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[quote=FlyerSkin;1170859]ESPN by virtue of their virtual monopoly of sports broadcasting got complacent and arrogant. In doing so they tried to set an agenda and went full retard and got political. Sports was the last vestige where folks could just enjoy something, then these morons actually considered themselves to be legit social commentators. Sports journalists are on the bottom of the writing totem pole, and are not the brightest either. The questions they ask at pressers are downright moronic half the time. I laughed my ass off when Beast mode played with them. Showed them for the retards they are.[/quote]

wasn't Keith Olberman one of the first there to really start the political agenda crap? I could never stand him...just give me the sports & hold the political drama queen stuff.

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[quote=punch it in;1170848]Fuck Hank Williams and ESPN. [emoji106] I actually hate everything about Hank Williams. ESPN was like the greatest thing ever but now there is so much sports out there they are just meh. I cannot even remember the last time i got excited for sports center.[/quote]

Yup but to me ESPN started to go down hill after being bought by ABC/Disney....they started restaurants and stuff.They forgot why they were here.

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[QUOTE=FlyerSkin;1170859]ESPN by virtue of their virtual monopoly of sports broadcasting got complacent and arrogant. In doing so they tried to set an agenda and went full retard and got political. Sports was the last vestige where folks could just enjoy something, then these morons actually considered themselves to be legit social commentators. Sports journalists are on the bottom of the writing totem pole, and are not the brightest either. The questions they ask at pressers are downright moronic half the time. I laughed my ass off when Beast mode played with them. Showed them for the retards they are.[/QUOTE]



Ouch. Lol. Pretty general statement about sports writers. I agree about ESPN getting stale, but some sports writers are top notch journalists and some are not. Same could be said for any sort of journalist or any job for that matter.
I think the real downfall for espn is simply that I do not really need to tune into sports center anymore to find out what is going on. My phone blows up every time an athlete as much as passes gas. Satellite radio, Twitter, etc etc. When I was young I used to looooove the George Michael Sports Machine. Than Sports Center was like Disneyland for sports. Now it is just old news by the time u tune in. Oh well. Video killed the radio star and now technology killed video.

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[QUOTE=Giantone;1170862]Yup but to me ESPN started to go down hill after being bought by ABC/Disney....they started restaurants and stuff.They forgot why they were here.[/QUOTE]



Agreed, but it was really their only choice to try and remain relevant because insta-news on our phones, satellite radios, etc was going to make sports news on television dead anyway.

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[quote=punch it in;1170863]Ouch. Lol. Pretty general statement about sports writers. I agree about ESPN getting stale, but some sports writers are top notch journalists and some are not. Same could be said for any sort of journalist or any job for that matter.
I think the real downfall for espn is simply that I do not really need to tune into sports center anymore to find out what is going on. My phone blows up every time an athlete as much as passes gas. Satellite radio, Twitter, etc etc. When I was young I used to looooove the George Michael Sports Machine. Than Sports Center was like Disneyland for sports. Now it is just old news by the time u tune in. Oh well. Video killed the radio star and now technology killed video.[/quote]

You are right, there are some really good sports writers, but they are in their 50s and write for newspapers. NFL.com writers are morons. ESPN writers are a bit better, but it is a joke the NFL guys get paid for their crap. They lack basic research skills and get called out often by commenters, then edit the story accordingly.

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[quote=Bangee7;1170861]wasn't Keith Olberman one of the first there to really start the political agenda crap? I could never stand him...just give me the sports & hold the political drama queen stuff.[/quote]

He went full retard over the Redskin issue that is for sure!!!!! He didn't last very long though. The experiment failed. He served his purpose nailing
Bush and once he left office Olbermann was seen as a self righteous winker.

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[QUOTE=FlyerSkin;1170865]You are right, there are some really good sports writers, but they are in their 50s and write for newspapers. NFL.com writers are morons. ESPN writers are a bit better, but it is a joke the NFL guys get paid for their crap. They lack basic research skills and get called out often by commenters, then edit the story accordingly.[/QUOTE]



Definitely too many ex athletes allowed into the fray. No doubt. Just because u were great on the field or court or whatever doesn't mean squat when u join the talking heads outside of some perspective from an athletes side of things.
ESPN should just pump out the 30 for 30's. They are awesome. The commercials are awesome too.

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[quote=punch it in;1170863]Ouch. Lol. Pretty general statement about sports writers. I agree about ESPN getting stale, but some sports writers are top notch journalists and some are not. Same could be said for any sort of journalist or any job for that matter.
I think the real downfall for espn is simply that I do not really need to tune into sports center anymore to find out what is going on. My phone blows up every time an athlete as much as passes gas. Satellite radio, Twitter, etc etc. When I was young I used to looooove the [B]George Michael Sports Machine[/B]. Than Sports Center was like Disneyland for sports. Now it is just old news by the time u tune in. Oh well. Video killed the radio star and now technology killed video.[/quote]

i remember watching this in college...blast from the past!

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Something football related to watch.
Brady haters wont like it.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJBCJ5zW7U[/url]

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[quote=Alvin Walton;1170892]Something football related to watch.
Brady haters wont like it.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olJBCJ5zW7U[/url][/quote]

That was pretty fun to watch. I'm just glad we're not in the video, I know we've been burned on the run by slow qb's in the past.

Re: NFL offseason 1.0 thread
 

[quote=punch it in;1170863]Ouch. Lol. Pretty general statement about sports writers. I agree about ESPN getting stale, but some sports writers are top notch journalists and some are not. Same could be said for any sort of journalist or any job for that matter.
I think the real downfall for espn is simply that I do not really need to tune into sports center anymore to find out what is going on. My phone blows up every time an athlete as much as passes gas. Satellite radio, Twitter, etc etc. When I was young I used to looooove the George Michael Sports Machine. Than Sports Center was like Disneyland for sports. Now it is just old news by the time u tune in. Oh well. Video killed the radio star and now technology killed video.[/quote]

George Michael was way ahead of his time.

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I blame ESPN for killing ABC Sports. Really George Michael Sports Machine was a great show. Now both the sportscaster and singer are both gone! :(

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[url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/12/odell-beckham-releases-im-back-video-before-minicamp/]Odell Beckham releases “I’m back” video before minicamp | ProFootballTalk[/url]

complete clown and the epitome of why that generation isn't taken seriously

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[quote=Chico23231;1170897][url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/12/odell-beckham-releases-im-back-video-before-minicamp/]Odell Beckham releases “I’m back” video before minicamp | ProFootballTalk[/url]

complete clown and the epitome of why that generation isn't taken seriously[/quote]


"that generation" LOL,yeah ok.Odell seems to be in your head.

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[quote=Giantone;1170963]"that generation" LOL,yeah ok.Odell seems to be in your head.[/quote]

To the point I'm attacking kicking nets and crying