Free Bill Simmons!

[Football_Bat]

ESPN suspends @BillSimmons from Twitter after his First Take criticism.

http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-bill-simmons-from-twitter-after-em-first-453717304?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[Mizzougrad96]

A complete overreaction by the WWL as usual... God forbid anyone disagree with anything that goes on there...

 

[Steak Snabler]

Just suspended from Twitter, not from TV or podcast. Thus, no big deal.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

That's not embracing the debate.

 

[silvercharm]

Maybe it's an overreaction, but how many newspapers allow their reporters to take shots at the written word of a co-worker on Twitter? Kinda the same thing here.

 

[CD Boogie]

No one is bigger than their bosses, especially when those bosses are thin-skinned and know the person is speaking the truth.

 

[Norrin Radd]

What a terrible ordeal for him!

Gee, I sure hope he comments on it! Do you suppose he might?!?!!?!?

 

[Ace]

What a terrible ordeal for him!

Gee, I sure hope he comments on it! Do you suppose he might?!?!!?!?

Mr. Radd appears to be hinting at a conspiracy that goes to the highest levels of ESPN!

 

[Boom_70]

He should have tweeted something like :Standing offer for Bayless: 10 rounds, 8-ounce gloves, no headgear and he would have been fine.

 

[IHateSpringSports2013]

Wait...ESPN still hasn't smartened up and gotten rid of that hideous show........or at least fired Skip Bayless, yet?

Another reason why this network is watched maybe 30 minutes out of my day...hardly that...and never First Take.

 

[Steak Snabler]

It's been years since I watched anything other than live games or 30 for 30 on the ESPN family of networks. I'll browse Classic once in a while and perhaps put on ESPNNews if there's absolutely nothing else on.

 

[Riptide]

Maybe Hoppes can copy Simmons' lines and post them as his own for a while.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

For once I'm on Bill's side. He's a genuine talent, and the Bayless-Smith show is a clown act. ESPN's pretensions to not being part of the Disney protofascist culture are becoming thinner by the moment.

 

[slappy4428]

For once I'm on Bill's side. He's a genuine talent, and the Bayless-Smith show is a clown act. ESPN's pretensions to not being part of the Disney protofascist culture are becoming thinner by the moment.

He might have some talent, but he's not genuine talent.

 

[SoCalScribe]

How awesome is it that they won't fire Bayless because it would hurt the business?

I mean, come on, can't we all enjoy that?

Have we lost the will to laugh, to live?

I know it's the 21st century but check your magazines and think about whether you really want to empty them.

 

[Freuchen Icepick]

someone like bill simmons getting his knuckles rapped for "tweets unbecoming of the corporation" or whatever would seem to do more to erode the facade of media credibility than, say, a dad covering his kid's high school baseball team for a small paper.... and that thread is pushing five pages. fight the good fight people!

 

[Ace]

someone like bill simmons getting his knuckles rapped for "tweets unbecoming of the corporation" or whatever would seem to do more to erode the facade of media credibility than, say, a dad covering his kid's high school baseball team for a small paper.... and that thread is pushing five pages. fight the good fight people!

There is no disagreement with someone criticizing ESPN.

Move along, people.

 

[Boom_70]

Chris Jones ‏@MySecondEmpire

"Tiger," said Lindsay, "you never heard such cheering." "Yes I have," Tiger answered. "In a parking lot at a Perkins."

Jonesy better watch out. The ESPN brass will take away his twitter privileges.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I'd be curious how many ESPN suspensions/firings we can list for criticizing ESPN...

TJ Simers canned from ATH for ripping the show in an article.
Jason Whitlock fired for criticizing Scoop Jackson and others in interview with The Big Lead.
Keith Olbermann suspended for ripping ESPN on The Daily Show (when Kilby hosted...)

I know Kornheiser used to have weekly issues when his radio show was still on ESPN Radio (pre PTI). I can't remember if he was ever suspended though...

John Feinstein was banned (in part) for his criticisms of the Season on the Brink movie. I'm sure there have been other issues...

 

[LongTimeListener]

Kornheiser was suspended from PTI for commenting on Hannah Storm's schoolgirl outfit.