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ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

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Don't look now now but a bit of integrity in college football journalism may be breaking through the ESPiN smog.

If you could change anything about ESPN's college football coverage, what would you change and why?

Mandel: It's far too late to stop, but ideally there'd be more separation of church and state between the programming and journalism sides. The Bruce Feldman incident and the Longhorn Network have shown that horse has left the stable for good.

Staples: Lately, it seems as if ESPN has tried to set the agenda for college coverage. This is a bad idea. The big story is what it is, and people will seek coverage of it even if it happens to be SEC coaches "Car Wash" day. There will be days when I turn on College Football Live and I wonder if I even cover the same sport. The fact that ESPN is in bed financially with all the conferences shouldn't affect its journalism choices. Really, ESPN is so massive that the business relationships don't have to affect journalism choices. At this point, the conferences need ESPN more than it needs the conferences. So it shouldn't kowtow.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...gefootball.television/index.html?sct=cf_wr_a1
 
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Why ESPN Has Already Lost the Future

At its essence ESPN is a middle man. That is the network exists to bring the content of someone else to your home or business. The same is true for ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News, ESPN infinity. This year ESPN turned 32 and for the past several years it has been the most profitable arm of Disney. It is an all conquering behemoth that devours all competitors. To hear most people talk, ESPN's competitive advantage is so extreme that there can be no challengers. Clearly, I disagree with that position. A few weeks ago I wrote that Yahoo Sports had emerged as the biggest competitor to ESPN thanks to a series of eight deft moves. But today I'm here to tell you that ESPN has already lost the battle for the future of sports.

It will take years for others to recognize this fact, but ESPN's power in the world of sports will be on the wane each year going forward.

And it all comes back to that basic premise -- ESPN is a glorified middle man whose role is increasingly unnecessary.

My thesis is simple, ESPN owes its position of dominance to the fact that it has managed to create the largest distribution network in the world of sports. That is, ESPN can bring sports programming to more people than anyone else in the world. That ability used to be unique. No longer. As we move towards a world where computers, Internet streams, and cable all meld into one device, ESPN's place in the sports arena becomes obsolete.
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BuckeyeMike80;1975726; said:
Per Hineygate, the ReTorg is leaving.

Happy days are here again :groove:
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It's been about 2 weeks since I've moved from Columbus and the only good thing is I don't have to worry about switching over to The Fan and hearing "MY GUY!". So I've got that going for me...which is nice. I miss Chipotle more than I've missed anything in my life though. :(
 
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Great Article

Taosman;1975931; said:
Don't look now now but a bit of integrity in college football journalism may be breaking through the ESPiN smog.

If you could change anything about ESPN's college football coverage, what would you change and why?

Mandel: It's far too late to stop, but ideally there'd be more separation of church and state between the programming and journalism sides. The Bruce Feldman incident and the Longhorn Network have shown that horse has left the stable for good.

Staples: Lately, it seems as if ESPN has tried to set the agenda for college coverage. This is a bad idea. The big story is what it is, and people will seek coverage of it even if it happens to be SEC coaches "Car Wash" day. There will be days when I turn on College Football Live and I wonder if I even cover the same sport. The fact that ESPN is in bed financially with all the conferences shouldn't affect its journalism choices. Really, ESPN is so massive that the business relationships don't have to affect journalism choices. At this point, the conferences need ESPN more than it needs the conferences. So it shouldn't kowtow.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...gefootball.television/index.html?sct=cf_wr_a1
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