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The ESPN Narrative.....
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:33 am
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:33 am
It is clear that ESPN is not just content with reporting sports news..... they have an agenda and it is safe to say that it is to make money..... I know that this has been discussed before... the most interesting news bit came out a week or two ago connecting the multi-billion dollar purchase of SEC broadcasting rights to the push for an all SEC BCSNCG i.e., the rematch.... that makes perfect sense.... Another interesting data point occurred at the awards night with the spirit award.... generating sympathy for the Bama nation with erie similarities or perhaps aspirations to the post Katrina nationwide love for the Saint's Super Bowl run.
There are a lot of sub plots.... the spurned lover LSU/Saban angle.... the mad hatter..... the Honey Badger's current media love..... and of course, the biggest of them all, the rematch.... and I love how they make the real life comparison of its impact to the Rocky movie.... (it's amazing that they cannot separate real life from fiction)....
So.... I am scratching my head now trying to predict their next spin.... which end game makes the most money for ESPN.... a Bama or LSU victory.... or do they not care, any SEC victory at this point increases the value of their contract... let the chips fall where they lie.....
I am not yet ready to say that the black op helicopters are flying overhead..... but I feel a rumble in my stomach.... and the scary thing is I think trying to understand that angle is almost as important as studying the x's and o's to predict the winner in the rematch.....
call me crazy
There are a lot of sub plots.... the spurned lover LSU/Saban angle.... the mad hatter..... the Honey Badger's current media love..... and of course, the biggest of them all, the rematch.... and I love how they make the real life comparison of its impact to the Rocky movie.... (it's amazing that they cannot separate real life from fiction)....
So.... I am scratching my head now trying to predict their next spin.... which end game makes the most money for ESPN.... a Bama or LSU victory.... or do they not care, any SEC victory at this point increases the value of their contract... let the chips fall where they lie.....
I am not yet ready to say that the black op helicopters are flying overhead..... but I feel a rumble in my stomach.... and the scary thing is I think trying to understand that angle is almost as important as studying the x's and o's to predict the winner in the rematch.....
call me crazy
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Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:35 am to TygrFanInKal
quote:Nothing they say matters as to how we play in January.
So.... I am scratching my head now trying to predict their next spin.... which end game makes the most money for ESPN.... a Bama or LSU victory.... or do they not care, any SEC victory at this point increases the value of their contract... let the chips fall where they lie.....
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:37 am to TygrFanInKal
ESPN is a media machine. So much that somewhere, someway they are doing something illegal. ESPN receives money from certain...wealthy parties to lobby for them. The own the BCS, and they're starting to invest in certain schools as well (Texas)
Some people will call me a tin foil hat nut but it's there clear as day. Look at the ESPN coverage of the NFL. Compare that to the coverage of college football. You can't tell me there isn't money behind what they're doing.
The fact that they air all of the BCS games on their own network should be the biggest alarm in my eyes.
Some people will call me a tin foil hat nut but it's there clear as day. Look at the ESPN coverage of the NFL. Compare that to the coverage of college football. You can't tell me there isn't money behind what they're doing.
The fact that they air all of the BCS games on their own network should be the biggest alarm in my eyes.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:44 am to TygrFanInKal
I am thinking this way as well.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:44 am to TygrFanInKal
here comes robert smith to pick bama yet again.
dude can go f himself
dude can go f himself
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:49 am to SouljaBreauxTellEm
Yeah ESPN does not control the 50 coaches who make up the coaches poll. Nor do they the people who makeup the harris.
THey have analysts there who are paid for their opinion, and give it.
As for Bama winning the spirit award, they obviously deserved it. Of course they did.
THey have analysts there who are paid for their opinion, and give it.
As for Bama winning the spirit award, they obviously deserved it. Of course they did.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:50 am to TygrFanInKal
crazy
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:53 am to TygrFanInKal
quote:
they have an agenda and it is safe to say that it is to make money.
A business is trying to make money? What a novel concept!
Posted on 12/10/11 at 10:54 am to SammyTiger
quote:
Yeah ESPN does not control the 50 coaches who make up the coaches poll. Nor do they the people who makeup the harris.
THey have analysts there who are paid for their opinion, and give it.
Propaganda
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:00 am to TygrFanInKal
quote:
they have an agenda
this became apparent many years ago when ESPN began interviewing their own reporters as story subjects; thus creating their own stories.
this is propaganda, not reporting
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:11 am to TygrFanInKal
There is no way espn is in it for the money and I can proove it with 4 words.
The Long Horn Network.
The Long Horn Network.
This post was edited on 12/10/11 at 11:12 am
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:11 am to TygrFanInKal
ok..... for sanity sake, lets assume that the game is set and the ref's and other external forces let the best team win.... great...
for us conspiracy theorists if you were a fiction writer, which story do you think would be more popular....
- the lovable Miles angle... finally ending any doubt that the Saban cloud has finally left with his cast of characters.... Jefferswag and his gangsta gang..... the Honey Badger..... G'day mate WIng'o.... etc.....
or
- the Bear Part II,, Nick Saben, greatest coach of all time, helping the people of Alabama forget the painful past of the Tornado.... TR basking in the confetti with his two daughters in a Drew Brees post Super Bowl moment.... etc......
for us conspiracy theorists if you were a fiction writer, which story do you think would be more popular....
- the lovable Miles angle... finally ending any doubt that the Saban cloud has finally left with his cast of characters.... Jefferswag and his gangsta gang..... the Honey Badger..... G'day mate WIng'o.... etc.....
or
- the Bear Part II,, Nick Saben, greatest coach of all time, helping the people of Alabama forget the painful past of the Tornado.... TR basking in the confetti with his two daughters in a Drew Brees post Super Bowl moment.... etc......
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:12 am to TygrFanInKal
ESPN really just wants to optimize its profit potential, but I think they do it within the parameters of the championship format that DIV I college football is played in, which presently is the BCS.
While ESPN does have influence, they don't make the rules.
The question I'm wondering is: given their contracts (think great profit mechanisms), do they have an incentive to push a playoff or some other format?
While ESPN does have influence, they don't make the rules.
The question I'm wondering is: given their contracts (think great profit mechanisms), do they have an incentive to push a playoff or some other format?
This post was edited on 12/10/11 at 11:16 am
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:17 am to jmac63
quote:
this is propaganda, not reporting
It's entertainment - bottom line, a shiteload of people watch them - that's how they make their money, by giving people what they want to watch.
if they really controlled it, they probably would have preferred someone else outside the southeast playing in the title game, more potential viewers that way = more advertising dollars.
When they saw the way the polls were going to go, they went into hype mode to try to get people excited for the game, to drive up viewer numbers. Again, this = advertising dollars.
it's a business.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:23 am to GoldRing
quote:
"Your guess is as good as mind"
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:26 am to rileytiger
quote:
There is no way espn is in it for the money and I can proove it with 4 words.
The Long Horn Network.
Wait until Saban is the coach of UT next year.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:37 am to 11Tiger
ESPN is the Fox News of Sports Programming...nothing new here...just another gianormous spin machine.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 12:18 pm to jpbTiger
Entertainment
Sports
Programming
Network
It's the first word in the name.
Sports
Programming
Network
It's the first word in the name.
Posted on 12/10/11 at 12:43 pm to TygrFanInKal
You thought that shite up all on your own?
Posted on 12/10/11 at 12:45 pm to TygrFanInKal
You could always not watch it...
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