You can watch ESPN for hours and never actually see any sports.

@johngullo9420

5 жыл бұрын

lazy gamer Like MTV and music videos

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

Also VH-1 and music videos. Ditto MTV2.

@michaelcap9550

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like what happened to MTV.

@CSDonohue11

4 жыл бұрын

lazy gamer Plus see the same thing over & over again or hear the same nerds yelling.

@jamepearson

4 жыл бұрын

lazy gamer it’s called evolving

“You watch ads on here all the time” ad starts playing

@igotsdmunchies4242

6 жыл бұрын

Jordan Payne and when the ad ends "and that is how KZread makes money" lol

@cesarvalle5301

6 жыл бұрын

Duded that happened to me!!

@ofamilyonthemove1238

6 жыл бұрын

He placed it there on purpose...

@coltoncrawfordjazz

6 жыл бұрын

haha I scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else caught that

@SamLemont

6 жыл бұрын

*cough* uBlock Origin *cough*

There are a million reasons for their decline but they can be summarized as "The photographer who thought he was more important than the Picture"

@Frazier16

2 жыл бұрын

Or "the comedian who thought everything he made was comedy gold and stopped trying as hard"

ESPN became Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra.

@runninrebel1520

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget E!

@ofallmyintention9496

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Sports journalism became more similar to the wider spectrum of American "journalism"...which is garbage.

@NeverMindMan

3 жыл бұрын

And CNN. At least when Jemele Hill was there.

@RETRO_BELL

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeverMindMan yes, when they went political...I had to step away....

@dragonquesti8629

3 жыл бұрын

@UltimateOverlord screw cnn

We just wanted highlights, not what LBJ's son ate for breakfast this morning or shouting talking heads spewing the same rhetoric over and over again.

@badlandskid

4 жыл бұрын

Don't give 2 shits about anything lebron

@jacobstrine6332

4 жыл бұрын

Lyndon b Johnson’s son?

@JoeyCrackization

4 жыл бұрын

So true!

@Longrange1116

4 жыл бұрын

social justice warriors, their coverage from their gated disney castle - is laughable

@QueenOfTheNorth65

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobstrine6332 Hahahahaha! That’s why I thought, too. 😉

There shows aren't even about the athletes performance in the game anymore. It's all about their personal lives, politics and Twitter arguments between athletes.

@CokeDrkrNotSnrtr

4 жыл бұрын

its like how MTV phased out music and Comedy Central is phasing out comedy, ESPN is phasing out its sports

@todoldtrafford

2 жыл бұрын

And they act like teenagers. You never see weathermen acting like that. They just give you what you need

Everyone: “Hey, can you tell us the scores of the recent NFL games?” ESPN: “WHY? LEBRON JAMES JUST HAD A BURGER FOR LUNCH AND TOM BRADY BOUGHT A NEW CAR!!!”

@cerabrii398

3 жыл бұрын

Then after that we'll talk about the Cowboys

@NWSportscast

3 жыл бұрын

@@cerabrii398they never talk about small market teams, and baseball/soccer/hockey have been basically forgotten about

@peterplanz2310

3 жыл бұрын

This sums it up nicely.

@KingTay-xg4mi

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWSportscast the cowboys my favorite team hasn't been worth shit for a couple decades and yet we still in the top 3 greatest worldwide franchises Manchester United aint got shit on us

ESPN basically refuses to acknowledge hockey, one of the four major American Sports, exists. But they’ll talk basketball in the off season. They lost me a while ago.

@phillyfan-182

3 жыл бұрын

You almost forget hockey is a sport. Max Kellerman on first take said nobody in the USA cares about hockey. I disagree with his comments. Hockey has a strong following but it doesn’t get the same ratings as football, baseball and basketball.

@ffr8186

3 жыл бұрын

If you wanna keep going it’s a large reason probably why NASCAR has declined as well. If they really brought a good overall network on all sports they’d talk more golf, nascar, hockey and more!

@Murph_.

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God! For a while, I thought I was the only one!!!! Hockey is the greatest sport ever played, IMO. Hockey players are the best athletes. You don't have to have specific attributes, like height or to be 300#... there are 5'9", 165# guys in or going into the Hall of Fame, there are 6'5" and taller guys going into the Hall of Fame. The key is you have to be a great athlete. A great athlete who is 5'9" is very unlikely to make the Hall of Fame in Basketball or Football, and in Baseball you only need to be good at ONE thing... so you don't need to be a great athlete, you just need to be good at ONE thing... A great athlete like Trout will make the Hall for sure... but you can't just be good at one thing in hockey and be a top player. In baseball, if you can hit home runs easily, you can be considered great, even if you can barely make it around the bases or hit over .200. If you can throw a 100 mph fastball, you don't need any other skills. It used to be, in baseball, that you needed to be a well rounded guy to be a professional. Today, half these guys can't field worth a damn, they are sluggish on the base paths, and they can only hit the ball very hard... most not even for a decent average. That's baseball, a one dimensional sport. Hockey is the only true sport left of the major sports in the world today.

@slanda2262

3 жыл бұрын

@@Murph_. not true we are just at a time where pitchers are the best they've ever been and it's harder than ever to get a hit saying "if you can throw 100 mph, you don't need anything else" tell that to aroldis Chapman he was that and once the league caught up to it he started getting exposed pitchers now throw baseballs at 100 mph fastball with movement or a 90 mph even some curveballs are being thrown like blitzballs Chapman is still good now but he has two maybe even three pitches that batters have to worry about on top of the fastball. Plus baseball is probably the sport that requires the most hand eye coordination and patience that's why people who don't watch baseball find it exciting plus there are many great players in the league that can play both sides of the field shit ohtani is hitting pitching and fielding saying that you don't need to be an athlete in baseball is incredibly stupid btw just because they don't have as much movement as other sports doesn't make them any lesser of an athlete Jordan was the prolly the biggest atheletic freak in his time and he couldn't reach the majors

@Murph_.

