ESPN fires Robert Griffin III, Sam Ponder in cost-cutting moves: Sources

New York Times ^ | Aug. 15, 2024 | Andrew Marchand

[nickcarraway]

For those of you who don’t know, both of these people were on the more conservative side of ESPN reporters.

[Jonty30]

That will give every reason to not watch ESPN. Liberals, by and large, don’t watch sports.

[Bobbyvotes]

Haha, so first on the chopping block!

[ealgeone]

Get rid of the eight grade wannabe dude….macafee or whatever his name is.

[Vision]

The second woman ESPN fired that spoke up about men in women’s sports.

[montag813]

He has a white wife, which may not please the DEI czar at ESPN.

[usafa92]

Ponder yes, RGIII was all over the place. There was no consistency to any of his commentary, social or sports. That said, he’s been getting screwed over at ESPN for awhile now.

[RummyChick]

Wasn’t he the same guy tweeting support for the olympic boxer

[2001convSVT]

Reject “woke” and you won’t go broke ESPN.

When will ESPN realize people don’t want a dose of politics when they are trying to relax by watching their favorite sports team play?

[MinorityRepublican]

He has a white wife, which may not please the DEI czar at ESPN.

RG3 was a likable guy at Baylor and Washington but apparently he became WOKE when he started working at ESPN.

[PGR88]

Article makes zero sense

They fired him “as a cost cutting measure “

But they had to buy out his contract. So how did they supposedly save money

[ratzoe]

RG3 was a likable guy at Baylor and Washington but apparently he became WOKE when he started working at ESPN.

RGME wore out his welcome in Washington pretty quick, I imagine the same happened at ESPN.

[mn-bush-man]

Yeah he became unreasonably unruly after his idiot, disgraced coach forced him to play on his damaged knee essentially ending his career.

[MinorityRepublican]

RGME wore out his welcome in Washington pretty quick

That was due to his lack of skills as a NFL QB. He was mobile so that was great for college. But he realized quickly that he got hit hard in the pros if he continued to run with the ball so that was the end of his career.

I didn't hear anything about him about being woke until he became a commentator for ESPN.

[MinorityRepublican]

Yeah he became unreasonably unruly after his idiot, disgraced coach forced him to play on his damaged knee essentially ending his career.

To be fair, he was never a pocket passer. The only thing he had was his speed. And he was way too skinny.

[Hatteras]

"To be fair, he was never a pocket passer. The only thing he had was his speed. And he was way too skinny."

An offensive line would have helped...

[ratzoe]

Yeah he became unreasonably unruly after his idiot, disgraced coach forced him to play on his damaged knee essentially ending his career.

He chose to return to the field against the wishes of the doc and coaches, there was no forcing. He ended his career, not Shanahan. Not gonna argue the point, you may have the last word.

[xp38]

When you’re stuck on the sinking Disney ship some are going to thrown overboard.

[Rockingham]

The buy out is less than carrying out the full contract. Salary compensation is probably less, while expenses and production costs are eliminated.