watch the Average Joe's defend there championship title anymore!?

Go balls deep!

Snowflake

@@clipobserver They got woke and were heading broke. They got smart and started booting their ignorant SJWs.

@J P Snowflakes are the millennials who cry when they don't get what they want. Similar to ESPN millionaires who lie about people for profit. But they got booted or told to shut their mouths and they complied. They may act woke but they care more about their paychecks.

Yup

Right. For many ppl without a hobby on video games, they got too much stress day after day and all channels are the political BS. The only thing on TV for them to watch & entertain is sports. And ESPN clearly ruined it.

They reported facts ?

Not really. Plenty of places have it worse than ESPN because they have NOTHING that can't be put on Netflix or Hulu. The political stuff (and let's be honest, it's mostly Trump supporters who complain about it) is probably not going to move the needle either way because their entire model is obsolete.

Agreed, except Fox has absolutely zero presence in ESPN and the like. They aren't in the equation.

Jason Morris Right! Some of those ESPN Anchors wouldn't dare say their garbage opinion face-to-face to the person they are criticizing. They're soft, such as CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc

Theroux Rlght! Good point! Fox News will not allow liberals to take over their air time! 👍

Now Disney bought FOX, not Fox news but Fox Sport, expect Disney to do to Fox what they did to ESPN and Star Wars.

Cluck off; There'll never be a Sports Center the way Stuart Scott delivered it, or Chris Burman? No more asking "Can I get a witness from the congregation"?

Congress had a chance to make em do it but they pussied out- too many cable companies were big donors

CNN= Communist News Network. Great comment Nick Guardiola!

Nick Ruiz ya don’t say.

Nick Ruiz well done

They literally talk about Lebron every single day...