3 жыл бұрын

@@slanda2262 Throwing harder doesn't make a pitcher better. I'd put Greg Maddux up against any pitcher any day. Also, as we continue down this road, players will catch up to the high velocity fastballs, but if the pitchers are otherwise average or worse, which they are, then what? KNOWING how to pitch is more important than how hard you can throw. Finally, when guys are all taught that they should either walk or swing for the fences, it's much easier to strike someone out. MUCH, MUCH easier. In conclusion, one skill does not make a great player.

cable in general is a waste of time. I cancelled cable long ago and only have one regret.. that I did not cancel it sooner.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

You do know that outside of NFL Football, the lion's share, aka HUGE majority of sports (College Football and Basketball, NHL Hockey, NBA Basketball, and MLB Baseball) are on cable/satellite television. On over the air broadcast TV, sports have pretty much disappeared, again outside of NFL Football.

@OdintheGermanShepherd

4 жыл бұрын

Cancelled cable in ‘06 and I’ll never have it again.

@rgnicko5769

4 жыл бұрын

Im in hotel watching cable right now....i dont regret getting rid of it one bit. 50 percent of it is bullshit shows trying to shill old people.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

@@OdintheGermanShepherd I just hope you are not a sports fan. Most if not all of sports have drifted to cable/satellite. Of course, if you subscribe to 10 different streaming services, then you will be back to where you have started.

@lamontbradford4630

4 жыл бұрын

There shoving the New England and Tom Brady down our damn throtes.

I remember I was at a barbershop & I was wondering why I was hearing CNN in the background. I turned around and it was ESPN.

@dbassett74

3 жыл бұрын

HA!

@starwarsnaomi

3 жыл бұрын

That is sad that u fall for the BS from Fox we just lie news & other right wing nut jobs!!! If the majority of the employees are black & who are under attack by the so called police they have a right to take a stand and speak out

@MarkSmith-js2pu

2 жыл бұрын

Nw that’s funny😂😂😂😂

@akreanimated7242

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@MarkSmith-js2pu

2 жыл бұрын

@@starwarsnaomi what did Jon Gruden say that was so bad? I don’t get it. Please explain.

I remember when ESPN showed sports, MTV showed music videos, CNN reported news, and Michael Jackson was black. That's how old I am.

@perrydavis3612

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent point- well said

@dwavyy300

3 жыл бұрын

Wow don’t worry then you’re almost on your way out

@KqEpNhNiY

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@yell0wberry

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if everyone remembers when ESPN showed the O.J. Simpson bronco chase as well as his trial, they also showed other things unrelated to sports such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin‘s funeral, as well as the Kobe Bryant Helicopter crash press conference and the George Floyd protest. Perhaps networks such as ESPN, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, lifetime, and TBS need to rebrand themselves to something that relates to their actual content

@chuyozuna2398

2 жыл бұрын

So you’re 50 years old?

I stopped watching when they started to only cover two sports.... the NFL and, to a far lesser extent, the NBA

@reidpribble3878

3 жыл бұрын

I cover college football to

@NWSportscast

3 жыл бұрын

Same for us. One of the reasons we started making our podcast in the first place is because we were sick of having to listen to just football and basketball all day. There's so many other good sports to cover that ESPN ignores.

@ftruers2544

3 жыл бұрын

They cover more nba than nfl nowadays

@RodrigoroRex

3 жыл бұрын

@@ftruers2544 No, the NFL is the most covered

@just_your_localguard9612

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, NFL and NBA are really popular among their viewers.

"This should be call the Lebron James Network... all we do is talk about Lebron James" - Jalen Rose

@jimmyjamedwards5967

4 жыл бұрын

And Tom Brady.

@thesupergoat4739

4 жыл бұрын

And Zion Williamson

@Abraham16ish

4 жыл бұрын

And Mike Trout.

@MichaelWH

4 жыл бұрын

And Aaron Rodgers...and Dallas Cowboys

@Abraham16ish

4 жыл бұрын

AntsnRoaches Not to mention Nick Saban and Alabama football.

I miss the days when ESPN was scores, highlights and funny commercials.

@kenperk9854

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right? I loved those college basketball comercials with Rober Goulet singing about coaches! PRICELESS.... since we will never see stuff like this anymore...… binged.it/2ZPkdfM

@136yomyheat

4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@gojenson

4 жыл бұрын

I yearn for the days of “this is sportscenter” commercials.

They became hyper-political, preachy and self-righteous. Basically, they became a 24/7/365 episode of "Sports Night".

@barakobama9743

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why I watch espn deportes and I’m Italian lol

I miss old espn watching with my dad in morning was so fun I miss those times

"you watch ads all the time" right before the ad plays, well played

@tomschmaltz5467

6 жыл бұрын

pillowsocket that’s what I thought ahhaha

@immaboss2326

6 жыл бұрын

Same here lol

OMG at 3:46 a mid-roll ad came on. Perfect timing wow!

@davidfrischknecht8261

6 жыл бұрын

Ublock Origin does wonders.

@csmith6583

6 жыл бұрын

David Frischknecht I have an ad block but I have KZread white listed unless I watch a channel that I dislike

@ashleyhamilton9053

6 жыл бұрын

Collin Smith jags super bowl 2018, DUVAAAAALLLLLL

@FateBoost

6 жыл бұрын

I've seen you around, are you on Twitter?

@joshuafetter3831

6 жыл бұрын

Company Man is notorious (at least to me) for having very well placed adds if you pay attention to it in his videos.

Its 2021 now and they still talk about race and gender more than sports. They arent even a sports network anymore.

@dumisatonyjohnson8145

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that the network has come down to this

@lanealbirth141

2 жыл бұрын

Ok what’s the problem with that

@zackspiker_

2 жыл бұрын

Just give it a while, eventually you’ll see an athlete with race and/or gender. It’ll happen.

