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nothing to see here..ESPN is a fair and non biased channel. Its absolutely ludicrous and ignorant to think that ESPN would show bias towards a conference they have a multi million dollar deal with. This is plain stupid. The fact is that the SEC is the greatest collection of athletes, coaches, institutions, education, and tradition to ever grace the face of the earth. There will never be anything else worth watching but SEC content. In fact if you want something to be great...just slap an SEC sticker on it:movies, TV shows, bread, milk, pampers, prostitutes, cars etc.

Wife dont think you can handle yourself in the bedroom any more? get the new SEC underwear with matching SEC Viagra pill...she will be yelling SEC, SEC, SEC all night long.
 
Uh oh, you have done it now...The ESPiN suits will call down to their bitc...err, "commentator" Colin Cowherd to "analyze" this bias accusation. Coward will do what he does best, trotting out the "We are TV guys at ESPN, why would we feature Southern schools over big media markets like Chicago, Miami and Denver" argument. The argument would be great in the Nielsen-driven 1970s, but we are not that stupid. ESPN is now a sports personality driven network, not a media market network. Their main source of revunue is subscriber fees, not adverstising. They don't sell Cleveland, they sell Lebron (which also makes Nike, who he is contracted to, advertise on ESPN). They talk Alabama, but it is Nick Saban this and Nick Saban that...Heck, they profit from Miami because the 30 for 30s show authentic personalities, something really rare these days. ESPN bought the SEC as product line, just like they ditched limited personality EPL coverage for a UEFA Champions League full of Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben and Bayern as German villains (yes, I'm a Bayern fan). SEC is the same way: Mad Hatter, Gus, Dak, and Gurley all served up by bitc...err, "experts" on the SEC Today, uh College Gameday; with guest "commentators" Paul F and Timmy T on the SEC network.

It's ok though, ESPiN has serious sports journalists like Bill Simmons, who can never be cowed...Oh wait.
 
CaneFan79 said:
Uh oh, you have done it now...The ESPiN suits will call down to their bitc...err, "commentator" Colin Cowherd to "analyze" this bias accusation. Coward will do what he does best, trotting out the "We are TV guys at ESPN, why would we feature Southern schools over big media markets like Chicago, Miami and Denver" argument. The argument would be great in the Nielsen-driven 1970s, but we are not that stupid. ESPN is now a sports personality driven network, not a media market network. Their main source of revunue is subscriber fees, not adverstising. They don't sell Cleveland, they sell Lebron (which also makes Nike, who he is contracted to, advertise on ESPN). They talk Alabama, but it is Nick Saban this and Nick Saban that...Heck, they profit from Miami because the 30 for 30s show authentic personalities, something really rare these days. ESPN bought the SEC as product line, just like they ditched limited personality EPL coverage for a UEFA Champions League full of Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arjen Robben and Bayern as German villains (yes, I'm a Bayern fan). SEC is the same way: Mad Hatter, Gus, Dak, and Gurley all served up by bitc...err, "experts" on the SEC Today, uh College Gameday; with guest "commentators" Paul F and Timmy T on the SEC network.

It's ok though, ESPiN has serious sports journalists like Bill Simmons, who can never be cowed...Oh wait.
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last line is sad but true. they are the only game in town for sports media personalities. nobody has any leverage whatsoever against them because there are no realistic options. look at Rachel Nichols. she left for her own show and it was just cancelled. how can anyone expect anything but the corporate line? nobody will stand up against that machine.
 
They're catering to an audience largely void of professional sports of any kind, which is why they resurrected that wasteland of a conference.The massive markets on the East Coast simply don't give a shlt, which is why the cow-towns get frequented by their game day circus.
 
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