52 Reasons ESPN/ABC/Disney Sucks
Saw this today, check out the list.
Just from the title you know this is something worth reading. By now you should know of my numerous problems with ESPN and also how much I enjoy lists, especially ones with 52 items.
Some that I agree are terrible that I’d like to mention:
Stu Scott
The Hot Seat (I’d include any of the stupid non-sports segments on Sports Center)
Scoreboard Sound Effects – I’ve been complaining about this for a while. I have a lot of problems with score bugs in general but sound effects are not needed.
Ron Jaworski not used enough – I can’t stand Jaws, his ‘backseat role’ should be pushed further back in the car.
All of points complaining about Chris Berman.
Lee Corso
Mike Gottfried – I actually didn’t notice how terrible he was until he covered the Penn State-Michigan State game. For fun I’d like to see him call a hockey game, he talks so slow he’d only be mentioning when a goal is scored.
John Clayton and Sean Salisbury – I actually thing Clayton would be ok on his own. I was rooting very hard for Salisbury to take that coaching job this past offseason so that I would not have to listen to him anymore.
Woody Paige
World Series of Poker – The list only seems to have a problem with the marathons. Poker should not be on ESPN at all, maybe on ESPN2.
Ones I don’t Agree with:
High School athletes committing to college. I think its great they cover this. When D-Will made his announcement I watched ESPNEWS all afternoon.
Mark May – The only college football analyst I actually like. They had him paired with Trev Alberts before Trev got fired. Treb by the way was the worst college football analyst.
PTI – They don’t complain about the show but don’t blame PTI for anything. Its the second best show on the network, behind Baseball Tonight of course.
Things that need to be on the list:
Bottom Line – I don’t mind it on Sports Center but get it off the screen during games, get it off ESPN2 while you’re at it.
Kirk Herbstreet – Corso is on the list but no Kirk? They should be combined in to one, or put next to each other to pad the number of items on your list. Keep Fowler and start over on Gameday.
The Top 10 List – Its not difficult to rank plays in a decent order, yet they screw it up nightly.
Did You Know? - The best part of Sports Center when I was little.
Highlights on Sports Center – I can analyze on my own, just show me what happened.
Stats on Sports Center – I really stopped watching when they stopped showing the full screen stats after each highlight. The Bottom Line should not contain more stats than on the screen and I shouldn’t have to wait for them if I’ve just watched the highlight.
I hope I get back to this topic soon enough. I watch ESPN so rarely now, if anything I’ll watch ESPNEWS during the day and then College Football on the weekends.