The Slow Death of ESPN

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ESPN has for as long as I have been alive, been the go to place for sports news and to watch games. Waking up to watch College Gameday or Sportscenter and see the things that I may have missed or relive some of the best moments in sports. They were the industry leader in sports content and everyone was chasing them.

I believe that time is coming to a close and it is coming faster than most expect. With outlets such as Barstool Sports and Bleacher Report coming on to the sports scene ESPN has lost some of its following and I think I know the answer to that as well.

When I go looking for sports news that’s all I am looking for is sports news. I don’t want to hear about politics or anything of that nature. That is what Fox’s News and CNN are for. I don’t go to a sports website to see which player disapproves of the president this week. I go to see what the score was to the late NBA game that I fell asleep watching.

That principle is what is killing ESPN. They have allowed the people who announce and speak for them to make that their own personal soap box to speak about things that have nothing to do with sports and they have driven away people such as my self.

ESPN if you didn’t have the rights to sports games your ratings would be way worse than they are. I saw that you are thinking of dropping your NFL rights. Let me help you with that. Don’t.  You already lost a lot of respect from people because you let Barstool go because your to liberal to stand up and say something. But that’s ok get rid of the few commodities you have left that bring people like me in. Because someone will pick them up and do way better than you are now.

This is all my opinion of course but I believe we are witnessing the death of the once great entertainment giant that is ESPN.

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