ESPN doing massive layoffs

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Yeah, loved Kannell.
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UofDuck wrote:Yeah, loved Kannell.
Same, will miss him.

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Funny, because before the layoffs happened, my wife and I were talking about how the death of cable TV is being prolonged by cable's foothold in live sports.

Want to watch TV? Movies? Documentaries? You can get all that on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime. You can even get HBO now without needing a cable subscription.

Live sports is literally the only thing keeping me subbed with Frontier -- and the Pac-12 Networks is a big reason for that. It's a small but tight grip that cable has on me. But the number of people who want the full complement of live sports is slipping, and so too is cable's business model. I'm not at all surprised the ESPN layoffs are happening. I love kicking back and watching First Take and Sportscenter -- and Sports Nation is always fun when I can catch it -- but I'd cut my cable in a heartbeat if there were some other way to watch the Ducks and Blazers.
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pezsez1 wrote:Funny, because before the layoffs happened, my wife and I were talking about how the death of cable TV is being prolonged by cable's foothold in live sports.

Want to watch TV? Movies? Documentaries? You can get all that on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime. You can even get HBO now without needing a cable subscription.

Live sports is literally the only thing keeping me subbed with Frontier -- and the Pac-12 Networks is a big reason for that. It's a small but tight grip that cable has on me. But the number of people who want the full complement of live sports is slipping, and so too is cable's business model. I'm not at all surprised the ESPN layoffs are happening. I love kicking back and watching First Take and Sportscenter -- and Sports Nation is always fun when I can catch it -- but I'd cut my cable in a heartbeat if there were some other way to watch the Ducks and Blazers.
You do know you can get the Pac-12 network on SlingTV now? The only reason I haven't gone that route is I need a DVR option so I can record when I'm not home.


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pezsez1 wrote:Funny, because before the layoffs happened, my wife and I were talking about how the death of cable TV is being prolonged by cable's foothold in live sports.

Want to watch TV? Movies? Documentaries? You can get all that on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime. You can even get HBO now without needing a cable subscription.

Live sports is literally the only thing keeping me subbed with Frontier -- and the Pac-12 Networks is a big reason for that. It's a small but tight grip that cable has on me. But the number of people who want the full complement of live sports is slipping, and so too is cable's business model. I'm not at all surprised the ESPN layoffs are happening. I love kicking back and watching First Take and Sportscenter -- and Sports Nation is always fun when I can catch it -- but I'd cut my cable in a heartbeat if there were some other way to watch the Ducks and Blazers.
I didn't know people actually watched that show. I just assumed Stephen A. Smith had compromising pictures of an ESPN executive and that was the only reason he was still on the air.
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duckduckgoose wrote:You do know you can get the Pac-12 network on SlingTV now? The only reason I haven't gone that route is I need a DVR option so I can record when I'm not home.


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I have sling TV and pay 25 bucks a month for literally every sports channel minus CSN but realistically I'm fine catching 4-5 blazer games a month on KGW/ESPN/TNT
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Duckattack7 wrote:I have sling TV and pay 25 bucks a month for literally every sports channel minus CSN but realistically I'm fine catching 4-5 blazer games a month on KGW/ESPN/TNT
Blazers won't be on KGW anymore, this was the last season of the contract.


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Can't figure out how Stephen a keeps his job but others who are not annoying dbags get laid off.
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"This just in: All ESPN on screen personalities will be replaced, ASAP, with artificially matured clones of Lou Holtz, circa 2013."
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woundedknees wrote:"This just in: All ESPN on screen personalities will be replaced, ASAP, with artificially matured clones of Lou Holtz, circa 2013."

god no!!!! you should be banned until september.....lol
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duckfan96 wrote:Can't figure out how Stephen a keeps his job but others who are not annoying dbags get laid off.
Because he still drives ratings. People tune in for the outrage.
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thomas time wrote:ya I saw Neil on with Kenny Mayne tonight, I like them two. Mark May got the boot today for you who don't like him
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