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When, exactly, did Apr 18, 2017 17:53:46 GMT -8

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Post by ostate on Apr 18, 2017 17:53:46 GMT -8

ESPN become completely worthless?

Here are some interesting factoids:
- Texaco used to own controlling stake in ESPN
- They then sold to ABC in 1984
- About 10 years later Disney buys ABC

Was the begining of them sucking in 1996 (when purchase by Disney)? In 2012 they made more money for Disney than all of Disney's other operations combined...

If I can pinpoint the specific date of the start of ESPN's decline it would have to be August 14th, 2014 - that is the day in which ESPN's SEC Network debuted... Perceptions of an SEC biased have been somewhat proven when they tweeted a Top 11 so they could include an SEC team, described an Oklahoma Sooner win as they 'held on' to beat Tennessee, and by giving more airtime to the SEC on college gameday, along with other stories...

College gameday is unwatchable as it's nothing but an SEC commercial, they are firing great commentators while hiring/promoting people that are more of a 'personality' than an authoritative voice on the sport at hand, and it seems as if they don't even report on sports with whatever SC6 is...

Any thoughts, like feelings or am I officially 'old'?

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When, exactly, did Apr 18, 2017 18:27:11 GMT -8 via Tapatalk

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I quit watching most things ESPN 5 or 10 years ago. The only program,I got they put out that's really of interest to me anymore besides some games are some of the 30 for 30 shows. I find most of their 'personalities' pretty annoying.

One of their few redeeming things that I enjoy is their online streaming of games. They give the option to start a game from the start any time after it starts. I don't have to be tied to a certain start time and the replay is available for at least a couple days after the event.

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When, exactly, did Apr 18, 2017 18:56:40 GMT -8

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Apr 18, 2017 18:27:11 GMT -8 beaver94 said:

I quit watching most things ESPN 5 or 10 years ago. The only program,I got they put out that's really of interest to me anymore besides some games are some of the 30 for 30 shows. I find most of their 'personalities' pretty annoying.

One of their few redeeming things that I enjoy is their online streaming of games. They give the option to start a game from the start any time after it starts. I don't have to be tied to a certain start time and the replay is available for at least a couple days after the event.

Some of those 30 for 30 productions are great - I recently watched one on the Spirits of St. Louis of the ABA... But, right now on ESPN is a show called 'We the Fans: Soldier Field'; it's description:"Chronicling the lives of Chicago Bears fans in 2016, at Soldier Field and away from the games"... worthless...

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When, exactly, did Apr 19, 2017 8:36:04 GMT -8

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Post by mbabeav on Apr 19, 2017 8:36:04 GMT -8

Apr 18, 2017 17:53:46 GMT -8 ostate said:

ESPN become completely worthless?

Here are some interesting factoids:
- Texaco used to own controlling stake in ESPN
- They then sold to ABC in 1984
- About 10 years later Disney buys ABC

Was the begining of them sucking in 1996 (when purchase by Disney)? In 2012 they made more money for Disney than all of Disney's other operations combined...

If I can pinpoint the specific date of the start of ESPN's decline it would have to be August 14th, 2014 - that is the day in which ESPN's SEC Network debuted... Perceptions of an SEC biased have been somewhat proven when they tweeted a Top 11 so they could include an SEC team, described an Oklahoma Sooner win as they 'held on' to beat Tennessee, and by giving more airtime to the SEC on college gameday, along with other stories...

College gameday is unwatchable as it's nothing but an SEC commercial, they are firing great commentators while hiring/promoting people that are more of a 'personality' than an authoritative voice on the sport at hand, and it seems as if they don't even report on sports with whatever SC6 is...

Any thoughts, like feelings or am I officially 'old'?

ESPN became SEC honks back in the mid 80's, because SEC schools had the fan base to justify putting things like SEC baseball, heck, anything SEC on the network and they would earn enough to keep the network solvent. At that time, few conferences had the vision that the SEC had - Pac-12 was about the last of the power 5 to recognize the value of their product and well, that is the fault of our administrators, not the SEC.