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Sports

Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2018, 06:06 PM Jun 2018

Why ESPN sucks [View all]

They claim to be the worldwide leader in sports broadcasting, but what's on the front page of their website? LeBron James. Why? Because ESPN paid a lot of money in rights fees to the NBA, so they want NBA stories to be the most important. The World Cup? Well, they don't own the rights, so screw them.

When you're coverage of sports depends upon the rights fees that you have, you're no longer in the sports broadcasting business.

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Why ESPN sucks [View all] Yavin4 Jun 2018 OP

Also you have pages and pages about the kneeling controversy exboyfil Jun 2018 #1

Or it could be that their audience care more about the NBA Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #2

exactly. Mosby Jun 2018 #3

You got that right. And they spend the whole baseball season pimping the Roid Sox madinmaryland Jun 2018 #4

Agree with you there. Ohiogal Jun 2018 #5

I'm not a Yankees fan nor am I a Red Sox fan True Dough Jun 2018 #6

Did you know that more than one set of idiot parents... 3catwoman3 Jun 2018 #7

WC Coverage Is A Bit Of A Problem For Them ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #8

You're right JonLP24 Jul 2018 #10

Proof yet again that there is no such thing as a dumb queston rocktivity Jul 2018 #9

I love ESPN because right wingers despise it Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #11