ESPN Cancels Barstool Show

[Elliotte Friedman]

Wow, that was quick. What happened here? (EDIT: I should get YF to help me post tweets.)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement from ESPN President John Skipper about Barstool Van Talk: <a href="ESPN PR on Twitter">pic.twitter.com/ysgSKDvmjx</a></p>&mdash; ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) <a href="">October 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[LongTimeListener]

Sam Ponder wins.

**** to the ****ity yes.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Did it ever air?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Yes. Last Tuesday, I think.

 

[TyWebb]

"In its place, we will be airing our newest show - Screamin' A Smith Points at Celebrities and Screams at them From Across the Room - an exciting new direction for the convergence of sports and pop culture."

 

[Inky_Wretch]

How fast will Clay Travis get on a news show over this?

 

[CD Boogie]

And so ESPN brass once again proves they are equal bits stupid and pussies. The marriage was dumb to begin with, and now they stick their tails between their legs and shuffle off.

 

[tapintoamerica]

And so ESPN brass once again proves they are equal bits stupid and pussies. The marriage was dumb to begin with, and now they stick their tails between their legs and shuffle off.

This ain't exactly a great time to be perceived as being a conduit for sexism. Not after Weinstein. Not after conservative hero Bill O'Reilly paid $32,000,000 to settle a harassment claim.

 

[YankeeFan]

And so ESPN brass once again proves they are equal bits stupid and chicken ****s. The marriage was dumb to begin with, and now they stick their tails between their legs and shuffle off.

Trump makes mistake, and then doubles down: @CD Boogie would call him an idiot for doubling down, and not simply admitting his mistake.

ESPN makes mistake, admits it, and cuts its losses: @CD Boogie calls them chicken ****s.

 

[CD Boogie]

This ain't exactly a great time to be perceived as being a conduit for sexism. Not after Weinstein. Not after conservative hero Bill O'Reilly paid $32,000,000 to settle a harassment claim.

One week. Reminds me of the genius website that hired me in 2011 to be a full-time blogger writing about men's issues and then figured out a month in that they didn't have money budgeted for the role anymore. I spent more time trying out for the gig than I actually did in the gig. I'm happy to report that men's site is a steaming pile of **** these days. Planning, thinking ahead: These things work, folks

 

[QYFW]

This ain't exactly a great time to be perceived as being a conduit for sexism. Not after Weinstein. Not after conservative hero Bill O'Reilly paid $32,000,000 to settle a harassment claim.

What did they expect? Nice job researching the content.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Having a major rift with its African American employees, ESPN was in no position to start one up with its women employees. I half wonder if someone in management asked Ponder to go public with her objections.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

What did they expect? Nice job researching the content.

Good Lord, yes. It's not like Barstool Sports was obscure. It's been a blight on our fair city for years now.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Stupid move to from the start? What the hell did they think they were getting?

I actually watched some of that show (don't ask me why, I had my reasons).

Perhaps it's a generational thing (get off my lawn), but it was such a steaming pile of awful ****. At one point the morons were just barking. Literally. Just barking. For a few minutes.

This is appealing to... what audience?

 

[QYFW]

People who only want to talk sports.

 

[Buck]

They turned their 180 faster than they did with Limbaugh.
Does that mean they're getting smarter?

 

[TyWebb]

And so ESPN brass once again proves they are equal bits stupid and pussies. The marriage was dumb to begin with, and now they stick their tails between their legs and shuffle off.

I agree they were stupid to make this deal in the first place, but why are they "pussies" for realizing that mistake and correcting it? What is to gain from leaving the show on?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Stupid move to from the start? What the hell did they think they were getting?

I actually watched some of that show (don't ask me why, I had my reasons).

Perhaps it's a generational thing (get off my lawn), but it was such a steaming pile of awful ****. At one point the morons were just barking. Literally. Just barking. For a few minutes.

This is appealing to... what audience?

College bros and adults who wish they were still college bros.

 

[Songbird]

Earl Watson lasted longer.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

That Barstool/ESPN show will be canceled before I finish typing this post.

Or within a week.