Keyshawn Johnson out at ESPN

[WoodysGirl]

 

[big dog cowboy]

Meshawn out at ESPN? That is a good start.

 

[FloridaRob]

Should have had him replace skip bayless. That would be an improvement. And keyshawn is horrible.

 

[mattjames2010]

Wish he can take everyone at ESPN with him.

 

[Bigdog]

Should have had him replace skip bayless. That would be an improvement. And keyshawn is horrible.

And Stephen A also. That guy is so annoying

 

[viman96]

Did they throw him the damn door?

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Only guy I like a lot on ESPN is Dilfer. I think he's fair and typically right

 

[Texas_Pete]

Did they throw him the damn door?

 

[kristie]

good. i have never liked him.

 

[Nightman]

ESPN is hemorrhaging cash and Disney isn't happy. They need to cut over 300m from their budget. A lot more will follow.

They paid way too much for the NBA and NFL and overestimated the threat from Fox Sports1.

 

[casmith07]

ESPN is hemorrhaging cash and Disney isn't happy. They need to cut over 300m from their budget. A lot more will follow.

They paid way too much for the NBA and NFL and overestimated the threat from Fox Sports1.

They need to usher out high dollar dinosaurs like Chris Berman and Tom Jackson.

 

[kristie]

They need to usher out high dollar dinosaurs like Chris Berman and Tom Jackson.

i agree.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

The best thing they could do is get rid of the rest of these big name guys and start over with some younger, freshly retired ex-players that people actually want to hear from. Most people I know are completely tired of these old guys anyway.

 

[tyke1doe]

ESPN is hemorrhaging cash and Disney isn't happy. They need to cut over 300m from their budget. A lot more will follow.

They paid way too much for the NBA and NFL and overestimated the threat from Fox Sports1.

Would that be underestimated as in they didn't take seriously the threat Fox Sports 1 presented or overestimated in the sense they bid more for sports programming because of Fox Sports 1, handed out too much cash and are now regretting it?

 

[tyke1doe]

Did they throw him the damn door?

They definitely showed him.

 

[Nightman]

Would that be underestimated as in they didn't take seriously the threat Fox Sports 1 presented or overestimated in the sense they bid more for sports programming because of Fox Sports 1, handed out too much cash and are now regretting it?

Definitely overestimated in the sense they bid more for sports programming because of Fox Sports1

They got into bidding wars for on-air talent and committed 24b over 9 years for the NBA. That was a 180 percent increase from 930m a year to 2.6b a year.

 

[LandryFan]

Definitely overestimated in the sense they bid more for sports programming because of Fox Sports1

They got into bidding wars for on-air talent and committed 24b over 9 years for the NBA. That was a 180 percent increase from 930m a year to 2.6b a year.

That's actually 280% increase, but what's a measly billion or so $$ here and there?

 

[tyke1doe]

Definitely overestimated in the sense they bid more for sports programming because of Fox Sports1

They got into bidding wars for on-air talent and committed 24b over 9 years for the NBA. That was a 180 percent increase from 930m a year to 2.6b a year.

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[YosemiteSam]

The dominoes have been tumbling for a while. The question really is, do they plan to replace him or is he just another of the layoff dominoes?

 

[John813]

Wow. Nine years.

Remember when he just joined.

Can't say I'll miss watching him.