ESPN has Herd Enough
Colin Cowherd, late of ESPN was given a relatively unceremonious send off from ESPN Radio among other things conflating Dominicans, baseball, and intelligence. To paraphrase: The game is so simple even players from the Dominican Republic are good at the game and just about anybody could manage a major league baseball team. Little experience is required.
Young Dominicans play baseball and the best go to baseball camps to hone their skills, with the express purpose of going to the "Majors" In the USA, Little League Baseball and Football and Basketball and other minor sports can possibly lead to college scholarships even if they don't lead to professional careers.
Keith Olberman and Bill Simmons are leaving ESPN along with Cowherd. I think opinionated radio hosts and sports have their place, but it isn't on ESPN. It's just too easy to anger the NFL, MLB, NBA, or the NCAA and indirectly sponsors raising sand in places where the leagues and advertisers don't want to go.
Cowherd is going to Fox Sports, Simmons will be heading to HBO, and Olberman will land somewhere else and make a lot of money as well.
It will continue to be all about the "U", football players will leave the game with their brains much worse for the wear and baseball will dither about steroids and who should get into the Hall of Fame so their baseball cards will be more valuable.
The chairs might be filled by different folks but the issues will still remain.
Young Dominicans play baseball and the best go to baseball camps to hone their skills, with the express purpose of going to the "Majors" In the USA, Little League Baseball and Football and Basketball and other minor sports can possibly lead to college scholarships even if they don't lead to professional careers.
Keith Olberman and Bill Simmons are leaving ESPN along with Cowherd. I think opinionated radio hosts and sports have their place, but it isn't on ESPN. It's just too easy to anger the NFL, MLB, NBA, or the NCAA and indirectly sponsors raising sand in places where the leagues and advertisers don't want to go.
Cowherd is going to Fox Sports, Simmons will be heading to HBO, and Olberman will land somewhere else and make a lot of money as well.
It will continue to be all about the "U", football players will leave the game with their brains much worse for the wear and baseball will dither about steroids and who should get into the Hall of Fame so their baseball cards will be more valuable.
The chairs might be filled by different folks but the issues will still remain.
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