ESPN blood letting has commenced...

[NCChiFan]

Of note: ESPNW and ESPN Chicago Columnist Melissa Isaacson has been let go.

 

[bearmick]

Does anyone have a tl;dr on why this whole ESPN mass culling is going on?

 

[gilder121]

Does anyone have a tl;dr on why this whole ESPN mass culling is going on?

Ratings down (cord cutting, declining reputation), need to align costs worth revenues.

 

[dweebs19]

Cord cutting and ESPN losing revenue. Because of that, gotta cut some contracts

 

[r1terrell23]

ESPN found a way to get huge ratings out of firing people. It's trending everywhere like we should all care. I bet they paid each of these people 5 grand to post "My final day is upon me, ESPN is the best" tweets. Notice how everyone adds a sap story about their child, family, car, etc.

 

[Blutarsky12]

General

“SportsCenter” anchor Jay Crawford
ESPNU anchor Brendan Fitzgerald
“SportsCenter” anchor Chris Hassel
Columnist Johnette Howard
Columnist Melissa Isaacson
Radio host Danny Kanell
Radio host Robin Lundberg
Columnist Jane McManus
“SportsCenter” anchor Jaymee Sire
Correspondent Reese Waters

MLB

MLB analyst Jim Bowden
Dodgers peporter Doug Padilla
MLB writer Jayson Stark
Baseball reporter Mark Saxon

NBA

New Orleans Pelicans reporter Justin Verrier
Houston Rockets’ reporter Calvin Watkins
NBA reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss

NFL

NFL analyst Trent Dilfer
NFL analyst Ashley Fox
NFL reporter Ed Werder

NHL

NHL columnist Scott Burnside
NHL columnist Pierre LeBrun
Hockey writer Joe McDonald

College sports

Big Ten reporter Brian Bennett
College basketball writer Eamonn Brennan
College basketball reporter C.L. Brown
SEC football reporter David Ching
College football recruiting reporter Jeremy Crabtree
College basketball analyst Len Elmore
College sports reporter Chantel Jennings
College football reporter Brett McMurphy
Pac 12 reporter Ted Miller
Big 12 reporter Max Olson
College basketball reporter Dana O’Neil
SEC Reporter Greg Ostendorf
Predictive analytics expert Rufus Peabody
Big Ten football reporter Jesse Temple
SEC recruiting analyst Derek Tyson
Big Ten football reporter Austin Ward

Miscellaneous

Boxing host Marysol Castro
Legal analyst Roger Cossack
Enterprise reporter Tom Farrey
Soccer writer Mike Goodman
Golf commentator Dottie Pepper
Auto racing commentator Dr. Jerry Lee Punch
Sports gambling writer Dave Tuley
ESPN Dallas columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor

 

[MontanaBear]

Love that Trent Dilfer got the axe. Fuck him lol

 

[dafridge72]

I only watch ESPN if there is an actual sports game on, other than its fake sport news to me....

 

[TheeUndyingFan]

Apparently this whole thing was more or less pointless. ESPN pays millions for rights to games obviously and the vast majority of those laid off didn't command large salaries.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

General

“SportsCenter” anchor Jay Crawford
ESPNU anchor Brendan Fitzgerald
“SportsCenter” anchor Chris Hassel
Columnist Johnette Howard
Columnist Melissa Isaacson
Radio host Danny Kanell
Radio host Robin Lundberg
Columnist Jane McManus
“SportsCenter” anchor Jaymee Sire
Correspondent Reese Waters

MLB

MLB analyst Jim Bowden
Dodgers peporter Doug Padilla
MLB writer Jayson Stark
Baseball reporter Mark Saxon

NBA

New Orleans Pelicans reporter Justin Verrier
Houston Rockets’ reporter Calvin Watkins
NBA reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss

NFL

NFL analyst Trent Dilfer
NFL analyst Ashley Fox
NFL reporter Ed Werder

NHL

NHL columnist Scott Burnside
NHL columnist Pierre LeBrun
Hockey writer Joe McDonald

College sports

Big Ten reporter Brian Bennett
College basketball writer Eamonn Brennan
College basketball reporter C.L. Brown
SEC football reporter David Ching
College football recruiting reporter Jeremy Crabtree
College basketball analyst Len Elmore
College sports reporter Chantel Jennings
College football reporter Brett McMurphy
Pac 12 reporter Ted Miller
Big 12 reporter Max Olson
College basketball reporter Dana O’Neil
SEC Reporter Greg Ostendorf
Predictive analytics expert Rufus Peabody
Big Ten football reporter Jesse Temple
SEC recruiting analyst Derek Tyson
Big Ten football reporter Austin Ward

Miscellaneous

Boxing host Marysol Castro
Legal analyst Roger Cossack
Enterprise reporter Tom Farrey
Soccer writer Mike Goodman
Golf commentator Dottie Pepper
Auto racing commentator Dr. Jerry Lee Punch
Sports gambling writer Dave Tuley
ESPN Dallas columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor

All of this probably saves the equivalent to the first half, of the first MNF game. It's really nothing more than a symbolic gesture to Disney stockholders.

If they were really serious, the big money people would be toast.

 

[Kekua Zombie]

Damn. I liked Danny Kanell.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Apparently this whole thing was more or less pointless. ESPN pays millions for rights to games obviously and the vast majority of those laid off didn't command large salaries.

I just read that ESPN will pay $8,000,000,000 for programming THIS YEAR. They've also lost 15 million subscribers since 2011.

I'll never understand the people who talk about "lefty politics is the reason why ESPN sucks now," when the simple math is staring them in the face.

 

[TheeUndyingFan]

my god, that's an insane number...

 

[bamainatlanta]

ESPN = Expect Smug Political Nonsense

 

[modo]

ESPN has hired some questionable talent and they are getting rid of some talented people....however this is about money.....they can't compete for clicks as cheaply as other orgs can.......

 

[bamainatlanta]

Here's a better rundown as to why:

Although it's easy to make jokes about the political statements, they are reformatting

http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-layoffs-saving-sportscenter-2017-4

 

[dweebs19]

makes no sense to pay those prices for cable. ESPN has to find a way to adapt. Just firing some employees will not solve their main problem

 

[BringBackDitka54]

ESPN has gotten way too political over the past few years, and their ratings have shown it.

 

[Da Coach]

I hope Dan Lebetatds show got the axe. That was the most godawful excuse for sports radio I've ever tried to listen to.

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[cubby chubby]

didn't cut deep enough. Michael A. Smith needs to go.