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I know the 'bama vs msu game is pretty big. But, man, ESPN are broadcasting from Tuscaloosa all day today and, I assume, tomorrow. I know we've talked about it ad nauseam. Frankly, this SEC dominance is damaging my enjoyment for college football. I just feel like the "playing field" is getting more and more tilted. I also have a gut feeling that I can't prove that their is so much cheating going on out there that unless you cheat, you can't compete (maybe my new slogan). I almost feel like there is a giant conspiracy going on. It feels like the NCAA turns it's head on the cheating of select, money maker programs but will bitch slap a school like CU for piddly **** as a kind of "public perception" ruse.

Am I just one of those jealous "have not" fans who is looking for some sort of validation as to why my team can't compete or is NCAA football and basketball just this huge, super secret conspiracy?
 
I also can't believe that they pay Chris Berman $3 MM a year.

ESPN could replace him with tini and wouldn't lose a single viewer.
 
That was awesome.

I hope Tosh also sued ESPN for blatantly stealing his 'intellectual property', if Viacom would let him.
 
Buffnik said:
I also can't believe that they pay Chris Berman $3 MM a year.

ESPN could replace him with tini and wouldn't lose a single viewer.
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I honestly think ESPN would gain viewers if they jettisoned Berman. But I don't know, I don't watch anything but the games they broadcast, and I still wouldn't watch their crap even if Berman was gone.
 
Buffnik said:
I also can't believe that they pay Chris Berman $3 MM a year.

ESPN could replace him with tini and wouldn't lose a single viewer.
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I loved Berman in the late 80's and early 90's - I wouldn't miss an NFL Sunday wrap up. Now I see him, and it's like "What happened to that guy?!?"

I look at his $3m/year now as payback for probably making $250k when he was at his peak and basically carrying ESPN for years on end.
 
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The bias is real and unfortunate. Stopped watching Gameday last season because of it and it sounds like the skewed coverage has gotten worse. Screw ESPN. They have gotten too big and sold out.


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IowaBuffFan said:
The bias is real and unfortunate. Stopped watching Gameday last season because of it and it sounds like the skewed coverage has gotten worse. Screw ESPN. They have gotten too big and sold out.


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They did it years ago, but now they're like the rich old fart who knows he's a prick but doesn't give a **** because he knows he's richer than everybody else.
 
I wish Fox Sports 1 could make a bigger push. Honestly, I like their coverage so much better, but the brand simply isn't there.
 
I kind of melded then NCAA and ESPN together in the "conspiracy theory" comment. First, I don't believe there is a conspiracy theory per se. I just believe their is a real double standard out there and I also believe the NCAA enforcement wing, for whatever reason, is not doing it's job. I also believe that the playing field, so to speak, is really skewed from conference to conference and school to school in the area of academic standards.
 
NASCAR did the same thing, it's business and $ now days. In the old days the pre race came on about a half an hour before the race. Now days the pre race show is longer then the race. + They know the race is going to rain out, but still do the 4 1/2 hour pre race show. **** all of em.
 
FightCu1414 said:
I wish Fox Sports 1 could make a bigger push. Honestly, I like their coverage so much better, but the brand simply isn't there.
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Agree, the only thing that will change ES(ec)PN is if viewers go elsewhere and they are forced to change to bring them back. Fortunately FS1 isn't a bad alternative.
 
DBT said:
I kind of melded then NCAA and ESPN together in the "conspiracy theory" comment. First, I don't believe there is a conspiracy theory per se. I just believe their is a real double standard out there and I also believe the NCAA enforcement wing, for whatever reason, is not doing it's job. I also believe that the playing field, so to speak, is really skewed from conference to conference and school to school in the area of academic standards.
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It's not a conspiracy. The NCAA is a bunch of pussies. They'd much rather beat down mid-majors who have no recourse than deal with the big boys and the power they have behind them. Then you have moron schools like CU who self-report the littlest things and give up schollies while UNC cheats for decades.
 
Highlander said:
I loved Berman in the late 80's and early 90's - I would miss an NFL Sunday wrap up. Now I see him, and it's like "What happened to that guy?!?"

I look at his $3m/year now as payback for probably making $250k when he was at his peak and basically carrying ESPN for years on end.
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This is where I am, too. Berman is difficult to stomach now, but for the first 10 years of ESPNs existence, Berman was the only thing they had going for them.

And keep in mind that ESPN is a subsidiary of Disney. They take orders just like the rest of us.
 
sackman said:
This is where I am, too. Berman is difficult to stomach now, but for the first 10 years of ESPNs existence, Berman was the only thing they had going for them.

And keep in mind that ESPN is a subsidiary of Disney. They take orders just like the rest of us.
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Roy Firestone was allsome
 
DBT said:
I know the 'bama vs msu game is pretty big. But, man, ESPN are broadcasting from Tuscaloosa all day today and, I assume, tomorrow. I know we've talked about it ad nauseam. Frankly, this SEC dominance is damaging my enjoyment for college football. I just feel like the "playing field" is getting more and more tilted. I also have a gut feeling that I can't prove that their is so much cheating going on out there that unless you cheat, you can't compete (maybe my new slogan). I almost feel like there is a giant conspiracy going on. It feels like the NCAA turns it's head on the cheating of select, money maker programs but will bitch slap a school like CU for piddly **** as a kind of "public perception" ruse.

Am I just one of those jealous "have not" fans who is looking for some sort of validation as to why my team can't compete or is NCAA football and basketball just this huge, super secret conspiracy?
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You realize that GameDay is in Tuscaloosa tomorrow, right? ESPN did the exact same thing a few weeks ago when they were broadcasting SC all day from Tallahassee the day before the ND-FSU game.

And this is after all a #5 vs. #1 matchup in the CFP poll (4 vs. 1 in the AP, and 3 vs. 1 in the Coaches Poll).
 
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