Please keep this on topic and not about the person making the comments.
The following was part of The Bill Simmons Podcast Keith Olbermann made these comments about Sports Center:
“It can’t be the centerpiece of the operation,” said Olbermann. “But […] they don’t know that. All the attempts to modify it are predicated on the idea that it can be what it was two years ago, five years ago, 20 years ago when Dan and I did it.”
Another problem is that the interests and attention span of the sports fan have become increasingly focused. Fans who want to know about the Browns quarterback situation, for example, don’t want to hear about the Yankees game that night. So they’ll get the news they need when they want it, on their terms.
“It’s not solvable,” Olbermann said. “Ultimately, ESPNews would become the SportsCenterchannel and it will be 24 hours a day, and it will serve a great purpose and people will enjoy it. And it’ll be the third- or fourth-level of interest within the ESPN family, and they’ll have to live with that.”
Olbermann also shared a conversation he had with Fox Sports Networks president Jamie Horowitz (whom he worked with at ESPN) which included his ideas for how the modern sports show could be reinvented, if there was any hope for such a program anymore. As Olbermann visualizes it, such a show would have to be “lightning-fast” and be willing to cover other sports coverage and networks, such as ESPN. Much as how he reacted to and criticized Fox News while he was at MSNBC, or how Deadspin once covered ESPN.
“It can have no sacred cows,” he said. “And you must approach the leagues and the owners and everybody else with utter cynicism.”
http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/kei...s-sportscenter-cant-be-fixed-its-not-solvable
The part I bolded I agree with. I rarely watch any non-live event on ESPN, but in September for example I am not going to set thru MLB highlights and in December site thru NBA/NHL highlights on SportsCenter to see CFB highlights
The following was part of The Bill Simmons Podcast Keith Olbermann made these comments about Sports Center:
“It can’t be the centerpiece of the operation,” said Olbermann. “But […] they don’t know that. All the attempts to modify it are predicated on the idea that it can be what it was two years ago, five years ago, 20 years ago when Dan and I did it.”
Another problem is that the interests and attention span of the sports fan have become increasingly focused. Fans who want to know about the Browns quarterback situation, for example, don’t want to hear about the Yankees game that night. So they’ll get the news they need when they want it, on their terms.
“It’s not solvable,” Olbermann said. “Ultimately, ESPNews would become the SportsCenterchannel and it will be 24 hours a day, and it will serve a great purpose and people will enjoy it. And it’ll be the third- or fourth-level of interest within the ESPN family, and they’ll have to live with that.”
Olbermann also shared a conversation he had with Fox Sports Networks president Jamie Horowitz (whom he worked with at ESPN) which included his ideas for how the modern sports show could be reinvented, if there was any hope for such a program anymore. As Olbermann visualizes it, such a show would have to be “lightning-fast” and be willing to cover other sports coverage and networks, such as ESPN. Much as how he reacted to and criticized Fox News while he was at MSNBC, or how Deadspin once covered ESPN.
“It can have no sacred cows,” he said. “And you must approach the leagues and the owners and everybody else with utter cynicism.”
http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/kei...s-sportscenter-cant-be-fixed-its-not-solvable
The part I bolded I agree with. I rarely watch any non-live event on ESPN, but in September for example I am not going to set thru MLB highlights and in December site thru NBA/NHL highlights on SportsCenter to see CFB highlights
