ESPN Layoffs

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Seeing where ESPN is laying off over 100 employees today, and noticed that one of them was Trent Dilfer. So...two questions immediately come up.

1) Does the Elite 11 competition end too?

2) Anyone see Dilfer becoming a part of a college staff? Could be plausible especially with the 10th coach rule. Would be an awesome thought to pick him up. Kids know him for sure.


Prayers for all of those who have been laid off. Anyone who has ever gone through it knows it's one of the toughest things possible. Results of the liberal media being liberal and losing at it. But sad. Real people with real families. Hope they all land on their feet.
 
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ESPN has turned into garbage. They remind me of MTV, MTV was great when they just played music then they started getting into other stuff. ESPN was great when they just talked sports now they are full of their version The View kind of crap
 
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meh. it's not sustainable. there's not enough content to support it all. even with their shift toward talk show type viewing, which is garbage.

and even the shows that are supposed to be about a specific sport, all you really get is the surface stuff, mixed with the daily sports gossip. even the stuff on the draft is not really all that analytical....it's all for the casual fan. and casual fans have, and will, find other things to do with their time.
 
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Saw a funny series of related tweets earlier.....

Paraphrasing:

Jamelle Hill (of ESPN): You people celebrating todays layoffs are sick. These are real people, with real families, etc......

Random Twitter guy: Don't you discuss, and opine, daily about which NBA and NFL coaches should be fired?

:lolabove:


Not that I like to see anyone lose their job, because I don't, however, that tweet by the random guy was a dagger, and the truth.
 
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Yet Stephen a still has a job ... wow

Remember, the talking heads at BSPN have no thoughts of their own. They are just characters playing a role pushing down the daily storylines set forth by Bristol. Stephen A. is just playing a role of the "race card" guy. BSPN isn't going to let that role go given their political leanings.
 
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Saw a funny series of related tweets earlier.....

Paraphrasing:

Jamelle Hill (of ESPN): You people celebrating todays layoffs are sick. These are real people, with real families, etc......

Random Twitter guy: Don't you discuss, and opine, daily about which NBA and NFL coaches should be fired?

:lolabove:


Not that I like to see anyone lose their job, because I don't, however, that twee by the random guy was a dagger, and the truth.

Irong is a b**ch.:)
 
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Seeing where ESPN is laying off over 100 employees today, and noticed that one of them was Trent Dilfer. So...two questions immediately come up.

1) Does the Elite 11 competition end too?

2) Anyone see Dilfer becoming a part of a college staff? Could be plausible especially with the 10th coach rule. Would be an awesome thought to pick him up. Kids know him for sure.


Prayers for all of those who have been laid off. Anyone who has ever gone through it knows it's one of the toughest things possible. Results of the liberal media being liberal and losing at it. But sad. Real people with real families. Hope they all land on their feet.

Actually ESPN's demise has nothing to do with politics. Its all about how technology is changing industry. ESPN just couldn't adjust to the new era of streaming media over the internet. More and more people are cutting the cord and going total internet for the media needs. ESPN's built a business model on cable subscribers. They also overpaid mightly for the NBA and NFL.

They just made the mistake of thinking their business model would always stay the same.
 
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But they worked at ESPN, likely making six figures per year. And they have ESPN on their resume.

Yeah, lay-offs suck, but it's not like these folks are scrounging to survive. Or if they are, that's just bad money management.
 
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Actually ESPN's demise has nothing to do with politics. Its all about how technology is changing industry. ESPN just couldn't adjust to the new era of streaming media over the internet. More and more people are cutting the cord and going total internet for the media needs. ESPN's built a business model on cable subscribers. They also overpaid mightly for the NBA and NFL.

They just made the mistake of thinking their business model would always stay the same.

the cutting the cord has little to do with it. since most cable/satellite providers include ESPN and some variance of it's sister networks in their packages. ESPN is guaranteed revenue just because people pay their bills.

even those that have cut it and go to an internet provider, like sling, you still have to pay for that service, and yes, ESPN is included, so revenue from subscribers isn't the issue.

i would say the negative impact of folks cutting the cord completely and just opting out completely on some form of a basic cable/internet TV package is minimal.

the issue is ratings. people are changing the channel, and yes, getting their content elsewhere. and advertisers are taking notice and either pulling spots, or demanding cheaper prices.

and that's affecting them more than anything else. when you pay top dollar for CFB, NFL, NBA, and your advertising revenue takes a hit (when it should be going the other way as a result of that content they've paid for), the cost/benefit gets out of whack, and decisions have to be made.

and bad news for ESPN employees....those contracts with the big time sports are pretty iron clad.
 
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Saw a funny series of related tweets earlier.....

Paraphrasing:

Jamelle Hill (of ESPN): You people celebrating todays layoffs are sick. These are real people, with real families, etc......

Random Twitter guy: Don't you discuss, and opine, daily about which NBA and NFL coaches should be fired?

:lolabove:


Not that I like to see anyone lose their job, because I don't, however, that tweet by the random guy was a dagger, and the truth.

She is about as exciting as dental work without Novocain
 
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Actually ESPN's demise has nothing to do with politics. Its all about how technology is changing industry. ESPN just couldn't adjust to the new era of streaming media over the internet. More and more people are cutting the cord and going total internet for the media needs. ESPN's built a business model on cable subscribers. They also overpaid mightly for the NBA and NFL.

