Robert Griffin III reportedly fired by ESPN

[stevenash]

Robert Griffin III reportedly fired by ESPN (msn.com)

(ESPN is truly a Mickey Mouse organization, did you see what I just did there)?

[DwightShrute]

I agree with your assessment of ESPN but do we know what RG3 did?

[actiondan]

sam ponder too. good they are both annoying

[stevenash]

RGIII is goofy on air.

[texhooper]

RGIII is goofy on air.

Yeah he’s terrible. So corny

[lonegambler23]

i kinda liked him commentating games

[Bluehorseshoe]

RGIII is goofy on air.

I think he's light in the loafers.

[DrunkHorseplayer]

I think ESPN is starting to realize that paying people millions a year to do something which thousands of people can do is no way to run a business.

[mjsuax13]

I think ESPN is starting to realize that paying people millions a year to do something which thousands of people can do is no way to run a business.

Yes sir. Most broadcast graduates take jobs for $60k or less in smaller markets and work their way through the ranks. Their strategy to fall over former athletes and pretty girls and pay them millions has been insane. There is much better and more informed actual broadcasters out there.

[stevenash]

Everything we know so far about ESPN firing Robert Griffin III and Sam Ponder (msn.com)

[SomeDayinBuffalo]

They need to get rid of Rex next.

[SundanceKid]

Spot on DrunkHorsePlayer. ESPN has essentially given all the money to College Football and the NFL. Because of this they always boast the single highest rated cable event of the year. They also benefit greatly from every health club in America just putting ESPN on by default. Much like how every health clinic in America just by default shows The Price is Right. As of now, ESPN forks out and pimps out Stephen A Smith and Pat McAfee. Some may forget this, but Skip left First Take in large part because Stephen A was always on the road for ESPN once he signed his first major contract with them. It really took away from First Take with it just being Cari Champion and Skip in studio on the reg... Which btw, how much longer will Shannon Sharpe stay on board as well? He's only in studio 3 days a week at max. His own Podcast and show "NightCap" are light years better than First Take... And one last thing back to the TNT NBA crew. They need to just rent out a studio and get it live on YouTube. Do a watch along like Joe Rogan Fight Companion. We all tune in just for the shit talking. More shit talking please

[stevenash]

I think ESPN is starting to realize that paying people millions a year to do something which thousands of people can do is no way to run a business.

Worse than that is ESPN has no clue on how to analyze and assess the talent they do have.
Tirico for instance who I like a lot, ESPN lost him to NBC, the list is endless.

[Art Vandelay]

Ponder is out for the same reason Sage Steele bit the dust - Too conservative for that liberal cesspool...

[Bluehorseshoe]

I think ESPN is starting to realize that paying people millions a year to do something which thousands of people can do is no way to run a business.

They should just use AI going forward. Same thing.

[stevenash]

They should just use AI going forward. Same thing.

They already do on their website. (Data Skrive)

[johnnyvegas13]

Haven’t watched ESPN in ages

and I used to watch daily

[VeggieDog]

I don't need play-by-play announcers during a game. I can see that the pass was incomplete. I can see that it was a home run. I can see that they just hit a three-pointer. I usually hit the mute button. Never understood why fans want announcers yammering away during the game.

[stevenash]

There was a great quote last week from one of the MLB bloggers I speak with, he said "Since when did Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN become the David Suskind Show"

For the young millennials out there (and you know who you are) David Suskind hosted a talk show in the 60's.

And he's right, SNB on ESPN is like a talk show that goes absolutely nowhere.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

There was a great quote last week from one of the MLB bloggers I speak with, he said "Since when did Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN become the David Suskind Show"

For the young millennials out there (and you know who you are) David Suskind hosted a talk show in the 60's.

And he's right, SNB on ESPN is like a talk show that goes absolutely nowhere.

Nasher, God bless you...it makes me laugh how you routinely talk about things prior to your birth as if you were there and are an expert on the topic!!

[stevenash]

Nasher, God bless you...it makes me laugh how you routinely talk about things prior to your birth as if you were there and are an expert on the topic!!

I've told you this 100 times at least, I learned a lot from the old-time bookies like 'Buzzy the Bookie" and so forth.
Buzzy was 50 when I was 20, so he had a ton of great stories from when he was a kid in the 1930's.
The old timers have all the best stories from the 30's and 40's, because they were kids then, they were there.
God Bless Old Timers.
My dad had some great stories from the 1950's and so on, so I write about their stories as like I was there, even though I wasn't...

Thanks for the love Jaker, appreciate you brother.

[getaloadoffatso]

There was a great quote last week from one of the MLB bloggers I speak with, he said "Since when did Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN become the David Suskind Show"

For the young millennials out there (and you know who you are) David Suskind hosted a talk show in the 60's.

And he's right, SNB on ESPN is like a talk show that goes absolutely nowhere.

David Suskind saved my marriage

[stevenash]

David Suskind saved my marriage

David Suskind once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris into next Tuesday.

*Back to the topic on hand*

Riley Gaines suggests Sam Ponder's ESPN dismissal centered around her views on protecting women's sports (msn.com)

[turkkatarian]

RGIII I thought was pretty good on the air. The firing makes no sense.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Everything we know so far about ESPN firing Robert Griffin III and Sam Ponder (msn.com)

They both were married to spouses that went to FSu. That alone should have gotten them both fired. Bad choices.

[stevenash]

^
Didn't that skank Erin Andrews go to FSU or was it Florida?
I know she's a Florida chick.

[Art Vandelay]

^
Didn't that skank Erin Andrews go to FSU or was it Florida?
I know she's a Florida chick.

Florida - On the Gators dance team...

[actiondan]

erin is a classy lady.

[stevenash]

erin is a classy lady.

Trust me Dan, she is not.

A buddy of mine covers the Twins for ESPN.com.
My buddy has had to speak with Erin on several occasions, I'm told she's an Ice Queen.
Others that have to deal with her say pretty much the same thing.

[getaloadoffatso]

Trust me Dan, she is not.

A buddy of mine covers the Twins for ESPN.com.
My buddy has had to speak with Erin on several occasions, I'm told she's an Ice Queen.
Others that have to deal with her say pretty much the same thing.

She is absolutely unbearable to watch or listen to

I have read that most of her colleagues hate her because she's such a phony C word

[stevenash]

She is absolutely unbearable to watch or listen to

I have read that most of her colleagues hate her because she's such a phony C word

True and true, and quite frankly I'd rather have a hot maple syrup enema than listen to that annoying voice.

[mjsuax13]

^
Didn't that skank Erin Andrews go to FSU or was it Florida?
I know she's a Florida chick.

Mac hammered it and is holding out telling us the story.

[stevenash]

Mac hammered it and is holding out telling us the story.

I believe that.
Mac's a player.

[mjsuax13]

I believe that.
Mac's a player.

Mac- check in!

[hawkwind]

And a possible replacement for Ponder is Mike Greenberg NOW that is a PATHETIC POS. he is worthless & offers NOTHING it should be FIRED.