@kevaughnramsay9846

Жыл бұрын

@@lanealbirth141 The people who complain about politics are soft as shit.

"And on the next episode of 'Abandoned Shopping Malls of America' - The Demise of ESPN: What will Connecticut do with the dilapidated remains of this once-relevant network?"

You forgot "ESPN 8: The Ocho!"

@rushrules3423

6 жыл бұрын

fuck you, take my upvote!!! haha

@NoBrakes219

6 жыл бұрын

SHIT YOU BEAT ME TOO IT

@5295jk

6 жыл бұрын

The ocho is ESPN's savior..

@mikelomez9313

6 жыл бұрын

raven lord Yeah I never miss the annual dodgeball tournament

@DoomWar1

5 жыл бұрын

If it almost looks like a sport, we cover it here! On ESPN 8 the Ocho

I stopped watching when they talked about Lebron/Tom Brady for 45 minutes. Leaving 15 minutes for commercials

@Shawn.Mathew

5 жыл бұрын

NoFearIsHere but they need poster boys nba is star driven if not lebron than steph curry, nfl is a different story which is more franchise driven

@Peppers19781978

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about the non-stop Yankees/Red Sox coverage

@rocketkid1785

5 жыл бұрын

You must of missed the Tim Tebow coverage

@badjr0

5 жыл бұрын

This. ESPN shows way too much favoritism towards certain teams/athletes. I remember when A-Rod came back from his PED suspension and they covered his batting practice for nearly the whole show. Are you kidding me?

@dallas317

5 жыл бұрын

LeBron is a racist! boycott nba!

"Think of KZread. You watch ads here all the time -" **Mid-Roll ad plays.** Hey Company Man, did you do that on purpose?!

I saw ESPN playing the movie "The Mighty Ducks" during primetime the other night. That network has got issues, especially with covid going on

@butt02plug

4 жыл бұрын

It’s awesome!!!

@eugenemotes9921

3 жыл бұрын

THERE is no COVID-19

@jamesedwards3923

3 жыл бұрын

We have all seen it. Before ESPN. So basically they were not smart enough to put vintage footage. They have lost their way. It is dead.

@BOG0690

2 жыл бұрын

Which one? D3 is my favorite

They hired a bunch of people that know little to nothing about the sports they cover 😂

@saucehoopmixtapes3291

5 жыл бұрын

It’s infuriating

@brendan594

5 жыл бұрын

Sippin Water like Skip Bayless

@georgeryanjr.9767

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Parker and Max Kellerman are the worst

@brendan594

4 жыл бұрын

George Ryan Jr. oh god Max Kellerman knows nothing. He said the MLB is more popular than the NBA. I’m a baseball fan, and even I think that’s the dumbest comment ever, obviously the NBA is more popular than the MLB

@ltwadley7619

4 жыл бұрын

@Luke Skywalker Skip is on Fox, not ESPN.

ESPN covering political content is like Hershey's selling mirrors. Like, what?

@marilynmarks9112

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Gonzalez is Hershey selling mirrors for reals?

@DanielGonzalezL

6 жыл бұрын

Marilyn Marks nope :P

@jakob7722

6 жыл бұрын

At first I was like “What? Mirrors?” But then I realized that was the point…

@krombopulos_michael

6 жыл бұрын

Not really though, because in 2017 a lot of teams and athletes used the games to try and highlight political issues, and they had to cover that.

@DanielGonzalezL

6 жыл бұрын

Krombopulos Michael it sickens me when politics get everywhere. I'm from Venezuela and here (since things are so fucked up) you literally can't do a single thing without involving politics somehow, and it's really, really tiring. Don't let that happen over there

You posted this video two years ago and I’m surprised they are still around in 2020. No one watches espn anymore. It’s going the way of MTV. Soon it will be strictly reality tv.

HR block has the same business plan. When I started there the average tax return fee was $35. Today it is pushing $300 with an annual decline in customers.

The fact that they refuse to even discuss hockey - and actually flat out insult the sport and its fans any chance they get - simply because they lost the rights to it a decade ago... just shows how out of touch they are with the market segments that made them what they are. Well, what they were.

@jonjonas2528

5 жыл бұрын

ESPN won't report about hockey because hockey is all white and ESPN is pushing the all black democratic billionaire media hidden agenda all black all the time

@jamiehoward6505

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonjonas2528 yes that is definitely the reason. Fucking idiot. They don't report on hockey because it doesn't bring in ratings. NFL and NBA do

@talknjusttotalk5180

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonjonas2528 get away troll please

@gidzmobug2323

5 жыл бұрын

@Jon Jonas--ESPN used to cover the NHL back when I first had an interest in the sport. They had some very good people covering it. But now the NHL is on another network. Many are interested in football or other sports. The political commentary and/or extra cost to have ESPN (depending on the system/package) can be too much for some.

@hennylo68

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamiehoward6505 he actually does have a point. They did the same with Baseball when the MLB took the playoffs away from them and went with the higher bidder in TBS. And Baseball does as much ratings as the NBA.

Short answer: The internet happened

@BigK13372

6 жыл бұрын

DemonGrenade274 Oh shit! After scrolling down a barrage of comments blaming “liberal propaganda”; I found one that actually points the blame to the true culprit of the decline. You, sir, deserve more likes.

@sstar202

6 жыл бұрын

That's why ESPN will have a streaming service in the near future.

@tomasbickel58

6 жыл бұрын

May I point out: we are here on that Internet, not paying anything. Yeah .. could be politics, but if that was true, their decline would have been steeper. All those posting do not reflect the subscription chart. At the same time: all those posters, being here, ranting, won't come back paying $7, if ESPN was the only proper channel. If ESPN was the best way, I guess, they would watch Obama dancing at Half time. My hunch is, ESPN faces the same problem as most News outlets, having huge fixed expenses while shrinking revenue.

