OT ESPN mass layoffs

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  1. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Significantly reducing Ryen Russillo's role is asinine. He is really knowledgeable and totally unbiased
     
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    joeBlazers Well-Known Member

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    I don't feel sorry for any of these guys. Most of them have spent their careers making fun of players getting cut, guys losing their jobs in sports.
    I know it is none of their faults, but this is the reality of the world we live in. Many of these guys will get some perspective !!!
    Many of them can create a channel on youtube and create some type of content and make money that way or figure out another way to make money, just like most of us. They report so well on Running Backs in the NFL being a position that doesn't matter anymore ... maybe the traditional Journalist job has become the new RB position in the NFL: Nobody wants that position anymore. Time for them to re-invent themselves.
     
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    So does that mean you were happy Trump won because he raised and spent far less than Hilary?
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    They're all just going to start podcasts.
     
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    Bankruptcy is the only way they can likely get out of the deal, don't know how they are legally structured but per Wikipedia they are a "joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share)."
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Soon everything will be like what espn is doing. Broadcasting from remote location. Huge events like the Super Bowl will be covered the same, but with the use of fiber optic cable lines now for camera feeds , it's bound to happen soon. Facebook, twitter...... you'll be watching our shows and n some sort of streaming format sooner than you think I'm sure.
     
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    Perfect. I cant fucking stand tv in general. So many ads. I hope every channel that costs extra dies. I had to get rid of espn because of some random national sports fee on my bill. Like paying for the package wasnt enough they needed a $3 surcharge because it included espn.
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    All the vanquished have a positive message. It's better to use social media to display your merits than be pissed.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Well, that is probably WHY he got a reduced role.
     
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    Bob Dobalina Funkee Human Being

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    Smokey, is that you?
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Yeah and a completely out of touch asshat. I'm glad he's gone.
     
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    I agree. He's a stud. My favorite ESPN guy.
     
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    If campaign finance reform were done the right way, given time, I would hope the Hillary and Trumps of the world would be flushed early on.

    It would completely change politics.
     
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    Andy Katz gone too. Basically everyone that started around the time i started really getting into sports...cool
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I wasn't happy Trump won..... but it's pretty obvious that guy won because of a number of messed up factors, and campaign finance played a very small factor in that.

    1) Russia obviously played some role in the leaks about Clinton.

    2) Some of the Clinton campaign emails revealed that her own people were pushing him on the national stage, getting him exposure that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise, because they had dirt on him that they thought would sink him later. That obviously backfired.

    3. I don't think he would have won if Hillary was less polarizing. The whole DNC primary debacle. A lot of Democrats didn't show up to vote because they were disenfranchised.

    I think it was a perfect storm that got him elected.
     
  17. Mediocre Man

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    Russillo just tweeted his "reduced role" was planted by an agency losing clients. He will be working more.....one bright spot
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Andy Katz got let go.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Something something tell Canzano that something...
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Marc Stein just tweeted he's out too, and I heard Henry Abbot is as well. It really is going to be the inmates left running the asylum at this point.
     
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