This is simply the other shoe dropping. It wouldn’t matter if ESPN got rid of all politics and focused 100% on sports. Cable is dying. Amazon is bidding on sports and will pick off the best events. The B and C list events will go to YouTube. ESPN will get ripped apart from both directions. The hosts who remain will get worked to death like the Inside the NBA crew joked at one point - you’ll see the host at 11 PM and then you’ll wake up and see the same host at 7 AM doing a show. They’ll work them like dogs and not pay them.
You make good points here. I don’t know how some of these channels stay in business. You see the same shows over and over again. I think they are staying in business by old people who like the familiar programs and the networks having medical/pharmaceutical commercials on all the time.
Amazon is being attacked by NASCAR fans for deliberately ignoring Secretary of War Hegseth on the MS NOW produced San Diego 250.
Yep, looks like ESPN is going back to its roots of Australian Rules Football and Kickboxing like in the early 80’s when it had no major sports packages but was still on 24/7.
Then football will die. Because kids won’t be able to watch football, and will never learn about it once it’s gatekept behind expensive services.