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  • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

    I have to agree with XYZ. There are enough alternatives out there. IF I decide to turn on ESPN for whatever reason, I know what I'm getting into, and forego any right to beech about the coverage. It's not like I have no idea what they will be spotlighting/etc. They've been around for 30+ years, as have I, so it's not a surprise.
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      Originally posted by MountieBoyOz View Post
      Again, I work in a sports department and I was told check the Nationwide race. The whole two minutes I was watching was Howard didn't stay with the Lakers because blah blah blah or Howard told people he didn't want to be Kobe's second banana and Steve Nash is old blah blah blah. Nothing else was on that bottomline for that two minutes even though there was MLB going on and NHL free agency. I'd welcome mindless NFL stuff at the point. Lay off for once, X. You complain about my complaining so that makes you just as bad if not worse than me.
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      As a Journalist, shouldn't you be going direct to the source as much as you can all the time?? Why dink around with a third party there, IE the four letter network??
      Last edited by bigmrg74; 07-06-2013, 01:20 AM.
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      • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

        Yes by turning ESPN on you are just giving credence to their showing this stuff.
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        • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

          I still watch ESPn for live sporting events and only for that, so I can't ***** about the most hated aspects of their coverage anymore. Can't gripe about their awful balance of coverage on Sportscenter and the mess that is their talking head shows if I don't watch them.

          But having the Wimbledon championship matches on cable instead of broadcast TV? Poor form. That ought to be on their broadcast channels.

          I get the business side of forcing people to pay for cable if they can't reach a certain quota of advertising dollars on ABC, but watching Wimbledon on NBC during my summer vacations as a boy was how I started to love tennis so much, so it's a bit sentimental for me.
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          • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

            I guess we're the only ones who want highlight shows:

            http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/...ghts-show.html


            Cannot seem to find the critique of SportsCenter and how it has changed over the last couple of years. I'll keeping looking.
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            • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

              Originally posted by Biddco View Post
              I guess we're the only ones who want highlight shows:

              http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/...ghts-show.html


              Cannot seem to find the critique of SportsCenter and how it has changed over the last couple of years. I'll keeping looking.
              That's why I hope the two guys from TSN (Which is miles better than ESPN.) can bring their magic to Fox Sports 1. I wish I could get TSN just for the awesome Top 10s they churn out on a daily basis.
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              • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                I love the pure highlights shows with one added thing: a brief breakdown of the play when necessary. Example: a WR gets wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide open on a TD catch. Break it down on how he got that wide open? Blown coverage? DB slipped on the field? What? That sorta thing. Has to be brief, though, and not beaten to death by 10 different angles and analysts.
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                • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                  I love the pure highlights shows with one added thing: a brief breakdown of the play when necessary. Example: a WR gets wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide open on a TD catch. Break it down on how he got that wide open? Blown coverage? DB slipped on the field? What? That sorta thing. Has to be brief, though, and not beaten to death by 10 different angles and analysts.
                  That's the rub, isn't it? Repetition and over-saturation seems to be the key for SC.
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                  • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                    Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                    That's the rub, isn't it? Repetition and over-saturation seems to be the key for SC.
                    A-Fookin'-greed.
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                    • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                      A-Fookin'-greed.
                      And now that I've finally been able to read the awful announcing article, that's basically the point they were trying to make. The demand for a straight highlights show isn't there (as much as I loved The Lights before its hiatus, and as much a I'm sure I'll hate it when the retooled version comes back... I'm the minority), and people do want some additional insight. But there's a difference between more insight and the endless loop of tripe ESPN tries to force down you throat.
                      If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me

                      BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!


                      At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."

                      Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.

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                      • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                        Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                        That's the rub, isn't it? Repetition and over-saturation seems to be the key for SC.
                        Right, bringing up a story once an hour cycle is enough.
                        bueller: Why is the sunset good? Why are boobs good? Why does Positrack work? Why does Ferris lose on the road and play dead at home?

                        It just happens.


                        nmupiccdiva: I'm sorry I missed you this weekend! I thought I saw you at the football game, but I didn't want to go up to a complete stranger and ask "are you Monster?" and have it not be you!

                        leswp1: you need the Monster to fix you

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                        • Originally posted by Biddco View Post
                          http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/...ghts-show.html


                          Cannot seem to find the critique of SportsCenter and how it has changed over the last couple of years. I'll keeping looking.
                          How ESPN ditched Journalism and followed Skip Bayless to the Altar of Tebow.

                          Is that the one??
                          Last edited by bigmrg74; 07-07-2013, 07:01 PM.
                          bueller: Why is the sunset good? Why are boobs good? Why does Positrack work? Why does Ferris lose on the road and play dead at home?

                          It just happens.


                          nmupiccdiva: I'm sorry I missed you this weekend! I thought I saw you at the football game, but I didn't want to go up to a complete stranger and ask "are you Monster?" and have it not be you!

                          leswp1: you need the Monster to fix you

                          Life is active, find Balance!massage therapy Ann Arbor

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                          • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                            ESPY ad with RGIII. Well done, except, ZERO mention of the Stanley Cup Final. I know, I know, ESPN hates on the NHL, but really, not one mention? Sad.
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                            • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                              No, but it is along the same lines. THe one I am thinking of is a Awful Announcing blog post.
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                              • Re: The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

                                ESPN viewership in Q2 drops sharply
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