More Cuts at ESPN

My son has a friend who had a senior editor's position at ESPN the Magazine. He found another gig in NYC at the end of summer and left as soon as he could. He told my son months ago he was far from the only one looking to bail.

 

The thing I am curious about was that after ESPN's last round of layoffs, they then hired a bunch of new people. Now more layoffs. It's strange to me how they go steps back, one step up as it were.

 

If I could draw a picture of a cow sticking its head up its own ass, I would paste it here.

 

My guess would be they feel like they need to produce close to the same amount of content they always have, but do it cheaper. So new, cheaper people.

 

Ok. Good point. Then I'll draw a cheaper cash cow sticking its head up its own ass.

 

Yes, and one of those newer, cheaper people will be replacing Tennessee-coach-in-waiting-John Gruden.

 

Wonder if Jamele will survive this round of cuts.

 

Some structure changes are needed. The games are their bread and butter, of course, and they're tied into some long-term deals, The rest? SportsCenter is a disaster at night (save SVP) and, save for Around the Horn, PTI, Outside the Lines and the college football and NFL dailies, I'd throw out the rest of the dayside too.

 

Agree with most of this statement. I absolutely can't stand the Talking Heads shows. I don't give a shit about 99% of what they say or their opinions. They need to stick to games, news, and long-form features like 30 For 30.