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I believe it as fact, rather than theory, as I began noticing it prior to 2017 specifically on ESPN, and Not during broadcasts...... now it has leaked into every aspect of the game including commercials, no one wants to watch that shite.

I can pinpoint the exact 2 moments in Fall/Winter of 2011 that turned me 100% against sports media and the sport themselves that they are entwined with/propogandize for:

1. November 2011: Jerry Sandusky scandal breaks and ESPN runs coverage of child rape 24/7 on their networks for weeks on end. At no point was coverage of this from a "sports perspective" necessary or welcome. My company kept it on at work all day and having to see pieces of shite go on and defend Joe Pa's legacy and shite and hear about those poor kids really put me in a bad place for a long time.

2. November-January 2011: Tebowmania in Denver. A story no one on the planet was allowed to enjoy. Naked media creation of building up Tebow only to tear him down. Merrill Hodge granted free license to say whatever horrible things about Tim he wanted with no repercussion every single day. His OT TD pass against Pittsburgh should have been one of the highlights of the decade by any reasonable measure, but millions of football fans were brainwashed to vomit out "I don't mind him but hate the story" "it'll never last" and most famously "fake Christian!"

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Posted on 2/9/21 at 10:37 am to Muthsera

2015 Bruce Jenner Espy was the beginning of the end.

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Posted on 2/9/21 at 2:55 pm to Muthsera

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I can pinpoint the exact 2 moments in Fall/Winter of 2011 that turned me 100% against sports media and the sport themselves that they are entwined with/propogandize for:

1. November 2011: Jerry Sandusky scandal breaks and ESPN runs coverage of child rape 24/7 on their networks for weeks on end. At no point was coverage of this from a "sports perspective" necessary or welcome. My company kept it on at work all day and having to see pieces of shite go on and defend Joe Pa's legacy and shite and hear about those poor kids really put me in a bad place for a long time.

2. November-January 2011: Tebowmania in Denver. A story no one on the planet was allowed to enjoy. Naked media creation of building up Tebow only to tear him down. Merrill Hodge granted free license to say whatever horrible things about Tim he wanted with no repercussion every single day. His OT TD pass against Pittsburgh should have been one of the highlights of the decade by any reasonable measure, but millions of football fans were brainwashed to vomit out "I don't mind him but hate the story" "it'll never last" and most famously "fake Christian!"

I can’t say for sure, but I believe the Tebow stuff was when I really began to notice ESPN focusing more on what the frick Tebow was doing on the sideline than what was happening on the field.

It was just odd to me, and then began noticing more and more political BS injected over the next year or so to where I stopped watching espn altogether.

Never understood how tebow was blackballed after taking Denver to the playoffs and fricking winning the 1st game - all the focus was on him kneeling and what a negative impact it had on the game, ironically.

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