What is ESPN thinking?

[flexmaster33]

Texas A&M beats Kansas State in college hoops today, and ESPN's highlights have nothing to do with the Aggies making plays to win the game.

Instead, they spotlight a K-State kid (Southwell) making a couple mistakes, then mention how he fouled out and showed his name misspelled on his jersey. Was it really necessary to throw this kid under the bus like that...it's not like he threw some giant tantrum or behaved poorly. He made a few mistakes.

How about showing us some highlights on the A&M side?

 

[LongTimeListener]

When did Texas A&M start playing basketball?

 

[Stitch]

When did Texas A&M start playing basketball?

2004-05 season.

 

[Versatile]

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

 

[Roving_Gambler]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

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The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

 

[Versatile]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

Calm down there, son. Do you really think the people who made ESPN the World Wide Leader in Sports had anything to do with the Texas A&M-Kansas State basketball highlight package on Sports Center last night?

 

[SF_Express]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

I would say, simply, that an entity with all those credentials probably has a tad thicker skin over an off-hand one-liner -- or should.

 

[Steak Snabler]

It's a newbie war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DanOregon]

You wonder if anyone goes to ESPN weekend at Disney World just to ***** out the ESPNers they feel have personally agrieved them?

 

[21]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

Is this a joke? No one should question espn because it has 7000 employees and a lot of platforms??

 

[holy bull]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

Is this a joke? No one should question espn because it has 7000 employees and a lot of platforms??
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You forgot the bonuses and raises. For 30+ years.

 

[SF_Express]

You are such a petty loser. Was this one-liner representative of your creativity or intellect?

Hmmm. One of the world's most successful global sports media companies, 7,000+ employees, bonuses and raises for 30+ years for employees ... A company strategically placed to succeed across all platforms, worldwide. Yeah, no one is thinking at ESPN.

Enjoy typing in those high school hoops stats this morning, idiot.

The title of this thread is an oxymoron.

Is this a joke? No one should question espn because it has 7000 employees and a lot of platforms??

Well, to be fair, our overreactive friend was simply saying that nobody should question whether somebody is THINKING at ESPN. I suppose somebody is, somewhere.

 

[21]

Prove it.

 

[SF_Express]

Prove it.

I lack empirical data, admittedly...

 

[Versatile]

I suppose Roving Gambler is probably right: They do think. They're smart enough to realize that reducing Sports Center to the lowest common denominator is the best way to draw in viewers. Things like a misspelled name produce more interest from the dumb crowd than how a top-25 Big 12 men's basketball game actually played out. It's why I refuse to sit through Sports Center, and I'm not alone.

 

[BrianGriffin]

I admit that I do find myself tuning out SportsCenter these days, but targeting the niche programming in sports I'm interested in. I'll look for College Basketball Final (or whatever it's called) because they generally do a decent job. Same with college football, basketball, baseball and the NFL. I don't like that they took their Sunday NFL show and sort of merged it into sports center (The Blitz).

Sports Center does seem a bit more low brow now. But I do think that reaches a larger audience and the sport-specific shows cater to fans more sophisticated. At least, that's how it appears at a cursory glance.

 

[DanOregon]

ESPN News used to be great - you got all of the nuts and bolts of SC w/o the filler and fluff - Highlight Express is okay, and I guess you can figure out what is going on off the field with the bottom line - but I still wish they did a half-hour version.

 

[flexmaster33]

I admit that I do find myself tuning out SportsCenter these days, but targeting the niche programming in sports I'm interested in. I'll look for College Basketball Final (or whatever it's called) because they generally do a decent job. Same with college football, basketball, baseball and the NFL. I don't like that they took their Sunday NFL show and sort of merged it into sports center (The Blitz).

Sports Center does seem a bit more low brow now. But I do think that reaches a larger audience and the sport-specific shows cater to fans more sophisticated. At least, that's how it appears at a cursory glance.

Ditto for me...the half-hour or hour I used to automatically go to ESPN for the daily highlights, I now spend online or preferably finding a late-night West Coast game somewhere.

 

[mb]

When did Texas A&M start playing basketball?

About the same time it stopped playing football ... or at least football worth a damn.

 

[bigbadeagle]

What is this ESPN of which you speak?