ESPN Lays Off Ed Werder

[Alexander]

 

[Trouty]

Well. This is a little shocking to hear from you. I figured you would be part of their target demographic.

Meanie!!

Well, I am, but I despise Vice. Have ever since they went to HBO and moreso now with that new channel. They used to be good. Trendsetters of sorts back in the day. Now they got all corporate and silly and shock-journalism.

Give me Frontline, Nova, Al-Jazeera every day of the week.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Be careful. Some of the Walter Raleighs around here will have your head on a pike for that, TD.

I guess they should look for their safe places, or is that micro-aggression?

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Maybe Jerry will hire him to sell popcorn at the home games,,,

 

[Trouty]

There are unions, just not on the level you are thinking - and they've become toothless as the industry has declined.

I'll take your word for it, Pelleur.

 

[Alexander]

I guess they should look for their safe places, or is that micro-aggression?

Very much so.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

ESPN is laying off over a 100, so no, he did not do something special other than being there a long time and probably being paid too much.

Someone should start a sexual harassment lawsuit before they get axed!

 

[Alexander]

Someone should start a sexual harassment lawsuit before they get axed!

Werder could go the age discrimination angle if he wanted to.

 

[cowboy_ron]

laying off implies "we can bring you back later, possibly, sorta, kinda".....um no, update your resume Eddie boy, ESPN ain't gonna reach out to you

"Laying off" is also a politically correct way of saying GT FO.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Let me take a wild guess, Mike Golic JR will never get fired as long as daddy is around doing his show.

 

[DenCWBY]

Heard Tony Romo is going to also take his spot. Bonnie Bernstein is very upset.

 

[hornitosmonster]

Let me take a wild guess, Mike Golic JR will never get fired as long as daddy is around doing his show.

Nepotism still exists.

 

[JonJon]

Espn's been axing a lot of folk, lately. Sportscenter is at its lowest ratings ever. They're reeling due to the cord cutters.

Werder should be fine. I assume he's in some sort of sports writers/reporters union and will get picked up somewhere.

Maybe if ESPN weren't so anti-Cowboys, their ratings wouldn't suck so bad.

 

[Teague31]

Who is going to make stuff up about us?

 

[Alexander]

Maybe if ESPN weren't so anti-Cowboys, their ratings wouldn't suck so bad.

Actually, the only reason their ratings are as high as they are is because they take frequent shots at the flagship franchise in the sport.

If they ever hit a ratings lag, publish or televise something stupid about the Cowboys.

 

[Alexander]

Who is going to make stuff up about us?

Don't worry someone will. Or someone will be imagined that they are doing it.

 

[JonJon]

Actually, the only reason their ratings are as high as they are is because they take frequent shots at the flagship franchise in the sport.

If they ever hit a ratings lag, publish or televise something stupid about the Cowboys.

That may be true, but hearing crap like that about the Cowboys constantly makes me not want to watch anything on ESPN. As of matter of fact, I only tuned in last season to hear the dismay of all the Cowboy haters, such as Stephen A. Smith, when the Cowboys were winning.

 

[Plankton]

Espn's been axing a lot of folk, lately. Sportscenter is at its lowest ratings ever. They're reeling due to the cord cutters.

Werder should be fine. I assume he's in some sort of sports writers/reporters union and will get picked up somewhere.

The cord cutters are only part of the issue.

It's the rights fees for the sports/events that are killing them. Having rights to college football, the NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis, etc., in addition to subsidizing the Longhorn Network, SEC Network, the soon to be ACC Network, and it's an untenable model.

 

[Trouty]

The cord cutters are only part of the issue.

It's the rights fees for the sports/events that are killing them. Having rights to college football, the NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis, etc., in addition to subsidizing the Longhorn Network, SEC Network, the soon to be ACC Network, and it's an untenable model.

Yup, I touched on that on a further post, Plankton

 

[jterrell]

Werder could go the age discrimination angle if he wanted to.

no he can't. they laid off 100 people.
he was useless to them except in breaking seedy NFL stories and the people who want that content get it much more quickly than espn.