Metal Sludge Gossip Board

ESTPN = Entertainment and Sports Talk Programming Network.

Setting up my dvr yesterday I noticed that there was hardly anything worth watching on ESPN and there was a bunch of soccer matches on Fox Soccer

Yesterday on ESPN and ESPN 2 . . . a combined 48 hours of programming.

2 college basketball games on at once . . . one college basketball game afterwards

That's 6 hours of sports and 42 hours of sports talk/highlights/preview/review shows

Today on ESPN and ESPN 2

2 college basketball games on at once followed by two more college basketball games on at the same time.

That's 8 hours of sports and 40 hours of sports talk/highlights/preview/review shows

Yesterday on Fox Soccer . . . 20 hours of programming and 4 hours of paid programming.

7 soccer matches for 14 hours and 6 hours of sports talk/highlights/preview/review shows.

Today on Fox Soccer

6 soccer matches for 12 hours and 8 hours of sports talk/highlights/preview/review shows

ESPN and ESPN 2 over 2 days . . . 14 hours of sports and 82 hours of guys in suits with faked arguments talking about sports.

Fox Soccer over 2 days . . . 26 hours of sports, 14 hours of sports talk and 8 hours of infomercials. And I didn't add in Fox Soccer Plus which is 24/7 with lots of rugby on late at night.

With three soccer channels, NFL Network, MLB Network and the NBA Network, I haven't sat through an entire Sports Center in over 8 years and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

ESPN is pretty much a marketing arm of the NFL and ESPECIALLY the NBA.


About 5% of the TV personalities there have any idea WTF they are talking about.

Soccer isn't considered a sport in the US. Not enough commercials.

What generation are you? I'm part of the generation that came home from school and turned on Sportscenter the first thing while doing homework.

FullDJacket wrote:What generation are you? I'm part of the generation that came home from school and turned on Sportscenter the first thing while doing homework.

I'm from the generation that said fuck homework and spray painted a cop car.

FullDJacket wrote:What generation are you? I'm part of the generation that came home from school and turned on Sportscenter the first thing while doing homework.

You must be young or lived on the west coast, because when ESPM first came out sportscenter wasn't on right after school. Dog Shows and Austrailina Rules Football were .

I think NBC Sports is going to overtake ESPN amongst hardcore fans. ESPN has to quit pretending anybody gives a fuck about the NBA anymore.