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re: More ESPN layoffs - Karl Ravech

Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:18 am to
Posted by JayVegas702
Las Vegas
Member since Oct 2025
290 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:18 am to
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does anyone here put ESPN on?


Crazy that flag football, little league softball, banana ball, and reruns of the ESPYs are more valuable to ESPN than MLB. It's absolutely idiotic. I get that it's a dead period in sports but frick man replay 30 for 30s instead of the fricking ESPYs
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
38648 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:19 am to
So glad we get rid of talented people so
We get more bald chicks yapping about god knows what in the future

ESPN sucks arse so hard
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
24221 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:25 am to
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Crazy that flag football, little league softball, banana ball, and reruns of the ESPYs are more valuable to ESPN than MLB. It's absolutely idiotic. I get that it's a dead period in sports but frick man replay 30 for 30s instead of the fricking ESPYs


They probably pay peanuts and get a big profit out of those.

MLB they have to pay out the arse for and work their arse off to make that back. I’d assume.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60814 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:25 am to
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1527 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:25 am to
Not a surprise at all about Ravech. ESPN has scaled back their baseball coverage mightily over the last year, and Karl's salary would far beyond what would make sense to pay an announcer in a sport far down ESPN's pecking order.

As far as Peliserro, that's just ESPN having to choose between people doing duplicate jobs. As they bring NFL Net on board, NFL people will need to go.

Media networks tend to employ too many people and pay them too much, so they frequently have periods of layoffs.

Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42585 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:29 am to
This has to be a salary culling
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
63530 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:33 am to
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How does Heather Dinnich keep surviving all of these layoffs?



She's a mouthpiece that is 100% controlled by college football.
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
32489 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:37 am to
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
25876 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:40 am to
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Wow. Plenty others that deserved to be let go before him.


He was probably more expensive
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
28575 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:44 am to
I thought he was good at CWS. "Tommy Tanks walks it off",
Posted by Sterling Archer
Member since Aug 2012
8448 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:44 am to
Apparently there are going to be a lot more.

Rename this thread so we can track all of them
Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
16192 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:46 am to
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On the bright side, he won't be calling the CWS next year. Maybe they'll also send Ed Perez packing.



I always hated that ESPN would bring in two guys who had not called a college baseball game all year to do the most important ones. I know they think people will listen if its a familar voice but it sucked.
Posted by Cliff Booth
Member since Feb 2021
3342 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:47 am to
When I saw Karl doing a regular season SEC game it felt like the writing was on the wall. He'll get a new job in no time.

Time for Dave Neal to take his rightful place at the CWS. Hopefully without Eduardo...
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1527 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:51 am to
Davis also works for EA Sports as one of the Madden analysts. He'll be fine.
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1527 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:54 am to
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She's a mouthpiece that is 100% controlled by college football.


She's incredibly cringe over her level of ignronace. If they haven't let her go by now, they're not gonna.
Posted by LSUbasketballfan
Member since Jan 2021
736 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:05 am to
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Aside from live sports, does anyone here put ESPN on?


No, but that's why this is not a good layoff for ESPN. He’s a really good SEC basketball play by play guy and a great baseball play by play guy.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60814 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:19 am to
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
61756 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:32 am to
ONOZ not Cam!
Posted by ForeverGator
Elite 8 - 2020 Worst SECRant Poster
Member since Nov 2012
14346 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:35 am to
Gotta pay for Stephen A. and Pat somehow.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60814 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:36 am to
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