@coolguy02536

5 жыл бұрын

@J P Don't respond to the wrong person again.

@Bam07676

5 жыл бұрын

J P he’s a conservative don’t attack him

When they took off sportsnation it was over. They are not even about sports anymore, it’s politics

ESPN isn't necessary anymore. There are too many ways to get the same information and commentary at no cost.

@Kruppt808

4 жыл бұрын

Are you are it's not politics? 99% of these comments is woke politics is why.

I don’t think it’s just ESPN. As I got older I realized that a lot of these so called analysts, commentators, and hosts don’t know anything about the sports they are suppose to be covering. They just try to trigger people. Also barely any of them actually analyze a game. It’s always “So & so chocks again”

@gilbertobm

6 жыл бұрын

Degwin Sodo Zabi this is so right!

@briangoodie3420

6 жыл бұрын

Degwin Sodo Zabi your right these analyst don't know shit. When I was kid I couldn't wait to watch pre game, post game. It's embarrassing to watch has been athletes act out plays

@jesuszamora6949

6 жыл бұрын

THIS. I bring him up a lot here, but UrinatingTree was right. ESPN is selling hot takes and personalities, but you can get those all over the internet for free.

@edweer670

6 жыл бұрын

Finally someone gets it here. Them trashing a player or team and then that team winning and saying "I told you so" despite what they said actually used to have some ground to it. Now, its nothing new. Everyone is catching on these guys are just fucking useless lol

@elperroloco2959

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, they need to entice you to keep watching and for the most part they like to get people outraged. That, and them trying to push things on you, remember Tebow mania. They are also so god dam pc it’s agitating. That’s what makes barstool so refreshing.

I don't think we need ESPN any more

@jayjaytv2563

6 жыл бұрын

Damon Abets Chris Smoove

@Cmal64

6 жыл бұрын

For you maybe but for the league it's still necessary don't you think ?

@shawnwaldrop3702

6 жыл бұрын

For THE league? How about all leagues. I think, as Company Man pointed out, the leagues are already moving away from ESPN. 35 years ago, the leagues needed ESPN, but the NFL, NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and even 2nd tier sport leagues (UFC, MLS, etc) have already shown they could survive just fine without the old business model.

@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN

5 жыл бұрын

Actually ESPN has a app & streaming service......

@jimmyjamedwards5967

4 жыл бұрын

ESPN now has UFC...trying to win the people they have pissed off back. I watch more of the Fox networks for my sports now, they have most the people who left ESPN anyway.

The video is aging so well! ESPN is even more trash now 🗑

When they'd rather preach politics. Instead of talking sports.

@mikerodgers7620

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo. They panded to black issues.

@barakobama9743

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikerodgers7620 fr like leObressed

@zissler1

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikerodgers7620 pandered to China.

I'm a cable, internet installer.... And ESPN's politics are the reason I always hear why people don't like them anymore

@pretorious700

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, and that's how you learn, firsthand. The media is nothing but lies and obfuscation.

@r.minnis9722

5 жыл бұрын

Fact plus all the other shit they are basically TMZ east

@dohctorsmith1

5 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

@kenperk9854

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, if I want to see, hear or smell pig shit, I'll switch to pmsnbc.

@lamarrjones104

5 жыл бұрын

Really

I'd love to see you do a video on failed mergers like AOL Time Warner.

@bananamanstrikesback5553

6 жыл бұрын

Allie-RX yesss

@trevonpernell0814

6 жыл бұрын

Allie-RX Or that Viacom-CBS merger.

@thegoodtony3339

6 жыл бұрын

he already did AOL

@AllieRX

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Donaldson No he didn't.

@MysteryMii

6 жыл бұрын

Does the failed AT&T-T-Mobile merger of 2011 count?

I imagine what they are talking about now without any sports 🤷‍♂️

What you said about them jacking up the subscription rates after people started leaving is happening with World of Warcraft right now. Tons of people were leaving due to the ongoing lawsuit, I was staying around. They increased the price to over $20 from $15 so I canceled. Don't punish the loyalists. If you do, you deserve to be dragged through the mud as a company.

Sounds like MTV. Internet made music and sports scores and highlights too easy to access so they went in new directions. People are nostalgic of the good ole days of these channels but in actuality they would not work in today’s day and age. So now we have these “weird” emotion and opinion based content that you either get on board with or quit watching. Will be interesting to revisit in the next decade or two.

@drunkroku4054

6 жыл бұрын

Mtv is dying the same death = SJW/Leftist political BULLSHIT!

@jesuszamora6949

6 жыл бұрын

Drunk Roku You conservatives wouldn't be crying if they went in your direction.

@bobbyslater1198

6 жыл бұрын

Neither would the channels.

@jcampbell7878

6 жыл бұрын

Mtv back catalog of shows/series is pretty decent....goes to app only teen mom and last season real world wtf

@brestevens

6 жыл бұрын

In two decades both ESPN and MTV will be either unrecognizable, renamed, or gone. Reminds me of The Nashville Network, which eventually morphed into Spike TV and is morphing again into The Paramount Network. That's ESPN and MTV's future.

ESPN is like MTV in 2018. I'm just waiting to see them to go bankrupt.

@gmonono2847

5 жыл бұрын

Continue waiting it wont happen

@kyotheman69

5 жыл бұрын

@@gmonono2847 yes it will, when there other means to watch sports

@millabasset1710

5 жыл бұрын

Disney could end up selling them. The MCU has been more valuable than a network that airs every sport in the US, that's actually sad for ESPN lol

@michaelcap9550

4 жыл бұрын

Fox sports will take their place.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcap9550 Fox Sports will NEVER replace ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

You think ESPN’s bad, you should see Canada’s version: TSN... Y’all like 7 straight hours of the completely unlikable Tim & Sid?