They just made the mistake of thinking their business model would always stay the same.

D4H,

While technology has definitely played a role in BSPN's decline, politics played a large role in the layoffs today. BSPN does a good job in broadcasting live sports; however, their other programming to push down Bristol's/Disney's political agenda through their use of characters has led people to cutting the cord. BSPN hired all of these extra people to do non-live sports broadcasting and people have turned away from it. This, in conjunction with technology, led to the layoffs today.
 
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the cutting the cord has little to do with it. since most cable/satellite providers include ESPN and some variance of it's sister networks in their packages. ESPN is guaranteed revenue just because people pay their bills.

even those that have cut it and go to an internet provider, like sling, you still have to pay for that service, and yes, ESPN is included, so revenue from subscribers isn't the issue.

i would say the negative impact of folks cutting the cord completely and just opting out completely on some form of a basic cable/internet TV package is minimal.

the issue is ratings. people are changing the channel, and yes, getting their content elsewhere. and advertisers are taking notice and either pulling spots, or demanding cheaper prices.

and that's affecting them more than anything else. when you pay top dollar for CFB, NFL, NBA, and your advertising revenue takes a hit (when it should be going the other way as a result of that content they've paid for), the cost/benefit gets out of whack, and decisions have to be made.

and bad news for ESPN employees....those contracts with the big time sports are pretty iron clad.

You've got it switched around. The cord cutting is killing ESPN because they aren't getting their massive per subscriber fee. Some cord cutters are going to services like sling, but not most.

ESPN's ratings actually haven't dropped at the rate of their subscriber-loss. People who have kept cable/satellite for the sake of live sports are still watching. The largest audiences in cable TV history have all been for ESPN broadcasts in the past three years, all of them involving the CFP. But ESPN can't make up in ad revenue what they are losing in per subscriber fees.
 
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it's not like you can sign up for Direct TV, Sling, Spectrum, Verizon or any other TV content provider and choose NOT to pay for ESPN.

there's nothing that's truly a la carte in that regard, at least nothing i'm currently aware of.

eventually though, you probably will be able to pay for apps a la carte and choose what content you want to watch. ESPN, among others, are going to have some decisions to make when these contracts are all up, and whether or not it's going to be worth it for THEM to cut the cord and make their content available to the end user and cut out the middle man (cable/satellite). not sure that'll happen. large revenue stream with that, and it would probably drive up the costs for the end user to go literally app for app.

it'll be interesting to see how all that unfolds.
 
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May I add the business model is a failure as well. The lost 25 million alone for the last MNF game. Their primary source of revenue is they get 7% of every cable/satellite bill in America whether you watch it or not. Now people are cord cutting and streaming and they are losing money. Also, the political agenda at ESPN has turned many viewers away. People look to sports as an escape and don't want politics in sports.
 
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You've got it switched around. The cord cutting is killing ESPN because they aren't getting their massive per subscriber fee. Some cord cutters are going to services like sling, but not most.

ESPN's ratings actually haven't dropped at the rate of their subscriber-loss. People who have kept cable/satellite for the sake of live sports are still watching. The largest audiences in cable TV history have all been for ESPN broadcasts in the past three years, all of them involving the CFP. But ESPN can't make up in ad revenue what they are losing in per subscriber fees.

what other avenues do you have to get ESPN if not thru a cable/satellite/internet provider? you think the majority that cut, are cutting it all, and just using Neftlix, hulu or amazon and an antennae for local channels? and just scrapping ESPN all together? i would have bet against that with services like Sling for $20/month...

the ratings drop has been in the non live sports viewing. they have a lot of space to fill, lots of advertising slots to fill. their non live sports ratings are not good.
 
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Typical hypocrisy from the liberal media. I wonder if the 100 laid off are just behind the camera people and not the PC commentators and pundits.

Mostly "on-air talent".

Headliners:

Ed Werder
Danny Kannell
Jayson Stark
Brett McMurphy
Jay Crawford
 
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it's not like you can sign up for Direct TV, Sling, Spectrum, Verizon or any other TV content provider and choose NOT to pay for ESPN.

there's nothing that's truly a la carte in that regard, at least nothing i'm currently aware of.

eventually though, you probably will be able to pay for apps a la carte and choose what content you want to watch. ESPN, among others, are going to have some decisions to make when these contracts are all up, and whether or not it's going to be worth it for THEM to cut the cord and make their content available to the end user and cut out the middle man (cable/satellite). not sure that'll happen. large revenue stream with that, and it would probably drive up the costs for the end user to go literally app for app.

it'll be interesting to see how all that unfolds.

It is going to be interesting. The only thing that keeps the garbage channels on the air are the subscription fees that we pay for whether or not we watch them.
 
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what other avenues do you have to get ESPN if not thru a cable/satellite/internet provider? you think the majority that cut, are cutting it all, and just using Neftlix, hulu or amazon and an antennae for local channels? and just scrapping ESPN all together? i would have bet against that with services like Sling for $20/month...

the ratings drop has been in the non live sports viewing. they have a lot of space to fill, lots of advertising slots to fill. their non live sports ratings are not good.

NFL ratings took a nasty tumble last year as well.

Too many non interesting matchups on prime time, and the Kaepernick fiasco.

Folks tuned out.
 
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