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Monday, December 15, 2008
Not So Deep Thoughts: ESPN is an enabler
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If you read my last blog, you'll know I recently came to the conclusion that TO is a major drama queen who thinks of himself first and his team a distant second. I had for years believed that his many issues were created by him but then blown way out of proportion by the media and that deep
down, he was more misunderstood than misguided. His latest drama involving Jason Witten's relationship with Tony Romo is again his own creation and while there is some merit to what TO has said, the way he went about resolving the issue is still TO being TO, which translates into his typical me-first agenda.
But Sunday night's game against the Giants proves my point for me as far as the media being an enabler of TO's drama and self-serving antics. Let me preface the following by saying: I love ESPN, couldn't live without it, and understand why they do what they do. But enough already. During the Sunday night game I switched over from NBC to ESPN to check some scores and lo and behold, guess what the No. 1 source for sports was running on the crawl on the bottom of the screen? The update gave us the score, some of the statistical leaders of the game and then added in a bonus for all of those interested in knowing how the TO/Witten/Romo soap opera was playing out. The crawl also let us know that Witten had two receptions for 31 yards and was the target of four Romo pass attempts, while TO had one reception for 13 yards and was the target on two other Romo attempts. Talk about adding fuel to the fire. Until targets is an official statistical category used in scoring for Fantasy Football, I don't need to know about it and neither do the losers who tuned in to see if the trio would drop the gloves and go at each other on the sidelines. ESPN also carried the post-game interviews live which explains them bleeding the situation for all it was worth, but enough already.
ESPN commentators are then the first ones to rip TO a new one when dissecting the game afterword, but when their own company perpetuates the situation by leading off SportsCenter with the TO saga, their self-serving tactics which apparently now include a never-before-seen "target update" on its ticker, their no better than TO. Like I said, I understand that ESPN does what it does to keep viewers tuned in and to pump up its ratings, but enough already.
You've read my thoughts on the subject, let me know yours and if you write something that inspires me, I'll send you a prize.
Monday, December 15, 2008 9:23:48 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Comments [1]
Monday, December 15, 2008 11:51:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
WELL THERE SHOULDN'T BE ALL THIS DRAMA BUT THAN AGAIN(its Dallas) ARE THEY TRYING TOO GET BACK THE SHOW OR WHAT ? IF SO DON'T BRING IT UP WHEN FOOTBALL IS ON WAIT INTIL THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN THAN PUT IT ON !! SO WE DON'T HAVE TOO HERE IT OR WATCH IT ANYMORE !! ESPN HAS TOO FIND BETTER WAYS TO GET CLOSER TO THE GAME INSTEAD OF MAKING A MOVIE /SOAP OUT OF IT !! MAYBE THEY NEED TOO TALK TOO UPPER DECK OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT TOO GET CLOSER TO THE GAME ?? AND WHY DON'T T.O. GO TOO TENNIS OR SOMETHING MAYBE GOLF ?? WELL THATS ALL !! HOPE TOO WIN A PRIZE ?? THANKS ERIC CARLSON (MARINO#13 ON THE FORUM)
ERIC CARLSON (marino#13)
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