ESPN filled the niche from back in the days without internet, social media, and KZread. Nowadays there's better content on the web that can be free to view and not have the stinky stench of SAS, what once was Skip Bayless, and also the political agenda on the background (and even more up front nowadays). I'm not on the bandwagon against liberals, but I tune in for sports entertainment and not CNN looking for political debates or the like.

People don't want to hear someone's political beliefs when they're tuning in for sports as an escape from politics.

@rickkohler9042

2 жыл бұрын

For Sure

@Huss_D

2 жыл бұрын

100% mate! I just want to hear sports news when I watch ESPN.

@raggo1955

2 жыл бұрын

Like a lot these espn or fox reporters that have been retired are now coming out talking about politics like give me a break it’s old news

@kevaughnramsay9846

Жыл бұрын

So you want a safe space?

@marksprinkle

Жыл бұрын

@@kevaughnramsay9846 Sports are supposed to be a safe space from outside bulls*t, so yeah.

If ESPN wants to get big they gotta make ESPN 8: The Ocho a real thing 24/7

@VeeZee777

6 жыл бұрын

noideac 😂😂😂 that's from Dodgeball no?

That picture of Max is literally his face every time Stephen A. starts talking😂

What happened to ESPN? They became woke.

The video: "Maybe it has something to do with the political controversy but I think that's such a small part of it..." The comments section: ESPN'S DYING CAUSE THEY WENT POLITICAL!!!

@HillChris1234

5 жыл бұрын

Politics has nothing to do with it... or the decline of Dick's Sporting Goods for that matter. They're both declining because they're obsolete. "Getting political" doesnt seem to hurt Target or Starbucks or Gillette or whoever else.

@HillChris1234

5 жыл бұрын

@Beau Lijah The comments section proves that SOME people's opinions are persuaded by how political they are. But, that's anecdotal at best, and doesn't give a clear picture of what portion of their subscribers have cancelled for that reason, or how many subscribers have JOINED because of their political leanings. Looking at other companies who "get political," it likely has less to do with that and more to do with what's mentioned in the video.

@vondeebs1906

5 жыл бұрын

Christine Hill I think “going political” has certainly hurt ESPN because it alienated viewers of certain political beliefs. It has to do with demographic for instance, you mentioned how Starbucks has not been hurt too badly but it is not like Starbucks has a huge following of right wing individuals like Dicks sporting goods had but they sent the message that selling guns is somehow immoral and it rubbed a good amount of customers the wrong way. Starbucks started in Seattle which has now become a very liberal city where they still receive much of their business today so doing something that appeals to left won’t hurt them for now but could still hurt them in the long run like when Nike ran that Keapernick ad (Gillette is in Boston and I’m pretty sure Target started in Minnesota btw) overall it is still a very stupid decision to go political in either direction because no matter what you will lose fans and viewership and who knows, companies like Gillett and Starbucks may suffer in the long run even if they aren’t right now

@HillChris1234

5 жыл бұрын

@@vondeebs1906 The problem is that Starbucks (like Target) has a presence in more right-wing markets, which has been more or less unaffected by politically-motivated boycotts. ESPN, Nike and Dick's all have something in common: They were in decline BEFORE their political controversies. There's nothing to suggest that "going political" had any sort of impact. Right wing conservatives have this mindset that, any time a business makes decisions based on contemporary social mores (which tend to be liberal because that's how social progress works), those businesses must be "going political." That's how conservatives protect their inability to accept inevitable social progress. But, just because a business makes a moral business decision doesn't mean they're "going political." Look at Chick fil-A. They weren't hurt too badly when it was exposed that they give to right-wing hate groups. Boycotts typically do not work when it comes to issues where the public is polarized because, for every shopper who boycotts, another will be there to pick up the slack. Businesses have a social obligation to stand up for what is right in accordance to the morality of their market. ESPN is on the decline because they're becoming obsolete and are a part of cable packages that are also going obsolete. It has nothing to do with "going political."

@vondeebs1906

5 жыл бұрын

Christine Hill the real reason why Starbucks has not suffered too badly is because there is a lack of competition but if they had a more stable competitor I’m sure they would see a decline if they were to delve into politics and how is not selling guns “social progress”? Also conservatives do not have an “inability to accept inevitable social progress” after all republicans were the ones that abolished slavery in the first place. Rather instead it is the argument of whether the things that Nike and others are pushing for is really progress at all especially since on the topic of slavery, Nike still owns all those sweatshops. It is also annoying that they promoted Keapernick because of this cause that he is promoting but he turned out to be a sell out and a fraud and I just feel sorry for the people that actually believed in his cause only to see him take millions of dollars from the NFL to stay quiet, could you ever see MLK jr doing that? Of course not! Because the King actually believed in what he was preaching (and his movement was clear and important) unlike the police brutality nonsense Colin was promoting, there is no national police force, if there is a specific department in certain cities not doing a good job then we can address that, it is so disrespectful to blanket all cops in the same category as if they are all part of the same force, you gotta know it is bad when the one player that actually served in the military walks out of the Steelers locker room and stands for the flag. Kneeling for the national anthem has to have been one of the most divisive and stupidest political movements I have ever seen because it is built around pure nonsense, people have a problem with it because doing it at the game makes it look like he is trying to send a message to the fans as if they need to something about it or they are somehow the problem when he should have taken it upon himself to have this be an off field issue

Too political. Too expensive. Overated. Those are the issues.

When he said that you watch ads on KZread all the time, I got an ad and I thought it was a joke that he put in.

@munch9331

3 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

ESPN failed when ESPN began to stand for Electronically Sustained Political Network

ESPN started to decline when they got rid of ESPN 8: THE OCHO

@pedalesmexicali

3 жыл бұрын

WTF is ESPN 8?

