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Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.
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Go Beavers said:ponytd said:Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.
ESPN has been been bringing politics into sports for a while now. People watch sports to escape from politics and burdens of everyday life. It's entertainment. I personally don't care what anyone there believes or if they're Liberal or Republican, but their need to bring politics into all these shows definitely affects content. I understand that sports is not immune to politics or race or wealth or whatever, and it's fine to talk about it at times, but it seems that non sports content on the channel is more geared to politics or race or whatever and the only shows that don't really ever get into that are the fantasy football show and college gameday. The higher ups at ESPN have proven that they value those who follow with their political leanings and everyone else is afraid to speak out. Jemelle Hill should not be fired for having her own opinion. However, if you're going to fire others or suspend them for saying things that lean towards the right and not do anything other than issue a statement that says "we talked to her and she should apologize" for someone that speaks their mind and is left leaning, that is showing favoritism. They should at least be consistent in their discipline, if they are going to discipline at all. In my opinion, if you're not a work and you're not using a work affiliated platform, no company should ever hold anything against you for you expressing your own opinion as long as it's not violent.
I'll ask you this though, if I'm avoiding these topics, why am I in this forum? Would I be involved in this thread if I'm so afraid of these topics? I think they're interesting topics and came for a discussion about the matter. I don't watch ESPN that much. I don't watch Fox Sports hardly at all. I don't watch Fox News at all. If I watch any news, I watch the local news or CNN usually or go on the internet and try to get different viewpoints. It's usually CNN, Washington Post and MSN. Me stating that ESPN is getting more political does not mean I'm avoiding the issue. It's a sports channel. Not a politics channel. If I want to watch a sports channel for sports, how is that avoiding important issues? So does anyone who wants to watch a football, baseball, or basketball game and just enjoy a game for 2-3 hours not care about the issues that we are facing as a country? Are all of those people empowering racists and Trump? If you go to a concert, are you also avoiding issues? What about the grocery store? Or an opera?
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cp3iverson said:Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.0
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ponytd said:Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.0
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Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.
I haven't watched SportsCenter in a while. Not because I feel they're getting "too left", but more so because, well, I don't have as much time and with social media and the rise of smartphones, I can get any and all sports news (or any news for that matter) from there and don't have to sit and watch tv. I found these two articles below that explain things in a good light, coming from ESPN itself.
http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/767/inside-and-out-espn-dealing-with-changing-political-dynamics
http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/871/espn-awash-in-rising-political-tide-2
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eddiec said:ponytd said:Go Beavers said:cp3iverson said:I boycott ESPN now just like i do CNN and fox-news. I wish i could just watch sports highlights and not have to see any kind of biased political material. I don't care what side a talking head is on. I refuse to listen to them.
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However, if my employer doesn't want me wearing my politics on my sleeve at my work, than I shouldn't. If something I wear causes customers to reject our services, and look elsewhere, my employer has every right to tell me to stop wearing politically offensive things on my head or whatever. And if I keep doing it in the name of free speech, that's fine and not illegal, not gonna get arrested for it, but my employer has every right to fire my ass if I'm turning away business. Football is a product, and a business, if the conduct of the players pisses off enough viewers and enough fans stop attending the games or quit watching, then the NFL has a problem. Sports Center use to be fun informative and humorous. Now it has become an unwatchable political soap opera. If my employer insists that every company vehicle display a pro USA design and American flag sign/icon, it is not my right as an employee to rip the sticker off because I don't like our country.Post edited by RYME on0
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If a potato chips company, would put
anti American slogans or signage on the potato chip bags, how long would it take before they would not be selling to many potato chips? Same with a major soup lable. There are still enough patriotic Americans to not have this anti American movement become the norm.0 -
RYME said:If a potato chips company, would put
anti American slogans or signage on the potato chip bags, how long would it take before they would not be selling to many potato chips? Same with a major soup lable. There are still enough patriotic Americans to not have this anti American movement become the norm.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
This is my idea of an anti-American slogan:
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
The guy sucks so bad even the cfl won't sign him!I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0
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RYME said:If a potato chips company, would put
anti American slogans or signage on the potato chip bags, how long would it take before they would not be selling to many potato chips? Same with a major soup lable. There are still enough patriotic Americans to not have this anti American movement become the norm.0 -
mcgruff10 said:The guy sucks so bad even the cfl won't sign him!
Nice work Scruffy. Start an international conflict.
Cue the 'Canada is a bunch of racists' comments that we will now have to defend."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:mcgruff10 said:The guy sucks so bad even the cfl won't sign him!
Nice work Scruffy. Start an international conflict.
Cue the 'Canada is a bunch of racists' comments that we will now have to defend.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Thirty Bills Unpaid said:mcgruff10 said:The guy sucks so bad even the cfl won't sign him!
Nice work Scruffy. Start an international conflict.
Cue the 'Canada is a bunch of racists' comments that we will now have to defend.
I mean seriously, if the CFL didn't sign him you know the guy is terrible. Just ask Doug Flutie.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
He is better than some of the garbage on display yesterday.
Jacksonville and Chicago would both be significantly better with him as their QB, imo.
SF too, for that matter.
The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
F Me In The Brain said:He is better than some of the garbage on display yesterday.
Jacksonville and Chicago would both be significantly better with him as their QB, imo.
SF too, for that matter.It's a hopeless situation...0 -
F Me In The Brain said:He is better than some of the garbage on display yesterday.
Jacksonville and Chicago would both be significantly better with him as their QB, imo.
SF too, for that matter.
I thought he would be a good fit in Miami but the Shirt thing backfired on him.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:F Me In The Brain said:He is better than some of the garbage on display yesterday.
Jacksonville and Chicago would both be significantly better with him as their QB, imo.
SF too, for that matter.
I thought he would be a good fit in Miami but the Shirt thing backfired on him.
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mcgruff10 said:Thirty Bills Unpaid said:mcgruff10 said:The guy sucks so bad even the cfl won't sign him!
Nice work Scruffy. Start an international conflict.
Cue the 'Canada is a bunch of racists' comments that we will now have to defend.
I mean seriously, if the CFL didn't sign him you know the guy is terrible. Just ask Doug Flutie.
He's bad.
As I said earlier... if he hadn't taken a knee and caused a stir... nobody would be advocating for him."My brain's a good brain!"0
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