ESPN laying off 100 people today

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  1. Evil Homer

    Evil Homer New guy please be nice

    He has to be in on the joke
     
  2. Shawn Hunter

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  5. spagett

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    I love rediscovering bad posts and seeing that the only like was from a Clemson fan
     
  6. Boo MFer!

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    Lebatard is awful.
     
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    What the hell is Pro Football Network?
     
  8. Detlef Schrempf

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    Something I will never read.
     
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  10. Beeds07

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    I take it you’re not familiar with Boo MFer!
     
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  12. DeToxRox

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    One of the best ever. Loved the Mayne Event.
     
  13. OZ2

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    Lots of people to dislike that have rolled through or still work at ESPN.

    Kenny Mayne is a 180 from that entire list.
     
  14. Kevintensity

    Kevintensity Poster/Posting Game Coordinator
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    Quick Google says he was getting 3 million a year, seems like a lot, don't see him on air very much these days
     
  15. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    That’s wild. He has been there so long
     
  16. DuffandMuff

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    Lol Jesus Christ

    Yeah I’d cut his ass too
     
  17. Detlef Schrempf

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    Love Kenny Mayne but holy fuck if $3 million is true.
     
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  18. UncleJesse

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    3 million a year to watch sports and tell dad jokes?

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  19. OZ2

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    That’s a lot of money for how much he does at this point. But one could argue when he was an ESPN workhorse he provided more value in 1 year than several shitbirds have earned in their entire career and he still isn’t making what a few of them do.

    (I’m a stan for Mayne. Never took himself too seriously but was always that awesome anchor of providing information & humor in sports. He realized his job wasn’t covering cancer, and as a result we all benefited)
     
  20. brolift

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    You’re not getting that much per tweet yet?
     
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  21. UncleJesse

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    Sadly, no.
     
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  22. brolift

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    I’ll make some calls
     
  23. DeToxRox

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  24. Handcuffed

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    which anchors are still left at ESPN from what could be considered a heyday?

    SVP
    John Anderson
    Linda Cohn?

    Eisen - NFL Network
    Patrick - radio show
    Olbermann - guessing a political show
    Mayne - cut
    Stu Scott - passed

    i'm sure i'm forgetting at least 1-2 people
     
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  26. MG2

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    Kilborn - whatever it is Kilborn does
     
  27. War Grundle

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    Craig Kilborn - relegated to pitching Kraft Mac & Cheese

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    Berman just reupped his contract
     
  30. 1

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    Yuck
     
  31. War Grundle

    War Grundle Nole Mercy
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    He’s an institution I get it but his schtick died 20 years ago.
     
  32. MG2

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    He does NFL Primetime on ESPN+. He loves doing it, and the only people tuning in are the people who want to watch him.
     
  33. Buster Mahomes

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    Kenny Mayne is one of the top 3 best things ESPN still had going for them. That’s unfortunate.
     
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  37. Gunners

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    top 3 things ESPN has are cfb, nba, and mnf rights.

    sucks for the guy but when you can pull up highlights on Twitter of anything you want, why watch sportscenter
     
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  38. War Grundle

    War Grundle Nole Mercy
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    I miss Sportscenter waking up in the morning and it’s up in the background. You hear about every team.

    I’m not on Twitter but even if I was I’m not taking the time to individually search for a team. I feel when I was younger I knew so much about all the teams in every sport because it was on and we just couldn’t google our favorite teams.
     
  39. Gambler

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    According to the Googles, he started with ESPN in 1979, is 66, and is worth 30 million. He's been there a while.
     
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  40. Gunners

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    congrats on being inefficient with your time
     
  41. Buster Mahomes

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    Thanks

    -Wayne
     
  42. War Grundle

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    Congrats on not being a grown up.
     
  43. JGator1

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    Wingo was making an absurd amount as well, ESPN bids against itself like no other. I didn't mind Mayne but so much of their "talent" thinks they're more important than the actual sports they cover.
     
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  44. Gambler

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    Looked up salaries for broadcasters and Jim Rome makes the most at 30 million, and Samantha Ponder is the highest female at 4.9.
     
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  45. Gunners

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  46. Gunners

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    Serious :roll: if Rome makes 30 mil, we’re all fucked
     
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  47. Corky Bucek

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  48. MG2

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    I just googled it and the first thing that popped up was $15M, with a net worth of $85M.

    He was probably rolling in the $$ back in the day when he was syndicated across the country with his radio show and also had the various daily TV gigs.
     
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  49. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    hes been sending checks back to the motherland for years now

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  50. JGator1

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    That's obviously beyond absurd for Rome but at least he's on the air every day. Does Ponder do any NFL stuff for ESPN during the week or is it just Sunday Countdown?
     
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