@daved2140

3 жыл бұрын

@@pedalesmexicali It's a joke based on the movie "Dodgeball."

@ht8384

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment the OCHO lol 😂

@estevanmartinez1751

3 жыл бұрын

Most under-rated comment ever lmfao I listed the OCHO in my head when he was listing the ones ESPN has lol

@justinbenning2428

3 жыл бұрын

That was a bold move on their part Cotton.

“Who watches TV anymore?”

Man, ESPN used to be fun..some highlights with some funny commentary and brief opinions on the games...but they've gone full SJW...even in their hiring and firing of personnel. Garbage.

When my wife and I cut our DirecTV subscription she dropped ESPN and when I asked why she told me that price...Yeah. We dont need that.

I mean I’ve stopped watching espn because of how political it’s become

@commonsense3921

4 жыл бұрын

You really mean you stop watching when their views didn’t match yours.

@bodiesbydefinition

4 жыл бұрын

@@commonsense3921 False. He is saying (what most people are also saying) : "keep politics out of sports". The Kaeparnick kneeling situation.... Michael Sam draft day celebration.... Bruce/Caitlin Jenner nonsense... Dennis Rodman & North Korea ...

@philhunt26

4 жыл бұрын

Sola Scriptura lol bet you have zero problems with “military tributes” though, do you?

@bodiesbydefinition

4 жыл бұрын

@@philhunt26 Funny. You don't know me, at all, do you? I served eight years in the US Navy (2002- 2010). Last duty station in Pearl Harbor (2007- 2010). CS3 onboard USS Russell (DDG- 59). Thanks for trying; but, you lost that bet.

@1212goose

4 жыл бұрын

@@philhunt26 those are stupid also.

I stumbled upon your channel and i Have enjoyed your videos . Should do a follow up on this with the recent releases and restructuring of their radio and podcast shows

i got an ad literally right after you said “youtube has ads all the time,” i wish i’d been screen recording it was so funny

This coming from an Australian. I watch sports after work to unwind. Therefore i dont want to hear anything about the US politics, racism, and other real world issues because sports is a escape and i dont care about US politics.

@FallicIdol

4 жыл бұрын

When a company decides to become political and woke, then what they choose to cover is only as important as what they choose to ignore. EPSN, Lebron and the NBA support the concentration camps in China by virtue of not speaking out against them now. They can't have it both ways.

@hfr8343

4 жыл бұрын

@@FallicIdol LeBron is a black man so it makes sense to speak about black issues. He's well within his rights to do so, same as your well within your rights to get butthurt about it

@FallicIdol

4 жыл бұрын

@@hfr8343 Lebron is going to bed with slavers with China. He has no right to talk about injustice while aligning with the literal enemies of free society. I don't expect someone like you or Lebron, someone hell bent on being a victim and incapable of objectively looking at the plight of others, to understand this.

@keithadams812

4 жыл бұрын

You should care.... Remembers the liars are gonna probably try it here 1st if it works here they're gonna do it to you.... Australia America and England will go up or down together

@hfr8343

4 жыл бұрын

@@FallicIdol you have no say in what a person can and cannot talk about just because your way of thinking doesn't align with his. It's actually pretty hypocritical

I didn't even realize I had fallen away from ESPN... mlb.com made it so much faster to get what I needed.

@ChuckKeough

6 жыл бұрын

Sure, why not

@tagaway6173

6 жыл бұрын

Chuck Keough I'm going to sub to you just because Jajajaja.

@kamX-rz4uy

6 жыл бұрын

NHL.com too

@popeaustini

6 жыл бұрын

mlb.com and nhl.com are powered by BAMTech streaming tech which is owned by The Walt Disney Company

@everettgladden2065

6 жыл бұрын

Yoshi Bryant Your channel looks like a bunch of clickbait garbage. Why should I subscribe?

This is a good perspective. I do think viewership has been more impacted than you think due to politics. People aren't cancelling their cable because of it, but they're cutting cable because screw cable, so unless people do ESPN plus, their viewership will keep going down, and the politics don't help.

@kevaughnramsay9846

Жыл бұрын

People who complain about politics are just snowflakes.

Chris Berman was awesome!!! Favorite quote from the Swammy: “There are no stupid questions; just stupid people who ask questions.” That quote is way too non-PC for today.

Let’s keep in mind all this is coming to a head due to the fact that the sports leagues player contracts have grown outrageously large directly because of how much money ESPN gave them. If ESPN goes under those leagues don’t get the large tv contracts and all the player contracts will have to be readjusted. It’s a bubble that’s due for popping

@perrydavis3612

3 жыл бұрын

Good

@blackanimelover18

2 жыл бұрын

That's.....just not true. Take the NFL for example, most of their games are on Fox, CBS and NBC. ESPN only gets the monday night football games. So if they went under, the NFL would just give MNF to another network.

@brian12357

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackanimelover18 I feel like your proved my point. Those other networks you mentioned are all struggling already in their own right aside from ABC since it’s Disney owned. Getting an equal or larger tv contract if espn is out will be extremely difficult. Also with the CBA always squeezing more of the tv money for their players each negotiating session is an unsustainable business model

@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917

2 жыл бұрын

@@brian12357 Wasn't ESPN affiliated with Disney? I know they had that ESPN Zone thing.

@1234KeithB

8 ай бұрын

@@blackanimelover18you literally just proved his point 😂. Wow

"Think of youtube, you watch ads..." Ad immediately starts playing.

@TheCandoRailfan

6 жыл бұрын

Adblock

@AnthonyMemes

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@josephlacerra8433

6 жыл бұрын

It is possible to do as I do and not pay the slightest attention to KZread ads. I ignore them and do not recollect a single one!

Man, I loved his commentary on "Raising prices to make up for lost subscribers" diatribe. What he rightly calls "a dumb business model" is literally the Folk Economic Model I hear on social media from everyone, every day.

