https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/...-fortunes.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
Aren't you excited? LOL
Aren't you excited? LOL
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They just don't get it do they. Just show sports and highlights. Don't need all the other stuff. 99% of the folks don't care.deplion betting ESPN's "big personalities" only accelerate their decline.
I disagree with this characterization. I think he's not bad - and his ratings attest to that, somewhat.Lol if the "Big Personalities " are like Mike Greenberg who is gonna anchor there morning TV coverage, then they are doomed.
I can't think of any sports radio or TV host with less personality than him. Complete corporate boy who tows the company line and never has an original thought. Good luck with that
The vast majority of people don't care if they talk politics or not. Tons of people are cutting cable, me being one.
I disagree with this characterization. I think he's not bad - and his ratings attest to that, somewhat.
But really, what are the alternatives? people complain about "ESPN being too political", and they complain about the "opinion people/yellers" like Stephen A Smith. I would think a "less personality" type like Greenberg would be welcomed with open arms in light of those complaints. Pretty soon, there will be no one left to pick from.
Since when did poker become a sporting event? Yet they broadcast poker.
Disney can afford to keep ESPN and tinker around with it because they'll make billions off every star wars movie every couple years for the next two decades. That's just world wide box office and not including toy and lunch box sales or the royalties they'll make from here til kingdom come.
Poker is my job. Only job I've really ever had besides when I was high school. Watching poker on TV is torture.
And poker on TV is probably the worst learning tool out there. Camera cuts to a table to see a decision being made, whether its call, raise or fold, its misinformation. Poker is situational. You have no idea the dynamics of that table, how each player have been playing, slow table, or wild re-raising every hand table.
ESPN is doomed. They are overpriced and since they use most of their time talking about politics and a little sports instead of broadcasting sporting events, there is really no reason to watch them. I managed to watch every sporting event over the last 12 months that I wanted to see without turning to ESPN a single time. I expect that record to continue.
Disney still makes twice more in annual profit off ESPN than it does off Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast and its entire movie division rolled together. ESPN remains wildly profitable (on pace for $8 billion in profit this year -- and a 40% profit margin) ... it's just that profit isn't growing leaps and bounds like it used to.
Whether that changes or not hinges almost entirely on the OTT rollout with BAMTech later this year.
http://www.hilliard.com/research/disMay2017.pdf
I wouldn't bet against Bob Iger.
ESPN is doomed. They are overpriced and since they use most of their time talking about politics and a little sports instead of broadcasting sporting events, there is really no reason to watch them. I managed to watch every sporting event over the last 12 months that I wanted to see without turning to ESPN a single time. I expect that record to continue.
I wonder if the key phrase in that post is "that I wanted to see." Turns out he only wanted to see the games on CBS! HehHow did you get around the sec network and the UK games that aired on espn?
How did you get around the sec network and the UK games that aired on espn?
I'm sure there are those that can't stomach another political view and drop them, but I can't prove a negative.You have no proof what so ever that politics aren't playing a huge role. None.
I'm sure there are those that can't stomach another political view and drop them, but I can't prove a negative.
I disagree with this characterization. I think he's not bad - and his ratings attest to that, somewhat.
Do you play the WSOP events and/or the circuit? Do you know the big name players?