You know,
Just when you think that something could possibly be any "Less Disney" then the Insane Clown Possey signing to the Disney Record Label, you come to find out that ESPN, is owned by Disney. As a native of the middle of North America that ESPN has never heard of, I find it hard to beleive that the same institution that brought us 101 Dalmations and Aladin could also be beaming moving pictures of Tony Kornheiser into my home on a daily basis, berating everything about the place I was born and raised and come to love with all of my being. An institution that broadcast more New York Met games last season then the two teams who played in the World Series combined. A company who has never seen a Yankee or Red Sock transaction that it didn't absolutely love for fear of losing the fan bases that surround them. A company who berates teams who are down on their luck like a bully in the playground kicking a kid half his size.
I know, if I don't like it, then I don't have to watch it. Well, if there was a guy, standing in the street, outside of your house, shouting expletives about you and your family, I guess you could just ignore that too, right?
ESPN calls itself "The Worldwide Leader in Sports". This would make sense if the 1-95 corridor was "The World" and not a relatively small region of one country, on one continent, in one hemisphere.
The more logical slogan that Disney should adopt for ESPN would be "The Worldwide Leader in Sports pertaining to said sports that are played between Boston and Philadelphia".
Sure they kind of pay attention to eveyone else. But they make the task of covering anyone outside of their comfort zone seem like it's court ordered labor. They take every oportunity to poke fun at the fan base, their teams and their city. They are around in the sense of an abusive parent, never around for anything good and all over you for anything bad.
I truely beleive that ESPN's financial interests are killing professional sports outside of the top 5 to 10 US markets.
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