Scott Van Pelt

and here you are

I turned it off

I was looking for some sports coverage on a sports network

Forgive me

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here is the dose of politics because he "has to"

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yep. and you made the thread.

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touché

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yep, and you made the thread

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You would think people would learn but I guess not seeing as Skip Bayless and Steven A. Smith both have solid 8 figure net worths.

He “has to”??

Didn’t ESPN just send a memo to its employees telling them to leave politics out of sports?

Didn’t take long for the producers of the shows to forget the memo.

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This is a sports story

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Exactly. The President of the US called players participating in a peaceful protest "sons of bitches" and called for them to be fired, which was met by a response from the players, coaches, and owners unlike anything we've seen before, and people expect ESPN to not talk about it

how so?

these guys pander their political diatribe to get people talking, tweeting, sharing, etc

OP did exactly what espn wanted him to do

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how so?

these guys pander their political diatribe to get people talking, tweeting, sharing, etc

OP did exactly what espn wanted him to do

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At this point its been proven that people are tuning out because of the political bs. Look at how worked up people are on this board and that is the sentiments of many sports fans. Creating controversy or staying in the news can be good for ratings, but not in this way. It's the equivalent of saying Watergate was good for Richard Nixon because it was always being talked about.

Every single ESPN personality has used this excuse. "Well the players are doing it so we have to talk about it." No you fricking don't. Talk about the actual shite that goes on during the games.