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ESPN suspends third host in two weeks, is run by out-of-control cowards

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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,147 Standard Supporter
    ESPN has reached Kim GRINOLDSFS territory.
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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,147 Standard Supporter
    doogsinparadise said:

    I was just pointing out that ESPN is attempting to get out ahead of any 'social justice' campaigns as a business decision. Why would a company want or need to prove a point?

    They're going overboard. They instruct guys like Screamin' A. Smith and Skip to be loud and opinionated, then suspend them for saying anything remotely controversial. Only a few kooks would take offense to any of those "incidents."
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  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 15,433 Founders Club
    My Grandpappy always told me ..."never hit a lady....but if she hits you first she's no lady."
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  • Mad_Son
    Mad_Son Member Posts: 10,194
    I am for ESPN and against domestic violence so I am alright with this.
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  • DeepSeaZ
    DeepSeaZ Member Posts: 3,901
    I like to suspend employees for something that happened before they worked for me. That's what I like to do.
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  • Mad_Son
    Mad_Son Member Posts: 10,194
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Mad_Son said:

    I am for ESPN and against domestic violence so I am alright with this.

    I've always enjoyed your posts, but you have got to be fucking kidding me. It happened over 20 years ago. Who is for domestic violence? Most civilized people aren't. Suspending him is stupid and ESPN is shit. I don't get what is hard about this. I guess fuck Kellerman for being honest. Let's get our pitch forks out for anyone who did something stupid 20 years ago. What the fuck ever happened to forgiving someone instead of punishing them for mistakes 20 years later? It's insane.

    It's so stupid that we justify what crimes are worse than others. If he talked about getting a DUI 20 years ago, nobody would flinch. He could have killed someone though! If he talked about knocking a small drunk guy unconscious, that would be fine, but an open handed slap to a woman, oh no the terror! Break a guy's nose, giving him pain and medical bills, fine. Slap a girl after she slapped you, get punished 20 years later.

    Lastly, ESPN is a fucking joke. They are huge hypocrites. This is the same network that has Charlie Sheen, a noted drug addict and woman beater, host Baseball Tonight and they frequently feature Lil Wayne, another drug addict who frequently raps about "bitches" who suck his dick, glamorizes dealing drugs and murder, etc.
    I actually really dislike ESPN but had to have the juxtaposition. The point is if they have a personality who admits on air to doing something atrocious, they have a right to take a stand and say this is reprehensible, we don't support it, and just because it happened a long time ago we aren't going to just ignore it. If they have an employee who comes out and says they currently abuse their partner I would expect them to fire the person. Sure, they are huge hypocrites, but I'd rather they get something right once in a while instead of nothing right.
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