Comments on: Overused. Underrated. Rant. On. The. NFL

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:21:52 +0000

Johnny, and that is ESPN’s fault? They should have sucked?

no one is blaming ESPN. but the perception is that they are sports, so people watch.

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:20:27 +0000

cbh- majority of people have to pay extra. you have the option of changing the channel to one or the other. for the last 3 years we ahve been hearing about people griping that they don’t get to watch the Thursday night games.

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Johnny, and that is ESPN’s fault? They should have sucked?

Sparty, I get all 4 for my normal sports tier package that includes ESPN and other sports channels.

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:14:59 +0000

Versus is being very casual about things. keep an eye on them.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:13:21 +0000

Yeah but by the time CNNSI, and Fox Sports News started ESPN was already established as “the worldwide leader.” In reality they didn’t really have a chance at competing with ESPN

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:12:56 +0000

I don’t buy this monopoly stuff.

really? can everyone get NHL, NFL, NBA and MLB without paying additional money to their cable provider?

By: GatorTrey

GatorTrey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:11:08 +0000

CNNSI wasn’t successful because the lack of cable networks that picked it up. In the markets it was in, it did pretty awesome. They had some top notch reporters on there (Maisel, Seth Davis, Rick Reilly, etc). A lot of it stemmed from the fact that a major cable provider (Time Warner) owned and created it.

As for Fox Sports. Easy. It’s very under funded and regionally owned.

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:09:04 +0000

It’s an interesting debate to have and your post sparked it, so for that I say well done Trey.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:08:32 +0000

You could make the argument that places like Miss, Arkansas, and Alabama don’t care for the NFL. but are a lot of them watching SC? nope, they ~~have on ESPNU~~ don't have cable TV.

/redneck'd

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:04:03 +0000

Trey, other networks have tried and not been successful. CNNSI, Fox Sports News, etc.

All 4 sports have their own networks now, all those fans could flock to those channels and never watch ESPN and get the information they need. I don’t buy this monopoly stuff.

By: GatorTrey

GatorTrey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:02:09 +0000

cbh,

Again though. ESPN is the only national sports network out there.

I usually only watch it in the AM, but some people just as soon watch ESPN than nothing. Sure, they’re successful. But anyone can be successful when you have a legal monopoly over something.

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:59:33 +0000

I agree I am in their demographic. All I know is, when I wake up ESPN is on, when I get home and decide to watch TV, most of the time ESPN is on, I fall asleep to ESPN.

I am not saying I am everyone, but based on ESPN’s success I would say their is many people like me, which also means that too many people ESPN is doing something right.

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:57:07 +0000

…and if you do get to see your teams highlights, it is about a 10 sec clip.

Unless you’re the Red Sox, Yankees, Cowboys, whoever Brett Favre is playing for and the Lebrons.

By: sparty

sparty — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:56:40 +0000

cbh, you’re a huge NFl fan though, you fall in the demographic ESPn likes to nail down.

i think you just nailed it.

By: GatorTrey

GatorTrey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:54:19 +0000

Agreed Johnny.

By: cbh49er

cbh49er — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:39 +0000

I still watch Sportscenter every morning. I remember the old days but don’t really miss them. Times change.