CBS used to love posting sports violence in their intros

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i just thought about how you don't even have this level of violence in Madden intros anymore.

 

[Erratic415]

More violence for you….this time from ABC and “the agony of defeat”



Every opening you looked forward to seeing dude get fukked up.

When NBC allowed the NBA to do its own broadcasting of sports, everything changed.

Mike Tyson knocking Marvis Frazier unconscious at 0:52

 

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The XFL should have had fighting in its the way hockey does and it results in like a 5-minute penalty where one team has to play with 10 players rather than 11

 

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i just thought about how you don't even have this level of violence in Madden intros anymore.

And meanwhile, the UFC has figured out that selling violence front and center is the fastest way to grow your sport.

I don’t give a fukk what anyone says, the NBA on NBC ruined a lot of shyt. It all was about selling Grace on some figure skating shyt. And all the other networks tried to mimic it.

 

[Surreal]

NBA on NBC made everything graceful like you were about to hear Minnie Riperton and shyt

I loved Minnie tho

NBC was the Jordan era
Great but less competitive

 

[Erratic415]

Danny Ainge was probably the most annoying player of the 80s

He was always getting into fights and had the most whiny punchable face. He would look to the ref with that annoying whiny “what did I do?” expression.

Tree Rollins bit him lol

 

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And meanwhile, the UFC has figured out that selling violence front and center is the fastest way to grow your sport.

I don’t give a fukk what anyone says, the NBA on NBC ruined a lot of shyt. It all was about selling Grace on some figure skating shyt. And all the other networks tried to mimic it.

They even took getting your helmet knocked off out the game

I also think this is why Boxing was off of network TV for a very long time, cause it wasn't appealing to that demographic.

 

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He was always getting into fights and had the most whiny punchable face. He would look to the ref with that annoying whiny “what did I do?” expression.

Tree Rollins bit him lol

I respect Ainge though. He had ZERO backdown in him. He was not a sucka white boy.

 

[NYC Rebel]

They even took getting your helmet knocked off out the game

I also think this is why Boxing was off of network TV for a very long time, cause it wasn't appealing to that demographic.

Someone getting killed on TV fukked it up.

 

[Rekkapryde]

i know most cats in here grew up on the NBC music for the NBA, but I loved the CBS joint just as much.


Football joint was iconic too.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Should some "think piece" drop talking about this suddenly, we will know it came from this thread.

 

[big bun]

CBS was about the beats. shyt got really Disney when NBC Sports took over the NBA. Then everything became a figure skating presentation with Bob Costas poetry.

 

[Erratic415]

Then everything became a figure skating presentation with Bob Costas poetry.

Marv Albert too