If you compare the cuts to the recent investment in McAfee you can see how the wind is blowing. Away from talking heads on network television and towards podcast friendly mobile talent.
Neither_Rooster_9519
Mama, there goes these men.
CIark
Ok ok fine I’ll host First take for half Stephen As salary
_Quetzalcoatlus_
Keyshawn Johnson was making $18M over five years. When you see the contracts these horrible “analysts” were getting, it makes sense why ESPN is struggling. They give out huge contracts to personalities that no one wants to listen to.
Nola67
Man what’s funny about this is that many of those moves are revelations. But signing McAfee, especially to that bag, is like one step forward, 8 steps back. I know people like that guy but I can’t stand it.
littlehabib
“Kellerman, who earns around $5 million annually”
I had no idea people at ESPN were making so much. Who is tuning into these shows? Why does it seem like it’s just free money for NBA retirees, some others, with warm takes? Do they really generate that much revenue?
BigSportsNerd
max kellerman, jalen rose, jvg
wonder if mark jackson is also cut. wouldn’t complain
0siris0
Clearing room to sign Kyrie
Waikuku3
I want CBS back. Disney should be out in the next contract given their reduction in investment. Just make sure they hire Mike Breen coz he’s national treasure.
AngsMcgyvr
I read somewhere that ESPN is in a bad situation. Traditional cable subscriptions continue to decline and that’s been where they got most of their money. But..a lot of the money that ESPN was getting from traditional cable was from people who didn’t even watch ESPN. It was just bundled in their package with everything else
So they did some numbers on a potential direct streaming service and that wasn’t great.
There’s not enough people who would actually pay for a standalone streaming service where they could make the cost for that service reasonable for customers.
So they’re going to have to restructure a bit and run lean in terms of onscreen talent.
YoungGambinoMcKobe
Classic rebuild. Dumping bad salary.
dkdoki
Only truly shocking firing (nba perspective) would be SAS, woj, windy and the professor zach lowe
FatherHaz
Fox Sports gonna have a great free agency period
Flaky-Mathematician8
Shannon Sharpe incoming
milehighrukus
Since Van Gundy is gone my only request is that the next person actually likes the NBA
MasterTeacher123
ESPN for the most part always sucked it’s jus that it’s not 1999 anymore and we don’t need to go to them for games highlights and analysis.
You a Jokic fan? You can get his highlights to a game in 5 mins after it ends on Twitter. You don’t have to go to ESPN anymore
Jrk67
I used to watch ESPN all the time, my go-to channel, but they invested way too much on sports bar arguments. I don’t care what their personalities think about Lebron, I care more about his highlights and stats which they’ve gone too far away from. They should remember KISS, keep it simple stupid and go back to the basic days of SportsCenter.
Hardwork407
I miss Stuart Scott 🥹, I miss when ESPN was good!
fistingcouches
Might be a hot take: I feel like the clickbait/ hot take / character personalities model of ESPN is just so outdated now. I want people who can have a fair and unbiased opinion on sports.
I don’t want to hear about LeBron James when his teams not in the playoffs. I don’t want to hear about Ja Morant suspension rumors during the NBA finals. I come to Reddit for that shit. I need someone smarter than me to break shit down and make it more interesting.
testiclefrankfurter
I consume a ton of ESPN, and I can’t tell you a single thing Keyshawn Johnson has said or done. Same with Jay Williams.
I think they should keep going with the layoffs. Don’t stop until you’ve fired Mark Jackson and Kendrick Perkins.
Subject_Condition804
It’s going to be all Stephen A Smith all the time.
Blazercaster
Only ESPN people that I get excited to tune in for: – Lowe – Breen – Reddick – Jefferson – Legler – SVP – McAfee – The Mannings – Foxworth – Kimes – Bomani
Am I missing anyone?
someroastedbeef
ESPN is one of the main reasons why DIS stock has not seen any growth in a decade
Trainer_Coach
To be fair to ESPN, their half-time shows have been atrocious. Get some new talent in there, stop trying to build up asshole culture with overly outspoken ‘takes’, and just revamp what should be quality broadcasting.
WishMyHusbandHadAJar
I wanna turn on sports center and get a breaking news ticker at the bottom of the screen that announces the layoffs
buttsoup24
Disney ruined ESPN.
They ruin almost everything they touch these days
Western-Tomatillo-14
MARK JACKSON PLEASE!
Beatdooown
All this to pay McAfee and Stephen A smith 50 million
jadedwolf465
In what world is it a net positive to fire Kellerman but keep Perkins and Mark Jackson
Shanknuts
Whole bunch of new podcasts about to spring up
Tsunamibo1
How are mark jackson and perkins staying?
