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Wrestling is stupid and people who watch and claim to be in on the joke are fooling themselves
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I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with watching it, I just assume cowherd says like 15 things more offensive than that every day
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Apr 5, 2016 01:44
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You can like wrestling and Star Wars all you want, but those are two things that ESPN doesn't need to go near but of course do so anyway in the name of the almighty dollar
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Apr 5, 2016 01:52
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ESPN is owned by the people that own Star Wars.
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Apr 5, 2016 01:59
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I'm pretty sure Cowheard once said he doesn't like scripted entertainment. Like, any fictional work.
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Apr 5, 2016 03:32
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CaptainYesterday posted:I'm pretty sure Cowheard once said he doesn't like scripted entertainment. Like, any fictional work. that basically makes him one of those assholes who can't tell enough people about how they don't have a TV
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CaptainYesterday posted:I'm pretty sure Cowheard once said he doesn't like scripted entertainment. Like, any fictional work. Then how does he watch the NBA?
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Apr 5, 2016 04:01
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DJExile posted:that basically makes him one of those assholes who can't tell enough people about how they don't have a TV Not really, I don't get into a lot of fictional work, but I still watch plenty of TV. Cowherd is just a piece of poo poo.
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Ungratek posted:Wrestling is stupid and people who watch and claim to be in on the joke are fooling themselves 
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Apr 5, 2016 05:17
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MourningView posted:I mean I don't think there's anything wrong with watching it, I just assume cowherd says like 15 things more offensive than that every day ah! You'd be correct on that assertion! I try to avoid him, and pretty much ESPN as a whole purposely. (save for live sporting events). Just found his sneering outrage over this and his attempts to straw man wrestling fans really bizarre. I realize it "worked" in getting us to waste oxygen talking about him. That being said? I'm really wondering how much longer this whole "shock jock/hot take" thing is going to go. Like I don't even think Jim Rome does that sort of thing any more. e: Like if he's really going to go on this spiel about putting "Childish things" behind one's self and living a "richer" life, would that not include sports as a whole? FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Apr 5, 2016 07:32
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This is like when people got mad at Dana White for calling wrestling fake.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I realize it "worked" in getting us to waste oxygen talking about him. That being said? I'm really wondering how much longer this whole "shock jock/hot take" thing is going to go. Like I don't even think Jim Rome does that sort of thing any more. Yeah the era of the shock jock is definitely dying. You're always going to have it to some degree, gotta get callers somehow, but it's definitely dying off. The wacky morning DJ, the "I'm just asking questions!" political and sports jocks, all the talking heads on TV... I don't know if they'll ever fully vanish but they're definitely receding as the personalities and shows themselves largely become punchlines more than anything.
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Apr 5, 2016 12:10
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In the NFL N/V thread but worth posting here: http://thebiglead.com/2016/04/05/twitter-will-stream-nfl-thursday-night-football-games/quote:The NFL is coming to Twitter according to Bloomberg. It was reported this morning that Twitter won the bidding for NFL Thursday Night Football games. The social media site beat Verizon, Yahoo!, Amazon and Facebook for the online rights. What unholy sum did Twitter pay to beat out Amazon AND Verizon.
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Apr 5, 2016 14:56
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Nantz gonna Nantz Jim Nantz forced Ryan Arcidiacono to take his tie in the worst Final Four tradition
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Apr 5, 2016 15:30
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OctoberBlues posted:Nantz gonna Nantz hahahaha the reactions of the people behind him are great
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commy gun posted:In the NFL N/V thread but worth posting here: http://thebiglead.com/2016/04/05/twitter-will-stream-nfl-thursday-night-football-games/ $10m so they can stream the same Thursday games NBC / CBS are showing (for a combined $450m). Supposedly they turned down a $15m bid.
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Kalli posted:$10m so they can stream the same Thursday games NBC / CBS are showing (for a combined $450m). I think that was Facebook. I remember negotiations there either broke down, or FB revoked their bid. E: Ah, that was apparently specific to the London games: Deadspin, via Bloomberg posted:Facebook has retracted its bid to host live streams of NFL games this upcoming season, according to a Bloomberg report. That’s less than a month after the company confirmed it was attempting to partner with the league on a deal to stream the Thursday Night Football package.
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Apr 5, 2016 17:15
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Interacting with Jim Nantz must be like being smothered by the very concept of whiteness. Also he was loving awful calling that game. Just imagine Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan calling those last two shots instead of him.
