ESPN fires Jeff Van Gundy and Jalen Rose

[Waquoit]

Much of this isn't personal, just business. "Personalities" don't move the needle like before so they aren't going to be paid as if they do. A few exceptions like Buck and Aikman and Tony Romo, of course. But take a look at Rich Fowler who just resigned. He thought he was going to get a big bump and I read it was just a courtesy raise.

 

[UofCT]

Never been a Rose fan since he made the the comment about Kevin Love and the All-Star game

What was the comment?

 

[superjohn]

What was the comment?

Jalen said it was tokenism that Kevin Love was put on the US Olympic team and the US was scared to field an all-black team.

He has a point that there were most likely better options than Love at that point in his career but he lost it all when he made it race based.

I like Jalen and in his defense he gave a long apology.

 

[superjohn]

I didn’t even see the Giannas thing. When was that?

I don’t like her either. Joy is great, Taylor Rooks is phenomenal with interviews (while also being drop dead gorgeous), and Mariah was great too before the whole fallout that ESPN completely mismanaged.

Lost two great woman talents in one fell swoop.

Mariah? You mean Maria Taylor?

She's my favorite.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Nuts

Exclusive | ESPN cutting around 20 on-air stars in dramatic round of layoffs

Some of the top NFL, NBA and ESPN Radio personalities are anticipated to be told that they will no longer be on the network’s many platforms beginning Friday, according to sources.

nypost.com

Its a shame but i dont think itll effect me as i continue to not watch BSPN.

 

[UofCT]

Jalen said it was tokenism that Kevin Love was put on the US Olympic team and the US was scared to field an all-black team.

He has a point that there were most likely better options than Love at that point in his career but he lost it all when he made it race based.

I like Jalen and in his defense he gave a long apology.

Ah I think I remember seeing this

 

[uconnfan68]

ESPN is fine and so is Disney. ESPN is becoming it's own entity soon and will report their own earnings, independent of Disney. Rumor has it they will be very impressive numbers.

They used to be 1/3 of Disney’s profit, and 2% of the overhead. Those days are gone, but they lasted for almost 2 decades.

 

[UconnFanDC]

You asked. I answered. Read my answer again. You just wanted a "yes" or "no"? I wasn't trying to be snarky so no need for you to be snarky.

One thing I hate about this board is that it's hard to determine the tone in someone's posts like you can if you were talking to someone. So my advice in the future would be to assume that someone isn't being snarky unless it's quite obvious they are. Assume the best in people.

A shorter simple response was all that was needed to let me know I missed it. You went in to point out more then the necessary. But trust me. I didn't take it as personal as it was funny to me for you to do that. It's all good and we can move on.

 

[formerlurker]

They used to be 1/3 of Disney’s profit, and 2% of the overhead. Those days are gone, but they lasted for almost 2 decades.

Agreed. I'm not bullish by any means but I think their first reported numbers outside the Disney umbrella will surprise some.