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6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

YouTube killed SportsCenter. The only reason anyone watched SportsCenter was for the highlights. YouTube can give us those now without a couple of idiots screaming over them.

I think ESPN allowed youtube/the internet to kill them personally. 

They went to the 24 hr model and then the highlights became fewer and further between, instead it was filled with talking heads and BS about The Golden Calf of Bristol, Lebron, and Lebron's tweets on The Golden Calf of Bristol. This lead to people finding and posting the highlights online, which drove people away from viewing ESPN.

At least that's how it happened with me. 

Even now if I want to watch a highlight that's maybe 15 seconds on ESPN.com I have to sit through an ad that's 30 seconds long. They're model is just terrible all around. 

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1 minute ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I think ESPN allowed youtube/the internet to kill them personally. 

They went to the 24 hr model and then the highlights became fewer and further between, instead it was filled with talking heads and BS about The Golden Calf of Bristol, Lebron, and Lebron's tweets on The Golden Calf of Bristol. This lead to people finding and posting the highlights online, which drove people away from viewing ESPN.

At least that's how it happened with me. 

Even now if I want to watch a highlight that's maybe 15 seconds on ESPN.com I have to sit through an ad that's 30 seconds long. They're model is just terrible all around. 

Definitely agree. It's been years since I've watching anything on ESPN other than a live sporting event. That and their talking heads became more and more over the top with their ridiculous stances that seemed obviously more toward generating controversy and water cooler discussion in a desperate effort to gain more viewers than they were about honest discussion.

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1 hour ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I think ESPN allowed youtube/the internet to kill them personally. 

They went to the 24 hr model and then the highlights became fewer and further between, instead it was filled with talking heads and BS about The Golden Calf of Bristol, Lebron, and Lebron's tweets on The Golden Calf of Bristol. This lead to people finding and posting the highlights online, which drove people away from viewing ESPN.

At least that's how it happened with me. 

Even now if I want to watch a highlight that's maybe 15 seconds on ESPN.com I have to sit through an ad that's 30 seconds long. They're model is just terrible all around. 

I remember back in the 1980's when I watched Australian Rules Football on ESPN.

Australian Rules Football >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the entire team of ESPN blatherers

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1 hour ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I think ESPN allowed youtube/the internet to kill them personally. 

They went to the 24 hr model and then the highlights became fewer and further between, instead it was filled with talking heads and BS about The Golden Calf of Bristol, Lebron, and Lebron's tweets on The Golden Calf of Bristol. This lead to people finding and posting the highlights online, which drove people away from viewing ESPN.

At least that's how it happened with me. 

Even now if I want to watch a highlight that's maybe 15 seconds on ESPN.com I have to sit through an ad that's 30 seconds long. They're model is just terrible all around. 

Just to add, I hate the fact that the time when they can show highlights, they do 5 minutes of highlights and 25 minutes of stories about make a wish kids.  I enjoy a make a wish story occasionally, but honestly, I watch sports to ignore the harsh realities of life.  It's also this reason why I don't care for the drama some athletes create.

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2 hours ago, Cracka McNasty said:

I think ESPN allowed youtube/the internet to kill them personally. 

They went to the 24 hr model and then the highlights became fewer and further between, instead it was filled with talking heads and BS about The Golden Calf of Bristol, Lebron, and Lebron's tweets on The Golden Calf of Bristol. This lead to people finding and posting the highlights online, which drove people away from viewing ESPN.

At least that's how it happened with me. 

Even now if I want to watch a highlight that's maybe 15 seconds on ESPN.com I have to sit through an ad that's 30 seconds long. They're model is just terrible all around. 

further their website sucks in terms of playing videos

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2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

YouTube killed SportsCenter. The only reason anyone watched SportsCenter was for the highlights. YouTube can give us those now without a couple of idiots screaming over them.

yeah NFL primetime was pretty much the best way to see highlights from other games

maybe it's nostalgia clouding things but there are a ton of old clips on youtube and i think they still hold up

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15 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

I remember back in the 1980's when I watched Australian Rules Football on ESPN.

Australian Rules Football >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the entire team of ESPN blatherers

I've just started getting into this on Fox Sports 2.

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