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MourningView posted:Interacting with Jim Nantz must be like being smothered by the very concept of whiteness. Remember the time that Jim Many called the PGA to complain about a Toger rules violation at a Masters he was commentating?
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Apr 5, 2016 20:21
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ayn rand hand job posted:Remember the time that Jim Many called the PGA to complain about a Toger rules violation at a Masters he was commentating? Yeah that was just a year or two ago if memory serves.
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Apr 5, 2016 20:33
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I don't really understand why Twitter is paying for NFL games. Figured Amazon was the logical choice if they could make it a Prime only offering (don't think the NFL wants that though). Or maybe YouTube who is trying to add higher quality content to their ranks.
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MourningView posted:Interacting with Jim Nantz must be like being smothered by the very concept of whiteness. https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/717197241451159552 would you settle for Sean McDonough?
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Apr 5, 2016 22:23
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Niwrad posted:I don't really understand why Twitter is paying for NFL games. Figured Amazon was the logical choice if they could make it a Prime only offering (don't think the NFL wants that though). Or maybe YouTube who is trying to add higher quality content to their ranks. Same reason everyone but Facebook wants the NFL: selling ads at the highest rates possible since the NFL hits every demo but especially 18-35 males. Facebook wants an ad-free stream for some reason, which is too bad because football through the Oculus Rift would be really cool for about 10-15 minutes or so.
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Apr 5, 2016 22:50
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C. Everett Koop posted:Same reason everyone but Facebook wants the NFL: selling ads at the highest rates possible since the NFL hits every demo but especially 18-35 males. They will never make back in ad revenue what they are spending for the streaming rights.
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Apr 5, 2016 22:56
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This Schefter Greg Hardy poo poo is so stupid. SCHEFTER: "I went in with the idea that this guy is a monster. I came out of there with a very different feeling. I came out of there feeling this is a guy who has managed to say the wrong things at the wrong time." Pretty sure people are pissed because of what he did not what he said.....
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Apr 5, 2016 23:24
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A very underrated sports broadcasting moment from this week: On MLB Opening Day whoever the SportsCenter anchor was responded to a Bryce Harper home run with "There hasn't been a man from Washington to light up Atlanta like this since General Sherman!"
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FuzzySkinner posted:ah! You'd be correct on that assertion! Colin Cowherd made fun of self serious wrestling fans and it worked.
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Apr 6, 2016 10:06
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Crazy Ted posted:A very underrated sports broadcasting moment from this week: Honestly, I feel like the Atlanta/burnt/Sherman jokes are overused. It seems to pop up every time an Atlanta team loses at something.
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Apr 6, 2016 16:59
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BasicFunk posted:Honestly, I feel like the Atlanta/burnt/Sherman jokes are overused. It seems to pop up every time an Atlanta team loses at something. The Atlanta Flames ruled
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Bomani Jones went on TV this morning with a parody Cleveland Indians style shirt that said 'Caucasians' instead of Indians and a bunch of people are flipping out on Twitter. People are dumb.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Bomani Jones went on TV this morning with a parody Cleveland Indians style shirt that said 'Caucasians' instead of Indians and a bunch of people are flipping out on Twitter. People are dumb. Most of what I saw was people thinking the shirt was amazing, but I follow a bunch of goons and other really cool people so it's to be expected. The shirt was loving awesome. I fully expect ESPN to suspend or fire him for it.
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OctoberBlues posted:haha Bomani Jones loving owns.
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You can buy it here http://www.shelflifeclothing.com/shirtpages/caucasians.html
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Apr 7, 2016 16:09
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I mean it's spot-on but you just know idiots are going to complain and he may get suspended. Happened to Keith Law when he put Curt Schilling in his place last year
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Apr 7, 2016 16:09
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He's not sniping at a co-worker so he's fine
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Apr 7, 2016 16:19
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The response has pretty much been from idiots, "I'm white and not offended, therefore Native Americans should just get over it"
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That reminds me very much of the fake hats the NCAI made coming at it the other way a few years ago. http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/racism-of-sports-logos-put-into-context-by-american-indian-group/ http://www.ncai.org/resources/ncai-publications/Ending_the_Legacy_of_Racism.pdf Not knowing the National Congress of American Indians put those out made googling for this incredibly dangerous waters.
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OctoberBlues posted:haha 
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