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The feminization of Sportscenter

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coxew said:
I'm not sure that this is a case of OLN landing hockey and the tour as much as it is nobody else wanting them. Hockey on ESPN was getting out drawn by reruns of the Brady Bunch.
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You are right, however OLN has the time to dedicate and put hockey on. Something ESPN was doing very little of. I think it is just a matter of time before someone takes a big chunk of espn. Just look at the new big ten channel they are coming up with. If it is a sucess, more will do it, and eventually it won't just be for the small sports, it will be well why shouldn't we show OSU- Michigan on this channel, ( assuming it is in enough homes)
 
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Dang, I thought this thread was going to talk about Erin Andrews.



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buckeyefool said:
I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. The rights to things is what si going to keep someone from totally taking over. What I could see happening is as rights to things keep going up then ESPN slowly would lose things here and there and we wouldn't have one channel knocking espn out but instead a couple of channels taking a more prominant spot.
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Disagree. I think sports leagues, with their greedy owners, many of which are former investors, bankers, or media moguls, will see that instead of selling their product to the highest bidder, they should start their own channels and sell themselves to keep 100% of the take.

Why license to a company when you can be a cable start up and broadcast all your own games on your own NFL channel? The leagues would take a short term popularity hit, but what are fans' local cable companies going to do ... NOT carry the NFL network? The NBA network? The MLB channel? The Big-Ten channel? etc ... etc ... Plus, the leagues could then license a game or event or two to the established networks at a premium, which would be more than willing to pay to have ANY sports content whatsoever, unless they're content with broadcasting bocce ball in the absence of pro sports.

This won't happen tomorrow or next year, but this is where it'll ultimately lead, I think.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
I'm with tibor on this one. I'm sorry the kid is dying and I'm glad that he gets to hang out with his sports hero, but it doesn't need to be on tv. Go ahead and grant the kids wish because it's nice, not because of ratings.
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I agree also. These wishes are already granted through the Make A Wish foundation. Which is the same foundation that ESPN is using. ESPN is just trying to cash in on a tear jerker story. Problem with that is, I don't want to watch it. I'm tired of the fluff. Sportscenter is supposed to be just what the name implies. ESPN can run whatever type of Entertainment television that they wish, but when you name a program Sportscenter, then it had better only be about sports, and not fluff that happens to take place at a sports training facility.
 
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While we're talking about the feminization of Sportscenter, let's not leave out the WNBA highlights. Does anyone actually care about that league? People are fools if they think anything other than that if it weren't for the subsidization, it would have been gone years ago.
 
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coxew said:
I'm not sure that this is a case of OLN landing hockey and the tour as much as it is nobody else wanting them. Hockey on ESPN was getting out drawn by reruns of the Brady Bunch.
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OLN wants to turn into Comcasts ESPN. The are changing the name later this year. Technically OLN at this time doens't even stand for Outdoor Life Network as it used to. But soon it will change names totally.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
Fuck espn.

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In the Bitchfest 2006 thread, I made the post below. ESPN overall has been a real issue with me for years. We're not the only ones to hate this. My roomate a huge Husker fan, his board talks about it, its a huge deal here at UF, and friends all over have issues. This website was created before the 2006 Rose Bowl to tell ESPN/ABC and USC that their already claimed 3rd National Title was really only their 2nd. Of course, it ended up with one, so now you have http://onepeat.com/ Great website, but has kind of died since USC messed with Texas and lost.

People are beginning to see the bullshit that goes on over at ESPN/ABC. So here's my post:

I hate ESPN. I hate the way they hype things beyond belief and then ruin said sport, program, entity or charm.

Claiming USC 2005 was better than Nebraska 1995, or OSU 2002 before they even won the National Championship game in January. Claiming this was also going to be their 3rd title when that was not even the case due to the BCS(whether you like it or not, it is the BCS that matters).

Overyhyping Notre Dame to the point of no return. Hoping that Catholics by nature will tune in and care. ABC/ESPN not sending Gameday crew to stadiums where huge rivalry's are NOT on their TV channel and therefore are not important in the scheme of life.

Sportcenter does not highlight the sports, it is about the comedy of broadcasters, the hype of themselves and the self promotion of the network they are slaves to. Sportcenter was once great, but has 'boo-yah'ed and slamma jamma'd' themselves into a laughing stock.

Now we care more about Michael Wilbon and other idiot sports writers that are nothing more than pure outsiders with half brains and idiotic ideas.

People like Woody Page and all the others that argue over who has the best hair in hockey or football, those are the people I hate. The people that have ruined pure sports and pure entertainment. Sportstainment is the biggest joke in all of the world, and we have no one else to thank for such idiotic ideas, shows and opinions than those at the Mickey Mouse network.

I hate ESPN/ABC/Disney as much as anything else in my life. They are many times what ruin my enjoyment in the sports and activities I love.
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