Suggestion Box
Dear ESPN,
I couldn’t find a suggestion box on the side of my television, so I thought an appeal blog might do the trick.
Hate to grouse, fellas, but I have a couple questions/suggestions. Do you guys really think the potential for labor strife in the NFL merits such breathless, mind-numbing repetition of the same non-report of anything happening.
How many times can Chris Mortenson say the same damn thing, which is nothing?
That’s because nothing has happened. Or if it has, most football fans could care less. Show the games, talk strategy, and show replays. We already know owners are a richer version of spoiled athletes; they just don’t have the skills.
At least you gave it a rest to report the death of Kirby Puckett, a man for whom baseball was indeed life.
Saturday evening, on ESPN radio, the host was incredulous that the NFL labor issue was the top story of its broadcast. Hello? It was the top story because ESPN decided it was. It’s March. The National Football League is a marketing gorilla, but can we give it a rest for a while.
Suggestion #2 has to do with the theory that having Dick Vitale broadcast a college basketball game in which your team wins is only slight better than having him broadcast one in which your team loses. Is there any way you can put him the studio? At courtside he is propelled by the same stale launch codes: “He going to be a star,” “Get a TO baby,” and his endless praise of the obvious. He rarely offers insights but is long on shouting.
Finally, as a sports fan, the game has always been the focal point of my interest. But as your programmers who believe watching semi-clever sports writers argue among themselves is entertaining and the Terrell Owenses of the world, take over your network, please remember that ESPN was a great idea and has been the gold standard for life’s toy department for years.
The suggestion is to find the good in the games again.