Posted on 04/26/2017 1:23:30 PM PDT by C19fan
Been turning the sound down and listening to the radio when it is the Cardinals on ESPN for a few years now. I hate the women they have on Baseball Tonight and the ones that are on during the games. They annoy the hell out of me for some reason.
I used to watch ESPN/ESPN 2 for hours a day. Then just for Baseball Tonight and the Cards games but now just the few games a year.
It's also true that when large numbers of sports fans tune in to watch a game, they have no interest in listening to a lot of blather about politics and culture from the on air announcers. And they sure aren't interested in seeing or hearing protests and political statements from the players.
Keep it up and more sports will see declines in viewership experienced by the NFL last season.
Same as media + entertainment. Don’t count on any sanctuaries out there. They will be gone.
ESPN reminds me of the really great comedians who, when at the peak of their success start feeling inferior to “serious” actors and have to prove they are serious actors and commence to suck. ESPN people feel that they have to prove they are serious thinkers too, not just rah rah go team guys.
ESPN reminds me of the really great comedians who, when at the peak of their success feel inferior to “serious” actors and have to prove they are serious actors and commence to suck. ESPN people feel that they have to prove they are serious thinkers, not just rah rah go team guys.
I can’t hit them where it hurts by withdrawing my patronage. I have not had or watched any TV since ‘88.
Their “proper place” is off the air,
Okay! I haven’t heard John Prine in a long lot of years. I shall look his stuff up again.
They are making progress in that direction.
Chill. I’m sure you have never watched a Disney program on any channel that Disney/ABC/ESPN owns, right? Never watched any channel owned by that corporation, right? Sure you haven’t. Not someone who is as good at being a wise ass commenter to others here.
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