Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

FS1 might as well make one of Max/KeyShawn Skip's replacement.

If you don't have a defined role at the network currently, then be prepared to get laid off (looking at you Jalen). Someone like Bomani might end up on the chopping block as well.

It's not gonna be Max.

They can't have the optics of 2 White dudes talking racial issues, which often take center stage in sports.

Keyshawn is not smart enough & comes across as salty too much

I could see Jay Williams taking it over.

I could see them asking Marcellus Wiley, but I think he might have a show right now?

Yeah, it's going to have to be another Black ex-athlete

I don't see it being Whitlock because he's in Fox News territory now.

 

[Smitty Belafonte]

i can see Max going to FanDuel - and he can do boxing there,

It's not gonna be Max.

They can't have the optics of 2 White dudes talking racial issues, which often take center stage in sports.

Keyshawn is not smart enough & comes across as salty too much

I could see Jay Williams taking it over.

I could see them asking Marcellus Wiley, but I think he might have a show right now?

Yeah, it's going to have to be another Black ex-athlete

I don't see it being Whitlock because he's in Fox News territory now.

Jay Will would be perfect. I wouldn’t watch tho cuz I hate Jay Wills takes

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

I only want one bytch gone.
Got a vacation day in the cut to celebrate if it happens.

 

[Easy-E]

Damn, we going back to the days of one Sportcenter replaying all day and documentaries

 

[Legal]

Damn, we going back to the days of one Sportcenter replaying all day and documentaries

Bruh, it's crazy.

ESPN is mostly just people at desks arguing about dumb shyt most of the day, broken up by the occasional SportsCenter, documentary, or live game.

ESPN2 is just replays of shyt that ran on ESPN two an hour or two earlier.

All the random sports you've never even heard of, but would probably waste a half hour or hour at least passively watching (you know, the stuff ESPN2 was originally for) is now on ESPNews, but damn near 40% of the screen space is the Bottom Line, and betting info, so the viewing experience is shyt.

It's crazy to think that the biggest company with the most money to burn in the sports world could let their channel lineup turn into shyt.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Bruh, it's crazy.

ESPN is mostly just people at desks arguing about dumb shyt most of the day, broken up by the occasional SportsCenter, documentary, or live game.

ESPN2 is just replays of shyt that ran on ESPN two an hour or two earlier.

All the random sports you've never even heard of, but would probably waste a half hour or hour at least passively watching (you know, the stuff ESPN2 was originally for) is now on ESPNews, but damn near 40% of the screen space is the Bottom Line, and betting info, so the viewing experience is shyt.

It's crazy to think that the biggest company with the most money to burn in the sports world could let their channel lineup turn into shyt.

Yup as ESPN2 essentially consist of Key, J Will and Max followed by Sportscenter and reruns. Even worse, they now have their show essentially simulcasting on ESPNU as well to help fill content time

They have no clue what to do with their other channels that aren’t their main one.

 

[darealvelle]

They need to downsize on those hot take shows. They all talk about the same thing just under a different show name all day on ESPN.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

They need to downsize on those hot take shows. They all talk about the same thing just under a different show name all day on ESPN.

They have no clue what to do

They should bring back ESPN Classic and show some old shyt I love that

 

[pete clemenza]

Max sucks, it is laughable the way people cape for him ... dude isn't built for holding his own...

He's a thousand times better on radio. The Max & Marcellus Show here in LA before Max went to First Take was a must listen on a daily basis

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

They have no clue what to do

They should bring back ESPN Classic and show some old shyt I love that

Talk about other things that don’t involve Lebron and NFL it’s really that simple

There are other superstars and sports

shyt even cover something like WWE lol

Anything better then what they’re doing now


Like besides First Take I think PTI is a prime example of what Sportscenter should be— a lot of the topics of segments are short but at least they highlight areas no other show does

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

ESPN moved too slow ..they stayed way too long on that stale debate shyt when shyt was clearly shifting to athletes running their own shyt and making their own content .

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Talk about other things that don’t involve Lebron and NFL it’s really that simple

There are other superstars and sports

shyt even cover something like WWE lol

Anything better then what they’re doing now


Like besides First Take I think PTI is a prime example of what Sportscenter should be— a lot of the topics of segments are short but at least they highlight areas no other show does

That don’t involve the NFL??



The NFL is KING in this country

Ain’t nobody tryin watch some show about Cricket or women’s softball

The WWE?



In America the NFL and NBA Rule

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

That don’t involve the NFL??



The NFL is KING in this country

Ain’t nobody tryin watch some show about Cricket or women’s softball

The WWE?



In America the NFL and NBA Rule

My point is if they covered other topics just as much as those two maybe things would be different

Like how in that World Series thread this week it’s proven the World Series has done just as fine as the NBA finals and this includes no narratives by sports media or Stephen A yelling at the screen

 

[Joe Sixpack]

My point is if they covered other topics just as much as those two maybe things would be different

Like how in that World Series thread this week it’s proven the World Series has done just as fine as the NBA finals and this includes no narratives by sports media or Stephen A yelling at the screen

They do do that it’s just nobody watches

I mean I used to love Baseball I used to follow it just as closely as I did the NFL and the NBA but I just don’t anymore

Alot of people are like that now

They have all these channels they have to fill it up with shyt that‘s the problem

There’s not enough stuff to talk about that people care about thats why they talk about the same shyt over and over

You may say you tired of the NFL and LeBron but the numbers say otherwise

 

[aceboon]

I know he's a talent, but I only know of him doing sportscenter, which certainly cannot be much longer for the world.

He's the lead golf host, I don't watch but SC isn't the only thing he does