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Is The Athletic worth the money?

Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:01 pm
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84875 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:01 pm
Is it really that much better than the content I can get on ESPN.com or any number of free blogs?
Posted by MF Doom
I'm only Joshin'
Member since Oct 2008
11712 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:09 pm to
Hell no.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155701 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:14 pm to
You’ll really like the soccer stuff.
Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13533 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:16 pm to
Their basketball stuff is excellent
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 11:29 pm
Posted by DallasTiger45
Member since May 2012
8431 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:25 pm to
Absolutely, the amount and quality of content is awesome for $5 a month.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
31913 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:36 pm to
It is a place of innuendo and lies and a protectorate of the establishment
Posted by MF Doom
I'm only Joshin'
Member since Oct 2008
11712 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:38 pm to
You're paying money to read some pencilnecks worthless opinions on sports.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
19828 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:45 pm to
Yes
Posted by Statsattack
Il
Member since Feb 2013
3897 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:47 pm to
Yes The sight has some very good and very bad

College football- good Feldman , Aaron Suttles, at times staples. Bad Nicole Auerbach, chantel jennings ,grace raynor fsu guy. Feldman is college football woj but much better writer.

NFL - haven't followed NFL much but liked mike Lombardi articles . They also have jay glazer.

NBA- my favorite NBA writers are at the ringer.

MLB - awesome. Peter gammons, jim bowman and ken rosenthal. I really want to like enos sarris but he is kind of weird

College basketball- last march madness hit grand slam with stories.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
31913 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:47 pm to
Ken Rosenthal hasn’t lifted more than a 5 lb dumbbell in his life. The dude was obviously the nerd the jocks got to do their homework
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68308 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:48 pm to
quote:

You're paying money to read some pencilnecks worthless opinions on sports.
Agree. Watch the games yourself and you know enough. The rest is filler.
Posted by Statsattack
Il
Member since Feb 2013
3897 posts
Posted on 2/4/20 at 11:52 pm to
Those mike leach articles
Posted by Monday
Prairieville
Member since Mar 2013
5005 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 12:32 am to
I found it to be worth the money. Blows ESPN, out of the water IMO
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10574 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 12:44 am to
I have it mainly because they got me with forgetting to cancel.

The stuff is excellent but I’ll be honest, I forget the app is there.

I just don’t have enough time or interest like I used to do deep dives into basketball, baseball and football analytics or rewinds, which is where I think a good portion of their content excels.
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 12:46 am
Posted by CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
Member since Dec 2014
17318 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 1:22 am to
If you have the app you can read 5 articles a month without any subscription and judge for yourself.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:53 am to
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Hell no.

It’s $35 for the year
Is that a lot taking away from your student load payment?
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 4:55 am
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
25172 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 7:09 am to
Yes
Posted by Stretch Suba
Member since Jun 2019
1300 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 7:27 am to
Its college football coverage is excellent. Overall, I think the content is better than ESPN’s subscriber content. MLB teams have their own beat writers as opposed to ESPN, which really only covers Yankees and Red Sox.
Posted by Grillades
Member since Nov 2009
551 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 7:58 am to
If you like the story behind the story, you will enjoy it. It's excellent.
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25486 posts
Posted on 2/5/20 at 8:26 am to
I’ll never pay a premium for a company that employs Jamele Hill
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