I wish the ufc never made a deal with them

I would say that they became too political and hypocrytical. They also act above the normal person. I agree with many comments in this post, most analysts on ESPN are garbage.

@piteusx8440

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Then what's FOX's problems? They are selling all their US media assets EXCEPT Fox News for now. It appears FOX News might be on the block too.

@552mustang

6 жыл бұрын

Piteus W Fox wasnt sold. PARTS of Fox were sold. The most profitable parts (like Fox News) which arent particularly subject to the changing media and streaming landscape remain staunchly Murdoch owned.

@piteusx8440

6 жыл бұрын

552mustang Murdoch sold their biggest asset at FOX. Their movie content. They also sold all their regional content. FOX also wanted to sell FOXSports but Disney balked due to possible monopoly issues. FOXSports is a disaster. FOX News will be under pressure as more conservative networks / streaming services are launched.Gasbags are a dime a dozen. Content is King. The Murdoch's know this. Look at CNN and MSNBC. They are competing for a liberal audience. It's only a matter of time FOX NEWs gets new competition for their conservative viewers. Please don't push this narrative about left vs. right. The media doesn't work that way. Content is King. FOX knows they are screwed in sports. They also know FOX News will have a lot more conservative platforms after their viewers. They will also sell FOX NEWS. With Trump as President, it will never get any better than to sell now.

@SnowmanTF2

6 жыл бұрын

@Keith - They were annoying and hypocritical if you were not in there preferred market long before they were getting political. Now there is not only faster ways to get the information, the popular games tend to leak to the internet somewhere and there is more alternate entertainment to TV as well.

@trickywily2823

6 жыл бұрын

Keith ESPN is like the modern woman no one needs you any more hah

Can you do the decline of MySpace? Keep up the great work!

@Locutus

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipekyc-zeLnJYag.html Watch this video, it is about mySpace, and should answer some of your questions.

Political crap plus all these feel sorry for them stories 🤮🤮

Their leftist politics... yuck

Too much political bullcrap in their broadcasts. I dont tune into sportscenter to hear about anything other than sports. I havent watched much recently. Too much commentary on politics. Sorry but i dont want to hear lebrons opinion on donald trump.

@lbennhtx6072

6 жыл бұрын

b t s n Get Woke Go Broke.

@kenperk9854

5 жыл бұрын

but but but bron git a for grade edication. He know he shit.

@Based_Proletariat

3 жыл бұрын

Nazi

Next video, PepsiCo - Bigger than you know!

@excusermewhat3567

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@camac9277

6 жыл бұрын

Ye!!

@NintendoLover2005

6 жыл бұрын

ECDT1089 Yeah!

@10smackers88

6 жыл бұрын

Hecc yeah lemme see that

@krazysteve

6 жыл бұрын

GainedSalmon 3 Sprite is my favorite coke

They have a controlled narrative and that makes it a no no for me

Literally right when you said "You watch ads on here all the time..." an ad played. I'm not even making this up. I wasn't even mad XD

I think the politics supercharged their decline.

@jesuszamora6949

6 жыл бұрын

Not really. Plenty of places have it worse than ESPN because they have NOTHING that can't be put on Netflix or Hulu. The political stuff (and let's be honest, it's mostly Trump supporters who complain about it) is probably not going to move the needle either way because their entire model is obsolete.

I remember the last time I attempted to watch was several years ago. It was right in the middle of a very competitive NHL playoffs and figured sports center would have the highlights. Instead the spent almost the whole broadcast talking about an NBA player coming out as openly gay, no highlights or even mention of the Stanley cup playoffs.

@bean7039

5 жыл бұрын

I still remember where I was when Lance Stephenson started blowing Le'bron, glad dude finally admitted it.

@jamessanders6788

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@DocSpengler

4 жыл бұрын

The real answer is it was hockey. No one actually watches it so why would ESPN care about it

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

@@gerhardschulzy Hockey is the only sport where people do not get ejected for merely fighting. Try doing that in the NBA, MLB, or NFL. It is an automatic ejection for merely throwing a punch. It does not matter if it connects or not.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

If anyone wants to see hockey, there is always NBC and NBCSN (NBC Sports Network).

I'd love for you to do a remake of this video with the recent firings from ESPN

Here to see if he says: “get woke go broke.”

Wrong. it's ESPN politics that caused me to stop watching. I never watch an NFL game on ESPN and only watch an occasional college football game. I never watch ESPN for anything else. They are a terrible network.

@ofallmyintention9496

3 жыл бұрын

They have their stories written before the game even starts, and they try and force their opinions down your throats.

@LocoMan123

3 жыл бұрын

@Skippy the Alien people watch sports to escape politics regardless of viewpoints

@seanthomson5578

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt. I started watching ESPN less and less over the last few years. I always hated their obsession with Kaepernick but ultimately their non stop virtue signaling and glorifying gender politics did it for me. Herbstreit’s BETA performance was the nail in the coffin for me

@hond4h34d

3 жыл бұрын

I don't watch ESPN because of lame graphics and poor presentation of all of their sports properties.

Politics in general on cable made me cancel my cable.

3:43 an advertisement came up as soon as you said that, perfect timing 😂😂😂

What’s funny is that just as you said “you watch ads on here all the time” an ad played right after. Very funny KZread.

People just want the scores and highlights, not politics and personal opinions and negativity! Turned into CNN Fox, etc .... To many non athletic opinionated people babbling!!!!! Just the facts please

@coolguy02536

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, except Fox has absolutely zero presence in ESPN and the like. They aren't in the equation.

@samueltullis806

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Morris Right! Some of those ESPN Anchors wouldn't dare say their garbage opinion face-to-face to the person they are criticizing. They're soft, such as CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc

@samueltullis806

6 жыл бұрын

Theroux Rlght! Good point! Fox News will not allow liberals to take over their air time! 👍

@ricardosoto5770

5 жыл бұрын

Now Disney bought FOX, not Fox news but Fox Sport, expect Disney to do to Fox what they did to ESPN and Star Wars.

