News Article: ESPN layoffs

[Ole Man Dan]

Galloway should go ahead and quit to show his solidarity.

Solidarity is one thing, voluntarily giving up your pay check is another.

 

[rolltide_21]

TBF, several of them are writers, not TV personalities.


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That's what I noticed too as I began to see who was being let go. Lack of page clicks not so much about viewership. When I look at espn.com I am overwhelmed by the different articles to choose from. I might read 3-4 at the most.


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[drwho]

Wow. Those are some staples at ESPN. If they let Schefter go you know the network is in serious trouble.

Wow. I didn't see Schefter on the list.

 

[dadleyblane5]

Danny Kanell
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Poured my heart and soul into ESPN for last 8 years. Moved my wife and 3 kids to CT to go "all in" 5 years ago. Bummed it ended in 3 minutes
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Well darn DK, my heart bleeds for you....

 

[GrayTide]

Do not watch ESPN if I can avoid it. Outside of Kanell, McMurphy, Len Elmore and Dottie Pepper, I have never seen or read anything by these people.

 

[92tide]

I look at MLB and most games the stands seem to be barely occupied. Yet their players have contracts in the hundreds of millions. Money must be coming from corporate side. Ticket prices for both NFL and CFB have gotten to the point where the average Joe can't afford to go.

i think they make money off of corporate box seats and season ticket holders. it is way too expensive to go to any kind of professional (or cfb) game these days.

 

[Elefantman]

I don't think he's gonna have to show solidarity. If they have another bad or middling quarter, Disney is going to demand another round of trimming and I think a lot people at his level (including our guy Greg McElroy) will be in a pickle.


Unlike Galloway, I assume our guy will just go get a "real" job and do just fine for himself!

Like start his own sports network and put ESPN out of it's misery.

 

[Crimson1967]

Well darn DK, my heart bleeds for you....

A man with a family to support lost his job, that's hilarious.


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[B1GTide]

Unlike Galloway, I assume our guy will just go get a "real" job and do just fine for himself!

Galloway has done a great job of maintaining his relationships in Columbus. He probably has more opportunities in the real world than most could dream of. I don't like his on air personality either, but in person he comes across as a very kind and articulate man.

 

[TideMom2Boys]

Galloway has done a great job of maintaining his relationships in Columbus. He probably has more opportunities in the real world than most could dream of. I don't like his on air personality either, but in person he comes across as a very kind and articulate man.

He was also smarter than Danny. He really backed off the anti-SEC rants that he used to do. I can actually stand to listen to Galloway now.

 

[TideMom2Boys]

McElroy might be saved by his employment being the SEC Network. Plus, he has his gig with Sirius.


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He could probably have a pick of jobs if it ever came up. I could really see him in an Athletic Director role one day.

 

[rgw]

CNN, Fox News, and others have done well copying the ESPN format over the last decade. I wouldn't bet on two people arguing over news items to disappear.

 

[FitToBeTide]

He was also smarter than Danny. He really backed off the anti-SEC rants that he used to do. I can actually stand to listen to Galloway now.

Thought he and Herb did a decent job on the field reporting at the A Day game.

 

[bama2112]

I just saw where they whacked Dr. Jerry Punch, gotta love it when the VP's at ESPN get shown the door in another few months. Jerry will wind up on FOX on NBC doing races. IMHO he was best doing NASCAR. I havent watched ESPN since the National Championship game. Sure wish I could get a 6 month satellite package so I dont pay for crap I dont ever watch.

 

[2003TIDE]

I do that too. I need to cancel cable.

I just got ATT fiber. I have a 1 year contract on the bundle. I have a Fire TV with Netflix and Amazon Prime TV. I'm seriously considering singing up for PlayStation Vue and dropping TV service after the 1 year bundle is up. I get everything I want to watch for $35/mo.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Can't decide if ESPN is more like the WWF in 1996 or WCW in 2000.


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The answer to this rhetorical question depends upon what incident you view as the Montreal Screwjob OR which one you view as Russo's rant on Hogan at Bash at the Beach 2000.


Not that I know much about it or anything....

 

[selmaborntidefan]

As far as Kanell, basic human decency won't let me cheer his loss of job by any means. By the same token, I'm secretly glad he won't be there for the FSU-Bama pregame coverage and bloviating like he does - and not to rip on him but most folks don't make ANYWHERE near the salary he made there for as little as is actually involved with the job.....he gives an OPINION. That's literally it.

I do hope for his family's sake that he finds something good, but I also hope he has planned ahead for something just such as this. There's less excuse for someone like him to do that than for the daily blue collar guy making ends meet but that's all.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

i think they make money off of corporate box seats and season ticket holders. it is way too expensive to go to any kind of professional (or cfb) game these days.

My boys want to go to a Texas Rangers game. My sister lives in the area and she sent me ticket prices. It would cost us dang near an arm and a leg to go. And that's just taking two of my boys. Lord knows how much it would be if I took all of them.

 

[CrimsonProf]

On that topic, I can't get ESPN or any other streaming service to work with Google Chrome. I can do Netflix or Hulu just fine but those of course are apps. These other services just won't work well at all:


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[Special K]

My boys want to go to a Texas Rangers game. My sister lives in the area and she sent me ticket prices. It would cost us dang near an arm and a leg to go. And that's just taking two of my boys. Lord knows how much it would be if I took all of them.

Yeah baseball used to be affordable for anyone who wanted to take in a game but not so much anymore. It's really gotten crazy.