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re: Has FS1 Strategically Become the Anti-ESPN?
Posted on 2/13/17 at 11:09 pm to jefforize
Posted on 2/13/17 at 11:09 pm to jefforize
NBC Sports coverage of the English Premier League is incredible. They seriously do such a fantastic job from the studio talking heads (Rebecca Lowe 
) to great in game broadcasters
) to great in game broadcasters
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Posted on 2/14/17 at 12:03 am to 5 Deep
I do enjoy me some EPL and Bundisleague. Wish they would do more la leaga and league un. Real Madrid and Barca are just as fun to watch as the big EPL guys. Love me some Neymar, Messi and Rinaldo!
This post was edited on 2/14/17 at 12:09 am
Posted on 2/14/17 at 12:26 am to Jack Ruby
It's basically nothing but former ESPN employees.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 3:25 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
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Wish they would do more la leaga and league un. Real Madrid and Barca are just as fun to watch as the big EPL guys. Love me some Neymar, Messi and Rinaldo!
It legit pisses me off that Bein has La Liga and Serie A rights.
No clue who has Ligue 1 or if there's even a US tv deal for it, but I doubt Bein loses La Liga anytime soon. It's really their only draw aside from some international soccer games (USMNT away matches)
Posted on 2/14/17 at 5:30 am to Jack Ruby
quote:When I read this I literally looked up the word antithesis to make sure that I wasn't completely off in my understanding of the word's meaning.
Clay Travis, Whitlock, Cowherd, and to a lesser extent Skip Bayless... are all the antithesis of what espn has currently become.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 6:42 am to Jack Ruby
quote:
With ESPN seemingly putting far left politics over ratings and quality control
What exactly does this mean?
Non-white-men get to express an opinion too?
Posted on 2/14/17 at 6:57 am to Jack Ruby
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Does 13 million subscribers lost and Disney finishing $1 billion off the mark in revenue matter??
Not to me.
ESPN has big time sporting events and amazing Sports documentaries.
What's the most exciting thing on FS1? UFC pay per view undercard matches?
Posted on 2/14/17 at 7:14 am to Jack Ruby
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Whitlock, Cowherd, and to a lesser extent Skip Bayless... are all the antithesis of what espn has currently become.
All of these guys were near the top of everyone's most hated personalities at espn list during their respective time at espn.
Day time tv sucks. Espn's day time tv is especially bad since they can't just run Seinfeld repeats all day. So the time between live sports has become a wasteland.
This post was edited on 2/14/17 at 7:17 am
Posted on 2/14/17 at 7:30 am to Jack Ruby
What I would like is fricken highlights. I rarely ever see that on FS1. They are too busy showing some UFC crap every night.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 7:38 am to Jack Ruby
Clay Travis is the only thing anti-ESPN
Posted on 2/14/17 at 8:32 am to bwallcubfan
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Clay Travis is the only thing anti-ESPN
He's not so much specifically anti-espn as he is pro common sense. They have gone far left with their entire agenda (Bruce Jenner, Missouri protests, Women's March, etc.) and he's called them out for it as it alienates the majority of ESPN's fan base. Which is actually a good thing for FS1. He's also been writing about the sports rights bubble and ESPN losing subscribers for over a year.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 8:42 am to McCaigBro69
Yeah, they def need to share the wealth stateside and let a US network carry at least some meaningful games, and not just a friendly here and there. I'd like to be able to understand what the announcers and color guys are saying while I'm watching.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:06 am to SG_Geaux
quote:Just so happens today they have a great sporting event.
Doesn't matter if they don't have decent sporting events.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:08 am to McCaigBro69
quote:Why?
It legit pisses me off that Bein has La Liga and Serie A rights.
Ligue 1 is shown only on Bein state side.
they also carry Championship matches
Bein is becoming more and more my ESPN. In that I mean it is the first channel I check with before browsing.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:16 am to JohnZeroQ
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Why?
Most people don't get beIn without at least buying an extra package. For me, I'm not going to get beIn because my cable provider has placed it in the Latin package. I'm not going to pay an extra $15 just for this one channel.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:31 am to JohnZeroQ
Check beIn all the time. NBCSports does a great job with the Premier League and NHL, it's amazing that they do so well while the rest of their "news" channels are almost propaganda. Go figure.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:39 am to pvilleguru
I use DISH... comes with the Multi-sport package... which up until 2017 did not include NBCSN which has a majority of the EPL games everyone is in here clamoring over
I think Bein is an excellent channel
to each his own
I think Bein is an excellent channel
to each his own
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:43 am to JohnZeroQ
It's all interesting. I am on the anti-ESPN wave for the most part. But I can't say for certain as I avoid anything that even smacks of "hot takes." I watch ESPN when the game starts, and I turn it off, after. I have to admit, they have decent college lacrosse coverage.
beIn IS excellent, and it's hard to believe it's al-Jazeera's sports channel. But Phil Schoen, since his early ESPN days, has become one of the best football(soccer) play-by-play guys. He doesn't over-talk the game, anymore, and he knows what and who he's talking about.
Kay Murray and Terri Leigh FTW. Oh, and Jeremy St. Louis, they got the best out of Fox Soccer Channel.
beIn IS excellent, and it's hard to believe it's al-Jazeera's sports channel. But Phil Schoen, since his early ESPN days, has become one of the best football(soccer) play-by-play guys. He doesn't over-talk the game, anymore, and he knows what and who he's talking about.
Kay Murray and Terri Leigh FTW. Oh, and Jeremy St. Louis, they got the best out of Fox Soccer Channel.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 10:12 am to Tactical1
Agreed....
Posted on 2/14/17 at 10:15 am to McCaigBro69
Pretty ridiculous that espn has to have all of these "attractions" in their lineup now. I remember when all they did was sports center. Those were the days. Now they have to have a special thing for everything like sc6 and lend their opinion on news and politics and stuff. I don't watch espn for coverage of that type of thing!!
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