@BlindLibrary

5 жыл бұрын

Cluck off; There'll never be a Sports Center the way Stuart Scott delivered it, or Chris Burman? No more asking "Can I get a witness from the congregation"?

I cancelled ESPN as well as the rest of my satellite subscription a year ago because $135/month was way too much to pay for shitty programming. I haven't looked back since. Politics did play a factor, but mostly television sucks. Modern television wasn't made for anyone with an IQ of room temperature.

@GEEZYEA777

6 жыл бұрын

You’re 100% correct. I can easily stream Redzone for free, listen to most games on the radio, or watch the play by play. I can also watch shows and movies on the internet or pay for a much cheaper subscription like Hulu

@anrw886

6 жыл бұрын

It has been 3 years since I have activity watched TV, and switched over to 100% digital media. Instant, mostly free and better...

@murray1978

6 жыл бұрын

I never heard of Gears TV. Is it an online service? 15 dollars a month is a steal. My cable bill was almost a 100 dollars a month at one time and I only used three or four channels.

@jeremybrown9611

6 жыл бұрын

Politics plays the smallest role, don't act like it was never there, even when ESPN was at there best... politics was there!

@emiemivideos

6 жыл бұрын

The young Republican lmfao

I've hated ESPN ever since "The Decision". Also I don't support LGBT, black lives matter, feminism or the me too moment. So there is nothing for me to ESPN.

@357twilson

4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest comments ever typed on KZread

something abt ur videos makes me nostalgic . I think it’s the background music

Right after you said how youtube makes money from ads, an ad popped up

@coltoncrawfordjazz

6 жыл бұрын

he did that on purpose

@Stacy_Smith

6 жыл бұрын

KZread would make more money if they didn't demonetize every channel that didn't align with their political views!

@kenperk9854

5 жыл бұрын

Does anybody watch them? I sure DON'T.

ESPN: the LeBron and tom Brady reality show. Unccessarily hosted by Stephen A. Smith and Max Keller.

@ericradford2142

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Ruiz ya don’t say.

@joshuasnow4440

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Ruiz well done

@VT-fh9fm

6 жыл бұрын

They literally talk about Lebron every single day...

More competition, bad management and questionable firing and hiring.

They went woke and "Social justice"

ESPN is not espn anymore. It’s jokes and bs stories just give me the sports .

Espn turned into CNN, I turn on ESPN to watch sports not hear about political shit

@bjorge1896

6 жыл бұрын

CNN= Communist News Network. Great comment Nick Guardiola!

Thanks for the video!! :)

I grew up in an era where television was free. Before the Internet was much of a thing, I got rid of cable soon after getting it because I simply could not get used to the idea of paying for TV. I basically watch only Patriots games that are on free TV, and listen to Red Sox games on MLB Gameday Audio, for which I grudgingly cough up $20 a year because I live 1000 miles from Boston. I think your video is correct as to the big picture of why ESPN is doomed. But I also think ESPN's political BS is driving away subscribers who otherwise would have stuck with them. To build on your Walmart analogy, it's like Walmart not only has raised its prices in response to declining customers, but also has put up a sign out front that says, "NO REDNECKS."

@codyblea3638

4 жыл бұрын

If they hadn't demonized those that disagreed with the protests. And they if they had allowed for actual debate without making it the center of the network's attention. ESPN would be doing better, as would the NFL. The issue wasn't bringing politics in, the issue was blindly accepting what the protesters said as truth and attacking anyone with valid arguments. While making it more important than the game itself.

@CoasterMan13Official

2 жыл бұрын

@@codyblea3638 they did that because you're stupid.

@maverator

2 жыл бұрын

I wish Walmart would do that.

@kevaughnramsay9846

Жыл бұрын

@@codyblea3638 Nah you all are just soft.

@kevaughnramsay9846

Жыл бұрын

The people who left because of politics are VERY SOFT.

Can you do a video on what happened to Sports Authority

@tktru

6 жыл бұрын

RandomStuffYT and Sports Chalet!

@crisneros1725

6 жыл бұрын

RandomStuffYT yes

@pickeljarsforhillary102

6 жыл бұрын

They stopped selling firearms and ammo. That was a cut to their market and costumer draw.

@andysiegel4841

6 жыл бұрын

I second this motion. I'd be interested in seeing that.

@randymagnum6680

6 жыл бұрын

PickelJars ForHillary and they were all high and mighty about it. They even stopped filling co2 canisters foe paintball since it was at that same counter. Screw them, it took a long time for dicks and academy to get down here but it was the final nail in their coffin. Good riddance

I never watch ESPN anymore. I honestly don't know anyone who does.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

I want the OLD ESPN back. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@jimmyjamedwards5967

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I wanna see the roller derby and the timbersports again.

@tylerl4320

4 жыл бұрын

Only time I ever watch is when live sports are on and it’s the only channel That has a specific game

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjamedwards5967 At least that is way better than the garbage ESPN has now.

@norbertop.niebres6320

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjamedwards5967 ESPN used to have Professional Wrestling. AWA wrestling. (1986 to 1990).

The greed of the cable companies. For years subscribers asked for an "a la carte" model where the customer would pay only for the channels he wanted, on a per channel basis. The cable companies always wavered, thinking we would never go cold turkey on cable. They guessed wrong.

@perrydavis3612

3 жыл бұрын

Congress had a chance to make em do it but they pussied out- too many cable companies were big donors

Once they decided to focus most of their show on social justice issues instead of sports I quit watching. Now I just order Sling TV with ESPN during NFL season and just watch the games, not the preshow or post game shows or halftime. Just the game and then I'm gone.

Politics!!