And that's mainly because those are the only networks allowed to show unlimited live look-ins and highlights while the games are being played. If you've ever watched MLBN, that's also another model that spits in the face of the premise of "fans just want highlights instead of analysts/former players/talking heads". I love some of MLBN's stuff, but that model is really similar to ESPN's.
Twitter is different than what Sportscenter did. SC put together a highlight package that told the story of the game. You had a feel for what happened in the game without watching the whole thing because you saw the highlight package and the hosts filled in the gaps. Twitter is a bunch of solo highlights that you have to know what you’re looking for before you find them. The lights’ problem was that they didn’t have any hosts explaining the context of the highlights. So you ended up missing some of the highlights because you were trying to figure out the context for the play that was being shown.
I agree with that description. I just don't think the consumer, especially the up-and-coming consumer, cares enough about it anymore, at least not to the point of waiting around for the show to get to their "highlight" story.
Is it so hard for ESPN to just give me a 30 min segment weekly of Charley Steiner trying to read the news but can never finish because he busts out laughing
Agree because people today don't want to watch the Marlins-Mets, Phillies-Braves, Hornets-Bulls, Commercial, Nets-Hawks, Spurs-Timberwolves, Angels-Mariners, Commercial, so they can watch the 3 minute narrative highlight film of the Royals-Diamondbacks I wouldn't do it and this is coming from a person that watched religiously back in the 90s and agree that the format back then was greart.
Yep. I did it back in the day because I had to. Now? Not a chance. Perhaps I'd have it on in the background if there was nothing else I had to do or wanted to watch at the time, but I'm not going to wait around for it when I can go to the website and get my highlight story as soon as it's published, or just go on Twitter and do it. It's just the natural evolution of sports highlights. It used to be the sports anchor of your local tv station showing up at 23 minutes past the hour and giving 1) the highlight of the day with a 20-second interview sound byte 2) a couple of other short local highlights 3) some highlight from a big game nationally and 4) the crawl with all of the scores. The SportsCenter I grew up with was the next step, now it's the web/social media.
Read this book back in the day, I was such a big fan. Could legit do the same show now and I wouldn't watch
People complain about anchors now trying to make it about themselves but long for anchors with catch phrases and attempting bits during every highlight to make themselves the stars of the show. SC was something I like watched religiously as a kid but I doubt I’d watch the same show now cause it’s still a lot of the same problem current sc has. It is just that there was no where else to watch the highlights
When I was 12 years old I thought Chris Berman's "rumbling, bumbling, stumbling" schtick was great. When I was 30 I wanted to hit him in the face with a frying pan. And it's not like he changed his approach.
I know I'm in the minority and probably not who ESPN is targeting but I'd much rather watch shows where they bring in retired/fired coaches and just listen to them break down film on a much more nuanced way than just saying "arm talent" and "set the edge". Even in sports like baseball and basketball, I'd love learning more about those little things. Basically, I'd love to see a 24-hour loop of NFL Matchup but for all sports (and CBB/CFB as well).
Can shut this thread down now. OrangeTigerTower has cracked the code. Bring back Swamp Buggy Racing and Stongman time buys.
ESPN cast a huge net when they started the city based ‘reporting’ model in an attempt to customize content to a specific market. These people suck at sourcing, developing relationships and actually being a good journalist. I mean the Bengals have a dedicated reporter. Why? If I wanted specific Bengals news, I’d been looking on twitter or the NFL Network before waiting for the dedicated ESPN reporter update their feed. They need to hire more people like Schfeter and Woj and stop hiring for something the average fan has no clue about.
Haven't you heard that the new Amazon headquarters is heading to Cincinnati? We're talking about a great American metropolis. Of course they should have a dedicated beat reporter.
More Significant Layoffs Are Coming to ESPN ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated. The layoffs, which were described by a person briefed on the plans, will hit positions across ESPN including front-facing talent on the television side, producers, executives, and digital and technology staffers. The SportsCenter franchise is expected to be hit hard—including on-air people—given the frequency of the show has lessened considerably on main network ESPN. https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/11/09/espn-layoffs-staffers-sportscenter-talent-cuts
I know it's different for everyone, but Jay Crawford got laid off during the last wave. As a part of the layoff, ESPN exercised his 2-year Non-compete. During that time frame Jay gets paid his full salary until his Non-compete expires. Seems like a pretty fucking sweet deal to me.
yup, it actually had great ratings. don't know how it would do full time, but it should definitely be done once a month or something like that.
guessing these anchors go: JonathanCoachman Lisa Kerney Kevin Negandhi Hannah Storm Michele Steele David Lloyd Kevin Connors
Please no Lisa Kerney. I still haven't recovered from them getting rid of Lindsay Czarniak, Jaymee Sire, and Jade McCarthy the last time.
Negandhi was a wild guess but he is hosting college football now. I forgot about that. I thought he was on the Hannah Storm SportsCenter that is going away.