Whitlock undresses ESPN

I figured that would get a few chuckles (or eye-rolls). Like I said, that's the Jason I remember.

 

Hyperbole much?

 

This is another case of the messenger devaluing the message. I like several of Jason's points, but his credibility with me takes a hit when he starts getting a little personal with Fowler (the "hasn't worn a jock since junior high" bit). Fowler dropping Ball State out of the Top 25 after a win was asinine, but Jason forgot to check the volume a little bit with this attack.

Is ESPN turning sports journalism -- and to an extent, sports itself -- into a shell of its former self? Probably.

Is it wrong for a network like ESPN to have a financial interest in the content it covers? Absolutely.

Was there a way for Jason to convey his outrage & disdain without coming off as a loon? Probably. But then again, I guess columnists are meant to stir the pot a little more than what most people like.

 

Does he mention anywhere in that column that he was fired from ESPN?

He didn't deserve to be and I respect the hell out of Whitlock for saying what he did about ESPN to TBL, but it should have been mentioned in the interest of full disclosure.

 

He mentioned it in the middle of the column, giving a brief background about what happened and telling the reader(s) that they can go to google for the full story.

 

Christ, I must have tryptophan on the brain already...

 

Who knew that "world wide" was two words? (I guess the large number of people on this board who insist on referring to ESPN as WWL instead of WL.)

 

In the death of our industry, a message such as this probably serves some sort of constructive purpose. I will cancel my cable before I watch ESPN/FSN/whatever. With so many newspapers failing and TV floundering as always, there is precious little worth anyone's time. I hope we all get back to reading classic literature, get a real job and forget how many years of our lives we've wasted with such dross. Good for Whitlock for trying to stand up and be heard, but we all know that won't save anyone worth saving.

 

No worries.

In referring to Ball State, Le Grande Whit used we (and it's incarnations) five times), my three times and our once. I understand he's a grad, but am I the only one who thinks using those words makes the column come off more than a bit fanboish?