re: ESPN Layoffs Today: "Around 50 names you will recognize"

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If I was cutting expenses the first place I would start is all of the former player analysts that periodically pop in for four days a month. ESPN has them under contract, flies them to Conn, puts them up in their ESPN Hotel on campus and pays them per diem to sit on a set and give their opinion.

People like Antonio Davis, Darren Woodson, etc that are good at their job but refuse to live in Conn and only appear sporadically. The costs to have these guys on the payroll and appear on the network must be astronomical.

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Are they even considered ESPN employees that need to be fired? 99% of those guys are seasonal. I think they only get paid when they appear on TV/Radio. ESPN could simply stop using them.