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re: If you owned ESPN what would you change?

Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:18 pm to
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
6871 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:18 pm to
Barring pti, and only if it's Mike&Tony, kill all the list shows. Nuke anything that resembles Springer and put these contrarian, divisive jagaloons back in their hometown papers where they belong.

...and replace them with classic games and 30 for 30s.
This post was edited on 7/27/12 at 5:19 pm
Posted by tigerbaittrick
Member since Jan 2010
7265 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:20 pm to
OTL can be set up as a great investigative show, better than it is already. I'd get rid of the host who seems to put me to sleep. Spruce that show up some.

Get rid of Jemele Hill too. She's a blatant racist.
Posted by fightingtigers98
Member since Oct 2011
13239 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:23 pm to
the biased reporting of large market teams
Posted by RonSwanson
Mike's penthouse
Member since Dec 2011
523 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:41 pm to
So what we're saying is: We would do away with the entire fricking station and make a new one. I'm down for that.
Posted by ViaCavour
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2012
3296 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 5:54 pm to
Eliminate first take and make ESPN 2 just for sports. Cut the drama and the favoritism, just unbiased sports all the time
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6502 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

4. Bring back Stump the Schwab


We have a winner! Tell him what he won...
Posted by D011ahbi11
Member since Jun 2007
13619 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 6:12 pm to
quote:

Bring back Stump the Schwab

I wouldnt mind that, but replace Stuart Scott.
Posted by bigt41
Member since Nov 2008
3484 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 8:59 pm to
Bring back dan patrick
stop showing WNBA
stop showing nathans hot dog eating contest
get rid of dan lebatard is highly questionable
get rid of Mike and Mike and replace it with dan patrick show
Posted by USAF Hart
My House
Member since Jun 2011
10273 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:09 pm to
I would uproot the entire business and move it somewhere else other than freaking Connecticut. I would get rid of the individual ESPN pages (ESPNDallas, ESPNLosAngeles, etc.). I would make sure that I had a good variety of sports reporters from all over the country and not just mindless idiots who root for teams up north. I would mandate that any major breaking story get 10 minutes of coverage each time sportscenter is broadcast. Yes, we know Tom Brady got a haircut. We don't care how it will affect the aerodynamics of his throwing motion, or how much quicker it will make him since he has less hair. (yes a huge exaggeration but IDGAF)
Posted by Nonetheless
Luka doncic = goat
Member since Jan 2012
33004 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:11 pm to
Bring back Playmakers. frick the NFL.
This post was edited on 7/27/12 at 9:11 pm
Posted by dogballs
Deatsville
Member since Jul 2011
301 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:16 pm to
Not a goddamn thing! I'd be rich as frick and wouldn't give two shits about what a pecker on a message board thinks about the way I dominate!
Posted by Tornado Alley
Member since Mar 2012
26510 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:20 pm to
I would run my network as the BBC runs its news channels.

My TV and radio broadcasts would be broadcasts of the events, minor commentary, and mostly highlights.

I would have less on-air personalities that take themselves seriously (Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, etc.) and more that have a self-deprecating sense of humor (Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, etc.). The majority of people, in my opinion, can connect better with someone who can make fun of themselves than those who cannot.

A major story (such as Lebron to Miami) wouldn't dominate 8/10 stories on my nightly anchor program (Sportscenter). It may take up 2-3/10 segments.

Tebowmania and Linsanity would get some mention, but not the overwhelming portion of the day's coverage.

I would change the background music to "actual" music like the Rolling Stones, Elvis, etc.

I would have a late night sports talk show with a great host. The show would be similar to the Tonight Show, etc. That's where the speculation-type talk would occur.
This post was edited on 7/27/12 at 9:25 pm
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
8741 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

a late night sports talk show with a great host. The show would be similar to the Tonight Show, etc


I really like this idea
Posted by DP40
Swamps and creeks
Member since Nov 2008
9907 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 9:39 pm to
Pretty simple. Take the 80's version, mix w/ 90's sports events, meaning more football, college baseball, boxing nights, tennis, golf, NASCAR, just main core sporting events, add mma events and lose all the X-games gay shite and ESPN "personalities" talking about stupid shite except maybe for late night as others suggested.

ESPN is just full of themselves and why I don't watch anything except the actual game/match/tourney.
Posted by prison mike 47
Member since May 2010
366 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 10:03 pm to
Get rid of half of their journalists/reporters. Make Schefter put down his phone for one fricking segment and force them to name or show some existence to the "unnamed sources" they cite
Posted by SouljaBreauxTellEm
Mizz
Member since Aug 2009
29343 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 10:08 pm to
quote:

ESPN is just full of themselves and why I don't watch anything except the actual game/match/tourney.


Same. I do like ESPNU tho for the college coverage and even the analysis for the most part tho.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 10:29 pm to
1. Fire Berman
2. Fire Skip
3. Cut CFB Gameday's show in half
4. Fire Wilbon
5. Fire that black chick
6. Fire Michael Smith
7. Show more Sage Steele
8. Make Bob Ryan whiten his teeth
9. Make Joe Schaud name his sources
10. No more top 10 lists
This post was edited on 7/27/12 at 10:32 pm
Posted by LSUTigers00884
Lafayette
Member since Oct 2011
1160 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 10:46 pm to
Bring Erin Andrews back.
+
Stop talking about Tebow
Posted by BayouFann
CenLa
Member since Jun 2012
6868 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 10:47 pm to
change 95 percent of what they do and how they do it. there would be a lot less analyzing and commenting from scripted notes. members would actually have to know something!
Posted by shuke33
Under The Bridge
Member since Nov 2010
9052 posts
Posted on 7/27/12 at 11:43 pm to
MMA Live needs a better time slot
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