Whitlock out at Fox Sports

Jason Whitlock is Leaving FS1 [UPDATE]

 

Surprising. Nobody kissed more ass and played to a fox audience like Whitlock the last few years.

 

Odd that the normally omnipresent Whitlock is in the void. Particularly now. Nobody can say he ever picked his spots - seemed to be a regular presence on all of Fox's tv and radio shows. Got to be awkward when all of those "good friends" never mention him again on air. Did he get another deal elsewhere and he has a noncompete? Fox should have known he was fooling around when he started losing weight.

 

https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/jason-whitlock-leaving-fox-sports-after-contract-impasse/

 

“Whitlock, 53, is believed to be looking into starting his own direct-to-consumer business, according to sources.”

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA good luck with that

 

Next stop: Breitbart

 

We're seeing a thinning out, I believe, in the FOX/ESPN sports reporting ranks for fewer (or simply cheaper) replacements.

Information specialists have value. Woj, Schefter, Glazer. They get scoops. That's the value now. Who is first with confirmed big information.

This happened to Pam Oliver a few years ago. She did a strong job of getting information on FOX, pre-Twitter. Then her value decreased as Twitter got more scoops. Then FOX simply replaced her with younger and, in some cases, cheaper. Sideline reporters who aren't constantly breaking stories now need another skill set -- anchoring/hosting pre-game shows. Maria Taylor and Laura Rutledge are making that jump. Erin Andrews couldn't anchor worth a damn -- she was fortunate in her timing in the business but even her value is declining as she doesn't break stories. She is just another person asking the coach two questions at halftime.

 

Maria Taylor doesn’t strike me as much of a host. (But neither does Samantha Ponder).

Sage Steele had more anchoring talent. Wrong politics though.

 

Not right now because she's not very interesting, funny nor opinionated. But the WWL is, clearly, hitching a wagon to her. She'll get a lot of "at-bats" on studio shows. That'll probably be her next move because, if ESPN won't let her anchor a lot, someone else (FOX, whomever gets the SEC package, etc.) will.

As for Sage, she's excellent at playing NBA host "traffic cop".

 

I always wondered where Jeanne Zelasko went.