Question about ESPN and Jets camp

[bigpern23]

ESPN has made a big point about the access the Jets have given them to their practices (Sal Paolantonio has suddenly become a 12-year-old boy) and so they've had a live spot on SportsCenter every day for two weeks or so. And, by "live spot," I mean 12-15 minutes of every hour.

My question is: Have other NFL teams denied ESPN this kind of access (and so far, the access has largely consisted of Sal standing within the lines and saying "Rex has allowed me stand on the field even if you can't see anything behind me because of the fog") or are they just going nuts because they found Cortland, N.Y., and Tim Tebow happens to be there?

 

[Armchair_QB]

I don't know how much access they have but they've had a crew and set at Broncos' camp too.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

It's ridiculous, but so are a lot of things ESPN does these days.

 

[Riptide]

Tebow is their new Favre.

 

[HanSenSE]

Tebow is their new Favre.

Damn. I was looking forward to ESPN covering Farve's high school's games.

 

[gloves28]

They have made so much about these camps. I don't know about you, but I could care less that Sanchez and Tebow each had bad days in 7-on-7.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

It's ridiculous, but so are a lot of things ESPN does these days.

These days?

 

[TigerVols]

Tebow is their new Favre.

Truer words never spoken.

 

[turski7]

Tebow is their new Favre.

Truer words never spoken.

Who becomes Tebow's Madden-like broadcasting partner? No Skip Bayless talking-heads, but an actual person who calls the games and trips over himself every time Tebow steps on the field.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Tebow is their new Favre.

Truer words never spoken.

Who becomes Tebow's Madden-like broadcasting partner? No Skip Bayless talking-heads, but an actual person who calls the games and trips over himself every time Tebow steps on the field.

Thom Brennaman's already in that camp.

 

[bpoindexter]

Tebow is their new Favre.

AMEN!!!

This is nothing new. Every time Tebow gets out of bed to take his first **** of the day, we're going to hear all about it with angels singing and trumpets blaring. It's the same with little Danica-poo, Dale Jr., Tiger, Kobe, LeBron, Favre, Beckham (have all the food groups - I mean sports - been represented yet?) The kids run the candy store at ESPN. They're in love with Tim Tebow and have decided the rest of us are supposed to as well.

I recall after Michael Jackson died, the ****hole TV Guide Channel that came with my local cable carrier had nothing but Michael Jackson anonymous source-driven spec, scandals and whatnot for the next six months. Then one day, I joked to my wife that Michael Jackson didn't really die until Tiger Woods got his window bashed in by a golf club. "Mike Jackson dies" stories died suddenly when Tiger crashed his ride.

 

[Den1983]

On topics like these, I'll come back to the same thing: There is obviously an audience for this nonsense, and ESPN is only adhering to that audience. Until morons stop following Tebow's every move and until the New York tabloids stop doing the same, ESPN almost HAS to do this. At least they're at Broncos camp as well, and the NFL 32 show isn't shabby either.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I would bet that all but maybe a handful (3-4) teams would give ESPN any access it wanted within reason... I think the only teams that wouldn't would probably be the Raiders, Redskins and maybe the Patriots, although ESPN has been so Patriot-friendly that maybe that wouldn't be the case...

The Jets/Tebow coverage so far this season has been beyond absurd. I think ESPN has done a good job with Broncos/Manning coverage, and while I know Tebow is popular and having him on a NYC team has to be a dream for the WWL, it's really getting ridiculous.

The Packers, Niners and Giants are basically the favorites entering this season and they've been ignored for much of camp so far...

 

[bigpern23]

On topics like these, I'll come back to the same thing: There is obviously an audience for this nonsense, and ESPN is only adhering to that audience. Until morons stop following Tebow's every move and until the New York tabloids stop doing the same, ESPN almost HAS to do this. At least they're at Broncos camp as well, and the NFL 32 show isn't shabby either.

My question isn't so much about the worthiness of their coverage of Tebow, so much as it is about how they're bragging about the access they've been given. They make it sound like they're being given unprecedented access. So my question is really, are they getting unprecedented access from the Jets that other teams aren't giving them? Or are they just trying to play up that angle to avoid making it appear as if they're just licking their own Teboner?

 

[heyabbott]

I would bet that all but maybe a handful (3-4) teams would give ESPN any access it wanted within reason... I think the only teams that wouldn't would probably be the Raiders, Redskins and maybe the Patriots, although ESPN has been so Patriot-friendly that maybe that wouldn't be the case...

The Jets/Tebow coverage so far this season has been beyond absurd. I think ESPN has done a good job with Broncos/Manning coverage, and while I know Tebow is popular and having him on a NYC team has to be a dream for the WWL, it's really getting ridiculous.

The Packers, Niners and Giants are basically the favorites entering this season and they've been ignored for much of camp so far...

Giants denied ESPN that kind of access. Coughlin said he doesn't want it and the Mara's and Tisch's don't need it.

Rex needs this coverage because his greatest claim to fame is that he lost 2 AFC Championship games.

 

[Starman]

The huge majority of the nation does not give a droplet of slippery **** about the New York Jets.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I would bet that all but maybe a handful (3-4) teams would give ESPN any access it wanted within reason... I think the only teams that wouldn't would probably be the Raiders, Redskins and maybe the Patriots, although ESPN has been so Patriot-friendly that maybe that wouldn't be the case...

The Jets/Tebow coverage so far this season has been beyond absurd. I think ESPN has done a good job with Broncos/Manning coverage, and while I know Tebow is popular and having him on a NYC team has to be a dream for the WWL, it's really getting ridiculous.

The Packers, Niners and Giants are basically the favorites entering this season and they've been ignored for much of camp so far...

Giants denied ESPN that kind of access. Coughlin said he doesn't want it and the Mara's and Tisch's don't need it.

Rex needs this coverage because his greatest claim to fame is that he lost 2 AFC Championship games.

Rex wants to be assured of a TV gig when his act grows tired in New York. I'm in the minority, I like the guy and I think he's a very good coach, but I don't think he lasts more than 2-3 years with the Jets.

I think any team that gives ESPN or HBO that kind of access is a team that we will be hearing very little from in January and February. No shocker that the Dolphins wound up on HBO this year. That team is run by complete idiots.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

That clip that SportsCenter keeps running where the writers are getting Sanchez and Tebow mixed up is pretty funny... I want someone to say, "Are you the virgin or are you the one who ****s 16-year-olds?"

For ESPN to give a team this kind of coverage they need a coach who is willing to play along and Rex is one of the few who would do that. Teams say no to ESPN very rarely, although it doesn't surprise me at all that Coughlin said no, but ESPN couldn't get enough out of Giants training camp to justify that kind of coverage. Rings or not, Coughlin and Eli just aren't as interesting as Rex and Tebow/Sanchez.

 

[HanSenSE]

The huge majority of the nation does not give a droplet of slippery **** about the New York Jets.

This. And this is why SportsCenter has become an absolute joke. The same stories, usually involving an Eastern Seaboard team, beat into the ground night after night. Except after 1 a.m. EDT, when it becomes "SportsCenter from LA" and stories involving teams south of the Grapevine are beat into the ground night after night.

 

[YGBFKM]

I'd rather watch daily footage from the Jets cafeteria than listen to another inane debate about LeBron James.

And what storyline do you suggest they push now that camps have opened. It's Manning and Tebow/New York. That's it.