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Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 7:55 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:can we start a poll to see how many people liked or disliked him? it seems to be very important
What if it is both? Can that be an option in said poll?
we shall refer to that as "neutral"
That sounds like I don't have an opinion, but I most certainly do!
the poll shall have a simple yes, no, neutral and also an option for someone to express their well thought out opinion stating both why they like and dislike mr. scott (is he related to coretta btw?)...the last option will be designated by the name of the rmer who holds said extensive opinion

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 7:58 pm
by Monkey_Driven
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:can we start a poll to see how many people liked or disliked him? it seems to be very important
What if it is both? Can that be an option in said poll?
we shall refer to that as "neutral"
That sounds like I don't have an opinion, but I most certainly do!
the poll shall have a simple yes, no, neutral and also an option for someone to express their well thought out opinion stating both why they like and dislike mr. scott (is he related to coretta btw?)...the last option will be designated by the name of the rmer who holds said extensive opinion
:nice:

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 8:07 pm
by Chris_H_2
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:(is he related to coretta btw?)
yes, as well as byron, dred, george c., willard, and great

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 8:12 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:(is he related to coretta btw?)
yes, as well as byron, dred, george c., willard, and great
is willard adopted?

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 8:22 pm
by Chris_H_2
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:(is he related to coretta btw?)
yes, as well as byron, dred, george c., willard, and great
is willard adopted?
no, he converted

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 8:24 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:(is he related to coretta btw?)
yes, as well as byron, dred, george c., willard, and great
is willard adopted?
no, he converted
i know you probably don't deal with this kind of thing in the type law you practice...but do you know what kind of paperwork, fees, etc...are involved in converting races? i'm asking for an alex

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 8:28 pm
by Chris_H_2
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:(is he related to coretta btw?)
yes, as well as byron, dred, george c., willard, and great
is willard adopted?
no, he converted
i know you probably don't deal with this kind of thing in the type law you practice...but do you know what kind of paperwork, fees, etc...are involved in converting races? i'm asking for an alex
i think it depends on (i) whether you're south of the mason/dixon line, and (ii) to which race you're converting

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Mon January 05, 2015 9:03 pm
by @SkitchP
The double lower case "i" is how you know he's a lawyer.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 7:02 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
So I was directed to a link while I was reading up on Bucs' draft strategies. The link was an analysis on ESPN.com Apparently, unless you are an "Insider", you cannot read ANY of the draft analysis articles for the upcoming NFL draft. Suck it, Kiper and McShay.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 7:07 pm
by Electromatic
E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I was directed to a link while I was reading up on Bucs' draft strategies. The link was an analysis on ESPN.com Apparently, unless you are an "Insider", you cannot read ANY of the draft analysis articles for the upcoming NFL draft. Suck it, Kiper and McShay.

There's nothing really all that interesting you can't get elsewhere. Mayock's articles are still free over at NFL.com as far as I know.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 7:47 pm
by Green Habit
I'm still trying to figure out how their Insider model is even viable since you can Google the title and usually find it copied and pasted somewhere on the internet.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:32 pm
by Chris_H_2
My brother in subscribed to ESPN the Magazine about 6 years ago (and only for 1 year), and received a free insider account. It still works. I've been using his username and password ever since. The best thing I use it for is to read the comments to Jim Bowden's inane articles.

To Nick's point, I don't know how their business model works, but it sucks pretty badly.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:35 pm
by Green Habit
Chris_H_2 wrote:My brother in subscribed to ESPN the Magazine about 6 years ago (and only for 1 year), and received a free insider account. It still works. I've been using his username and password ever since. The best thing I use it for is to read the comments to Jim Bowden's inane articles.

To Nick's point, I don't know how their business model works, but it sucks pretty badly.
Thinking about it a bit more, ESPN probably makes enough money through commercials and bending TV providers over that they can afford to take a loss on this.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:36 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
About once a year I write them to see if I can get a video of my dog when he made top ten plays of the day. Every time, I get "it is not our policy to release videos to the public". It isn't on the internet (it was 2005) and lately I tell them how my dog is old and I would like it as a memory. I suppose when my dog passes I can send them a picture of my dead dog, they can compare it to the video they have of him, and release to me the video. I hate ESPN.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:39 pm
by Norah
I have an insider account for the fantasy baseball push notifications.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:39 pm
by BurtReynolds
Why does Espn hate dogs so much?

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue February 17, 2015 8:41 pm
by Chris_H_2
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I suppose when my dog passes I can send them a picture of my dead dog, they can compare it to the video they have of him, and release to me the video. I hate ESPN.
or you could send them the dog

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue March 17, 2015 2:38 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Man, Dick Vitale looks like sh*t.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue March 17, 2015 6:27 pm
by bodysnatcher
E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I was directed to a link while I was reading up on Bucs' draft strategies. The link was an analysis on ESPN.com Apparently, unless you are an "Insider", you cannot read ANY of the draft analysis articles for the upcoming NFL draft. Suck it, Kiper and McShay.
I had several projects that coordinated with the "Insider" team. They don't know what the fuck they are doing.

It's a useless subscription. It's just typical vanilla ESPN writing times 3 or 4. You'll find the same info on any other major or minor sports blog, and it will be presented 100 times better.

Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...

Posted: Tue March 17, 2015 6:49 pm
by Monkey_Driven
bodysnatcher wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I was directed to a link while I was reading up on Bucs' draft strategies. The link was an analysis on ESPN.com Apparently, unless you are an "Insider", you cannot read ANY of the draft analysis articles for the upcoming NFL draft. Suck it, Kiper and McShay.
I had several projects that coordinated with the "Insider" team. They don't know what the fuck they are doing.

It's a useless subscription. It's just typical vanilla ESPN writing times 3 or 4. You'll find the same info on any other major or minor sports blog, and it will be presented 100 times better.
I do enjoy their player profiles for every NBA player prior to every season.