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ESPN Used To Be A Sports Network
http://leomcneil.net/2014/09/18/espn-used-to-be-a-sports-network/ ^ | September 18, 2014 | Leo McNeil

Posted on 09/18/2014 4:52:37 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil

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1 posted on 09/18/2014 4:52:37 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
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To: LeoMcNeil
ESPN Used To Be A Sports Network

And MTV used to play music videos. So what?

Cut the cord. There are plenty of ways to get visual entertainment that doesn't involve giving money to liberal Democratic causes.

2 posted on 09/18/2014 4:56:40 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: LeoMcNeil; C. Edmund Wright
I blame the world's worst person ....

Good un-excerpted commentary ping ...

3 posted on 09/18/2014 4:59:52 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: LeoMcNeil

“Everyone has known that he punched her for over six months...”

That’s a lot of punching.

Perhaps the author meant something else.


4 posted on 09/18/2014 5:01:15 AM PDT by ImaGraftedBranch (...By reading this, you've collapsed my wave function. Thanks.)
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To: LeoMcNeil

ESPN is the leftist PC version of sports. The whole damn thing is a charade to promote their godless & selfish worldview.

I don’t know who I despise more: ESPN & their crews or the worthless jock-sniffers that watch them.


5 posted on 09/18/2014 5:01:18 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: LeoMcNeil

Everything is turning into a mindless Twitter format..retweet, retweet, retweet......


6 posted on 09/18/2014 5:05:34 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$$)
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To: ImaGraftedBranch

Once a day, first thing in the morning to get her attention? Depends on your definition of “punch”, right?

Perhaps the author did intend something else...


7 posted on 09/18/2014 5:06:08 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: LeoMcNeil
It hasn't been the same since they dropped Australian Rules Football.


8 posted on 09/18/2014 5:08:38 AM PDT by massmike ("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
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To: Servant of the Cross

You can’t just blame ole Keith on this one....they’ve ALL TURNED into Keith Olbermann.

Actually, that smarmy shemale Bob Lee may be the worst of the bunch.


9 posted on 09/18/2014 5:10:09 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: LeoMcNeil
People watch sports to escape politics and just about everything else in their lives. ESPN was created 35 years ago to foster that escape 24/7. Unfortunately in the last few years they have subjected viewers to an endless stream of politics.

I think the basic premise here is wrong. ESPN has figured out that there simply isn't enough content to fill a 24/7 schedule for sports. They also figured out that talk radio and cable news have a great business model based on 24/7 content -- sensationalist commentary on current political/social events -- that doesn't cost them a penny to generate. That's how you end up with "sports stories" in the media that used to be relegated to People magazine in print and "Entertainment Tonight" on television.

10 posted on 09/18/2014 5:14:57 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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To: LeoMcNeil

Overriding agenda-driven sports, entertainment, music, news. Soap operas of socialists.

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11 posted on 09/18/2014 5:15:59 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: LeoMcNeil

I agree with the author about ESPN,but Peterson put a slave whipping on a four year old!


12 posted on 09/18/2014 5:20:26 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: ImaGraftedBranch
“Everyone has known that he punched her for over six months...” That’s a lot of punching.

Is it reasonable to assume that he took time out to eat and sleep?

13 posted on 09/18/2014 5:28:49 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: LeoMcNeil

As ESPN and the the other leftist bleating networks surround the NFL castle with their torches and pitchforks ready to burn it to the ground, I wonder if the suits in the corner offices give any thought to where their money will come from once the golden goose is well and truly lying dead, roasted in the smoldering rubble.


14 posted on 09/18/2014 5:34:39 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: LeoMcNeil

You have an alternative now..FOX Sports...


15 posted on 09/18/2014 5:40:04 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: LeoMcNeil
Apparently he cares enough to discipline his kids.

ESPN should not be in the business of politics. But calling what Petersen did an act of caring is repugnant.

16 posted on 09/18/2014 5:45:59 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: LeoMcNeil

When the author claimed Peterson was merely disciplining his kids he proved himself to be a total moron.


17 posted on 09/18/2014 6:08:22 AM PDT by sakic
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The issue isn’t what Peterson did, the issue is what the Vikings did because of the ESPN echo chamber. Nothing changed concerning what Peterson did and what we know about it between last week when he was charged, Monday when he was reinstated by the Vikings and Wednesday when he was deactivated again. The only thing that changed is that ESPN wouldn’t stop talking about it on an endless loop. They frankly are following Alinsky style tactics. It mirrors the created hype on network political news.


18 posted on 09/18/2014 6:15:01 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
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To: LeoMcNeil

Personally, sports has been an enduring passion in my life but I have NEVER been able to stomach ESPN.


19 posted on 09/18/2014 6:16:11 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: LeoMcNeil

I usually try to avoid any pre-game talkfests because they tend to get into social engineering of one sort or another. I also tend to MUTE the half-time for the same reason.

It is bad enough to suffer through the pink gear and various ribbons/wristbands/pins. Then, there is the NBC 'green' week (or is it a month?). And Fox is doing their 'stand up to cancer' as guys -- stand up. How silly! How gimmicky!


20 posted on 09/18/2014 6:21:00 AM PDT by TomGuy
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