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What is ESPN's motivation for continually bombarding us with Tebow?

Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:10 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:10 pm
NFL Live of course opened with a 10 minute segment analyzing Belichick's presser.

Does ESPN do focus groups? Do they not understand the general public is sick of a 3rd string QB getting so much attention? Or is the general public more retarded than I give them credit for?
Posted by bubbz
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:10 pm to
Stop watching ESPN..simple
Posted by The Future
Smallville, KS
Member since Oct 2009
22661 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:11 pm to
According to sophandros, it's Tebow's fault.

Posted by goldenbadger08
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:11 pm to
Honestly no idea. Would like to know as well.


quote:

Stop watching ESPN..simple
Stupid comment is stupid. He's just asking why they cover him so much.
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 6:12 pm
Posted by DURANTULA
Member since Jun 2013
1885 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:11 pm to
You've got that wrong. Drive-by sports fan love hearing about Tebow. ESPN is the TMZ of sports news. They want to focus on a narrow topic and beat it to death. It's the same thing Nancy Grace does every 6-8 weeks with some high profile case. Same shite.

Stop watching ESPN so much and your life will be better.
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
56418 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:12 pm to
Pushing the Christian agenda.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
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Member since Nov 2011
69117 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:13 pm to
ESPN clearly wants to see more Tebow threads on the MSB.

Mission accomplished.
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 6:13 pm
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:13 pm to
quote:

Stop watching ESPN..simple
Posted by swamie
Where opportunity meets hard work
Member since Jan 2007
27253 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:15 pm to
Just look at the threads on here. A Tebow, Lebron, Tiger thread gets responses for days. They know what gets viewers and this board is representative of that
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:15 pm to
Ratings dude....ratings.
Posted by Dro
Barrett's Barleycorn
Member since Feb 2010
12710 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:16 pm to
quote:

What is ESPN's motivation for continually bombarding us with Tebow?
Ever heard of ratings? It's something new, look it up.
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:18 pm to
I honestly cant think of any reason he gets this much pub. He is the 3rd string QB on a good football team. Maybe ESPN is thinking that they should ride this whole Tebow thing out til the very end.

I really dont see Tebow bringing in ratings like theyre thinking he does. Its just that there is no other sports channel for the regular sports fan
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:25 pm to
quote:

Ratings dude....ratings.


Yep.
Posted by ballscaster
Member since Jun 2013
26861 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:30 pm to
Because they know you'll watch and then talk about it on message boards.
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112939 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:30 pm to
quote:

Does ESPN do focus groups? Do they not understand the general public is sick of a 3rd string QB getting so much attention? Or is the general public more retarded than I give them credit for?

Purely a guess, but I imagine the ratings are substantially higher on shows Tebow related, when peopleknow he's in the news and espn will focus on him.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
41303 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:35 pm to
Well it is the offseason.

I mean they could have talked about Dockett's new facemask.
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:40 pm to
Because ESPN loves to get ratings by pissing off their core audience.

They have to get ratings as high as possible because if they don't they might have to lay off thousands of employees.
Posted by ThaBigFella
baton rouge
Member since Apr 2006
2043 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:43 pm to
ESPN's wet dream is a gay-christian-champion .....any sport will do....if its a major sport, you better find a new sports network

tebow is 2/3rds of that.....well champion at the college level...when the revelation he's gay and that's why he is celibate comes out, watch the f out
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 6:45 pm
Posted by ballscaster
Member since Jun 2013
26861 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

What is ESPN's motivation for continually bombarding us with the thing I can't stop watching?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
131827 posts
Posted on 6/12/13 at 6:44 pm to
quote:

Ever heard of ratings?


i change the channel when they talk Tebow. How are those ratings?
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