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The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

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Spartanforlife4 said:
Why is there a shot clock on the floor? Why? There is already a massive scoreboard on the bottom that includes a shot clock. Why do I need more graphics??? This is going to be as dumb as when they started putting the down and YTG on the field for football despite it being literally two inches lower on the scoreboard.
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don't be ridiculous. you ALWAYS need more graphics, according to ESPN.
 
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Thoughts on the NCAA Hockey Selection show pushed off ESPN2 from last year to ESPNU this year?

Last year, both Semi-Final games were on ESPN2 and the National Championship game was on ESPN. This year, One Semi-Final game is on ESPN2 and the other is on ESPNU. Lastly, the National Championship game is on ESPN2 this year.

http://web1.ncaa.org/NCAATV/exec/query
 
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Who cares? Something like 27 people watch the selection show. As one of those 27 people, I'm not outraged.

ESPN and ESPN2 have the same number of subscribers. They are the same channel. As one of the 239 people who watches the Frozen Four, I'm not outraged about that either.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
The public doesn't want hockey and has even less use for college hockey.
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I have to agree with Dude Love in this instance. The reason the public has a low opinion of hockey is because ESPN has done a great job of not featuring it. When the network had the NHL contract instead of the NBA, coverage was fair and equitable. If one sport had a bigger story, the would be featured despite what the contract situation was. Nowadays, the Bobcats-Heat would be ahead in the rundown of say the Rangers-Red Wings. It annoyed me to end that Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final was third behind lockout talk in the NBA and the Yanks-Sox. The coverage should be treated like a national sports page where the top story gets the lead no matter who holds the rights. I really do miss the Final Score on FSN because that was a great show, and I hope NBC SN does a highlight-driven show to counteract North Korean Sports TV.

I do understand the Masters is going that week and I'd put them on ESPN over college hockey for ratings purposes. I do wish they'd move the Frozen Four back so they'd get more eyes. College hockey won't get run because NBC holds the regular season rights and the H word is dirty in Bristol. College lacrosse is getting more run this year. (Not that I have a problem with college lax.) It just seems the predisposition to take down the sport is out there. I wish certain sports could opt out and go to NBC SN to get more coverage.
 
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When ESPN was being "fair and equitable", the ratings still sucked ***. You're expecting them to throw more money into a firepit and complaining when they don't.

I liked Terra Nova, even as campy as it was. Not enough other people did, so it's cancelled. I like hockey. Not enough other people do, as they watch the NFL combine in larger numbers, so it runs 10 minutes a week and is 3rd or 4th on the story list in its championship round.

I'm way more frustrated when they take something with mediocre ratings and try to shove it down my throat like women's bouncy hoops or non-US national team soccer then with their lack of interest in hockey.
 
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bronconick said:
When ESPN was being "fair and equitable", the ratings still sucked ***. You're expecting them to throw more money into a firepit and complaining when they don't.

I liked Terra Nova, even as campy as it was. Not enough other people did, so it's cancelled. I like hockey. Not enough other people do, as they watch the NFL combine in larger numbers, so it runs 10 minutes a week and is 3rd or 4th on the story list in its championship round.

I'm way more frustrated when they take something with mediocre ratings and try to shove it down my throat like women's bouncy hoops or non-US national team soccer then with their lack of interest in hockey.
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Valid points, nick. However, a lot of casual sports fans only go to ESPN to get sports info. If they see that the NHL is not on the show, then they think it doesn't matter. They had a full slate of NHL games last night and they showed zero highlights. They market themselves as the TOTAL sports network. Somehow, they think Suh getting a speeding ticket is a little more important than teams chasing the 8th spot. If they had NBA teams chasing the final spot, they'd do 20 mins of highlights and another 15 of breakdown on the race.
 
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This year's NCAA tournament is one of the main reasons why I finally pulled the trigger on upgrading my XBox live to Gold. Should get me every game of the tournament in HD through the ESPN3 streaming plus I am getting most of this week's bouncy ball championship week games with no need to pay for multiple additional tiers on my cable tv package. Not sure I can even get ESPNU at all with my cable tv.
 
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bronconick said:
When ESPN was being "fair and equitable", the ratings still sucked ***. You're expecting them to throw more money into a firepit and complaining when they don't.

I liked Terra Nova, even as campy as it was. Not enough other people did, so it's cancelled. I like hockey. Not enough other people do, as they watch the NFL combine in larger numbers, so it runs 10 minutes a week and is 3rd or 4th on the story list in its championship round.

I'm way more frustrated when they take something with mediocre ratings and try to shove it down my throat like women's bouncy hoops or non-US national team soccer then with their lack of interest in hockey.
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I'm curious how you think ESPN shoves soccer down your throat.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
. . . It annoyed me to end that Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final was third behind lockout talk in the NBA and the Yanks-Sox. The coverage should be treated like a national sports page where the top story gets the lead no matter who holds the rights. . . .
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How are you determining "top story"? Not to get argumentative or pile on you, but what people are saying is that they did treat coverage like a national sports page and the top stories did get the lead no matter who holds the rights.
 
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CLS said:
How are you determining "top story"? Not to get argumentative or pile on you, but what people are saying is that they did treat coverage like a national sports page and the top stories did get the lead no matter who holds the rights.
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Rule of thumb. Game 7 in ANY major big four sport should be the lead. I understand that the impending strike is huge and so is Yanks-Sox. However, it's not as big as Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Rule of thumb. Game 7 in ANY major big four sport should be the lead. I understand that the impending strike is huge and so is Yanks-Sox. However, it's not as big as Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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You're making the incorrect assumption that it's still the "big 4".
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Rule of thumb. Game 7 in ANY major big four sport should be the lead. I understand that the impending strike is huge and so is Yanks-Sox. However, it's not as big as Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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I agree. Except Yankees-Red Sox isn't huge. They play almost 20 times every year. ESPN is basically NESN on steroids.
 
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