ESPN Cutting Nearly $100 Million In On-Air Talent

[puggle]

They would save a lot of money trimming the fat of its NFL analyst roster. At one point they had enough guys to fill out a whole teamThey even had guys that were strictly ESPNnews exclusive because they couldn't cut it on the main shows.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

both the NFL and NBA are cheeks at the moment to be real with you

College basketball cheeks too. Not a great time for sports

Dude, boxing is getting good again. 2017 has had some great fights.

Aleen vs. Khytrov
Jack vs. Degale
Frampton vs. Santa Cruz
Thurman vs. Garcia

Plus,
GGG vs. Jacobs
Klitschko vs. Joshua

And finally, it seems like we're finally gonna get GGG & Canelo this year.

They can probably just get rid a lot of those random channels like espn u, espn classic, espn news

And thihs is a big part of their problem too. They believe they're more important than they are. Why do you need all of those channels? Just show First Take in the AM, SportsCenter, seasonal College Footbal/Basketball/NBA/NFL/MLB/NASCAR coverage, only important golf, tennis, and soccer events, and KIM.

They have hours and hours of bullshyt spread out over like 6 channels.

Cornball shows ain't no Trump loving blue collar worker gonna come home from work and watch them nikkas

now, this is true too.

ESPN turning "woke" is soooo annoying, like when your White friends start talking about "privilege" and shhit like that.

I don't need ESPN to be "Black", I just need them to cover sports and leave all their bullshyt out of it.

Matter of fact, them having all these rappers on the channel is annoying as fukk. Dan Lebatard borders on "Noisey" levels of exploitations when he's asking these nikkaz about their hard childhoods and criminality & I like him in general, but he's one of those liberals who thinks that because he's liberal he's immune from being exploitative towards Black people. It's cringeworthy hearing his father rapping along with c00n ass nikkaz like 2Chains & Lil' Wayne.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Part of it is Sports as a whole is terrible Right now

NFL is unwatchable at times with the rule changes, no hitting, no defense, same ole teams in the AFC, Pats every year, garbage QBs etc

NBA- lack of star power is worst it's ever been. Only 3-4 must see players, only 4-5 teams worth watching.. too many stat padding, Empty stats players

College Basketball has been trash since the Big East folded

MLB - nobody cares
NHL - nobody cares
Soccer- nobody cares until WC
College Football is the only thing cookin right now

 

[DlAMONDZ]

So desperate they started airing 'Nacion ESPN' out of the blue Trying to get latinos to watch ESPN now

 

[Professor Mac]

Jacoby
Wilbon

Sage Steele


Lz Granderson

 

[who_better_than_me]

The NFL being such a piss poor product is killing a lot of sports media

The cowboys should be a nationally broadcasted game every game of their schedule, ya fukking b*stards!!!

 

[TNOT]

Part of it is Sports as a whole is terrible Right now

NFL is unwatchable at times with the rule changes, no hitting, no defense, same ole teams in the AFC, Pats every year, garbage QBs etc

NBA- lack of star power is worst it's ever been. Only 3-4 must see players, only 4-5 teams worth watching.. too many stat padding, Empty stats players

College Basketball has been trash since the Big East folded

MLB - nobody cares
NHL - nobody cares
Soccer- nobody cares until WC
College Football is the only thing cookin right now

ESPN is fine what they could do is seperate the day by region. They can be a bit east coast bias. Air predominately east coast content in the early morning. Midwest late morning early lunch. South after lunch, mountain and west until at three until THE big show @ 6. In case you miss your region it will be available online.

 

[Paradise50]

bill simmons

The Ringer really took off once Bill's HBO show failed () ....I know being a tv guy is Bill's dream but that just ain't his lane. The Ringer vastly improved once that failed though. I see Rembert is leaving NY mag makes me wonder

 

[prophecypro]

Clay Travis tho

 

[Insun Park]

ESPN is fine what they could do is seperate the day by region. They can be a bit east coast bias. Air predominately east coast content in the early morning. Midwest late morning early lunch. South after lunch, mountain and west until at three until THE big show @ 6. In case you miss your region it will be available online.

People have RSNs for this though

 

[Pimp]

There's only 5 nba teams worth watching. dikk Vitale has the most annoying voice after 20 years of hearing him just retire.. ESPN needs to go young and be more about mobile since everyone is glued to their cell phones now.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Whenever i see that Jon Buccigrass muthafukka i just know im in for a shytty ass day

 

[OG Talk]

Writer of the piece is a blatant white supremacist..


He's mad that ESPN is becoming more Black Brown young and progressive, and they fired his House N1gga Whitlock..

 

[NYC Rebel]

At what point do folks look at a shyty author's pedigree and just keep it moving?

 

[Osmar]

Clay Travis isn't credible.

However there is some truth in ESPN cutting salary.

SI.com reported Monday that the network will face a major round of layoffs between now and June as part a “significant cost-cutting” measure aimed at clearing tens of millions of dollars in salary from its payroll.The emphasis will be on forward-facing personalities — those who are present on TV, audio and digital platforms — and people nearing the end of their contracts will be , SI reported

ESPN preparing to lay off on-air talent in payroll purge