ESPN becoming worse than SI...
bknauss
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Over the past couple years, it seemed like Sports Illustrated would write a handful of stories that would stir up a lot of contraversy, but there were a lot of questions about how true the story was. Mike Price at Alabama was the one that always stuck in my mind. It didn't seem like they could ever prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had sex with some girls from a strip club. But even though it wasn't provable, he was fired, lost millions, and now coaches at a mid-major D-I football program (and doing pretty well).
Now there's ESPN... the whole Maurice Clarrett thing busted open a couple weeks ago, but it was a completely one sided story. No comments or anything from Ohio St. This morning I look at ESPN.com and see Barry Bonds as the headline who "inadvertantly" took steroids, and a story from ESPN The Magazine saying Mr. Conte (who ran the infamous BALCO company) "came clean" and said he gave people steroids with their consent, including gold medalist Marion Jones.
In all of these ESPN stories, I'm sure there is some truth, if not total truth, to them, but it seems like ESPN is trying to make a quick buck by making stories that sound good. This is in spite of doing good detective work and looking at both sides of the coin. I think we all know ESPN is in it for the money since Sportscenter became a huge advertisement for an hour with crappy stuff to take up time like "Coors Light Six Pack" and "Budweiser Hot Seat". They're going down the same road as MTV... a music channel that eventually spends 2 hours a day showing music.
EDIT: One more thing... I think the firing of Ty Willingham at Notre Dame was completely blown out of proportion. In my eyes, they fired a guy who did well with the past coach's players, and did fairly poorly after that year. ESPN turned it into a whole racial issue.
Now there's ESPN... the whole Maurice Clarrett thing busted open a couple weeks ago, but it was a completely one sided story. No comments or anything from Ohio St. This morning I look at ESPN.com and see Barry Bonds as the headline who "inadvertantly" took steroids, and a story from ESPN The Magazine saying Mr. Conte (who ran the infamous BALCO company) "came clean" and said he gave people steroids with their consent, including gold medalist Marion Jones.
In all of these ESPN stories, I'm sure there is some truth, if not total truth, to them, but it seems like ESPN is trying to make a quick buck by making stories that sound good. This is in spite of doing good detective work and looking at both sides of the coin. I think we all know ESPN is in it for the money since Sportscenter became a huge advertisement for an hour with crappy stuff to take up time like "Coors Light Six Pack" and "Budweiser Hot Seat". They're going down the same road as MTV... a music channel that eventually spends 2 hours a day showing music.
EDIT: One more thing... I think the firing of Ty Willingham at Notre Dame was completely blown out of proportion. In my eyes, they fired a guy who did well with the past coach's players, and did fairly poorly after that year. ESPN turned it into a whole racial issue.
Brian Knauss
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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