At ESPN, rats are fleeing a sinking ship

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New York Post
By Mark W. Sanchez
November 20, 2017


Thanksgiving week is here, and many inside ESPN are giving special thanks for jobs they hope will last past the holidays.


In the next few weeks, the Worldwide Leader is expected to undergo another round of massive layoffs — Sporting News cites 40-60 layoffs coming, with Sports Illustrated reporting the number will exceed 100 — and the next wave of who’s-next worry has many scanning their options.


According to a Monday Sporting News report, which cited a source at a rival network, some ESPN staffers already are sending out “just-in-case” résumés to competitors such as FS1, NBCSN and Turner Sports.


“The narrative from many long-timers still there is: ‘I know my day is coming. It’s not if. It’s when,'” another source told the site.


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https://nypost.com/2017/11/20/some-worried-espners-are-sending-out-resumes/

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Free market does its job.

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All of us on this board predicted this over a year ago. As soon as ESPN moved from sports reports to 'racial justice' and politics, it was clear where they were heading.


And it is not over yet.

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All of us on this board predicted this over a year ago. As soon as ESPN moved from sports reports to 'racial justice' and politics, it was clear where they were heading.


And it is not over yet.

They also made the critical move to concentrate on the most liberal of the professional sports, Pro basketball, which caters to the most left-leaning fans out there.

I believe they thought the athletes represented the fans.  They targeted wrongly as it is not the athletes who pay the bills, it is the fans.