Appropriate-Job-2972
Stephen A and Mad dog are the worst
CassutI
Malika please go away thank you
44035
Pat McAfee will now be appearing on 20 different shows.
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Must be clearing cap space for Pat McAfee
I know we hate espn but this is wild
If you compare the cuts to the recent investment in McAfee you can see how the wind is blowing. Away from talking heads on network television and towards podcast friendly mobile talent.
Mama, there goes these men.
Ok ok fine I’ll host First take for half Stephen As salary
Keyshawn Johnson was making $18M over five years. When you see the contracts these horrible “analysts” were getting, it makes sense why ESPN is struggling. They give out huge contracts to personalities that no one wants to listen to.
Man what’s funny about this is that many of those moves are revelations. But signing McAfee, especially to that bag, is like one step forward, 8 steps back. I know people like that guy but I can’t stand it.
“Kellerman, who earns around $5 million annually”
I had no idea people at ESPN were making so much. Who is tuning into these shows? Why does it seem like it’s just free money for NBA retirees, some others, with warm takes? Do they really generate that much revenue?
max kellerman, jalen rose, jvg
wonder if mark jackson is also cut. wouldn’t complain
Clearing room to sign Kyrie
I want CBS back. Disney should be out in the next contract given their reduction in investment. Just make sure they hire Mike Breen coz he’s national treasure.
I read somewhere that ESPN is in a bad situation. Traditional cable subscriptions continue to decline and that’s been where they got most of their money. But..a lot of the money that ESPN was getting from traditional cable was from people who didn’t even watch ESPN. It was just bundled in their package with everything else
So they did some numbers on a potential direct streaming service and that wasn’t great.
There’s not enough people who would actually pay for a standalone streaming service where they could make the cost for that service reasonable for customers.
So they’re going to have to restructure a bit and run lean in terms of onscreen talent.
Classic rebuild. Dumping bad salary.
Only truly shocking firing (nba perspective) would be SAS, woj, windy and the professor zach lowe
Fox Sports gonna have a great free agency period
Shannon Sharpe incoming
Since Van Gundy is gone my only request is that the next person actually likes the NBA
ESPN for the most part always sucked it’s jus that it’s not 1999 anymore and we don’t need to go to them for games highlights and analysis.
You a Jokic fan? You can get his highlights to a game in 5 mins after it ends on Twitter. You don’t have to go to ESPN anymore
I used to watch ESPN all the time, my go-to channel, but they invested way too much on sports bar arguments. I don’t care what their personalities think about Lebron, I care more about his highlights and stats which they’ve gone too far away from. They should remember KISS, keep it simple stupid and go back to the basic days of SportsCenter.
I miss Stuart Scott 🥹, I miss when ESPN was good!
Might be a hot take: I feel like the clickbait/ hot take / character personalities model of ESPN is just so outdated now. I want people who can have a fair and unbiased opinion on sports.
I don’t want to hear about LeBron James when his teams not in the playoffs. I don’t want to hear about Ja Morant suspension rumors during the NBA finals. I come to Reddit for that shit. I need someone smarter than me to break shit down and make it more interesting.
I consume a ton of ESPN, and I can’t tell you a single thing Keyshawn Johnson has said or done. Same with Jay Williams.
I think they should keep going with the layoffs. Don’t stop until you’ve fired Mark Jackson and Kendrick Perkins.
It’s going to be all Stephen A Smith all the time.
Only ESPN people that I get excited to tune in for:
– Lowe
– Breen
– Reddick
– Jefferson
– Legler
– SVP
– McAfee
– The Mannings
– Foxworth
– Kimes
– Bomani
Am I missing anyone?
ESPN is one of the main reasons why DIS stock has not seen any growth in a decade
To be fair to ESPN, their half-time shows have been atrocious. Get some new talent in there, stop trying to build up asshole culture with overly outspoken ‘takes’, and just revamp what should be quality broadcasting.
I wanna turn on sports center and get a breaking news ticker at the bottom of the screen that announces the layoffs
Disney ruined ESPN.
They ruin almost everything they touch these days
MARK JACKSON PLEASE!
All this to pay McAfee and Stephen A smith 50 million
In what world is it a net positive to fire Kellerman but keep Perkins and Mark Jackson
Whole bunch of new podcasts about to spring up
How are mark jackson and perkins staying?
Stephen A and Mad dog are the worst
Malika please go away thank you
Pat McAfee will now be appearing on 20 different shows.
Kendrick Perkins definately needs to go.