Sportscenter Sucks

[FedEx227]

It's an outdated broadcast for the most part. There's really no reason to watch it unless you want to hear some braindead ex-players babble on. Highlights can be found online or on their respective sports channels.

 

[Villain]

Are people arguing in favor of more hockey just because they're in the finals? ESPN is like e-entertainment they talk about what the masses want to hear........in comparison to the other sports people in Amurica don't care about hockey.

Not necessarily. ESPN just gets so much tunnel vision - even in the sports they cover the most. There's no surprise that "Eastern Sports Programming Network" has become an old cliche. ESPN only cares about the handful of big names and they are getting worse at it. I understand that people love to hear about LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Brett Farve, Terrell Owens, etc. but that doesn't mean they should go and neglect every other team out there and analyze what is happening with those big names down to every last detail.

Recently, they nitpick the Heat for half of the show, then barely go over the highlights or scores of every other sporting event going on (if that much). I think that ESPN can do better by paying more attention to the other sports stories going on. I suggest that the public might be more engaged in Hockey if ESPN actually gave it quality air time and analysis. Same goes for every other major sport. Take soccer for example - the MLS Cup was between Los Angeles and New York. The two biggest media markets had their home teams in the Championship with some of the most recognizable names in soccer on the field - I don't remember ESPN even mentioning it or providing any hype at all.

I think the highest-rated and budgeted sports news show could do a better job covering more sports. The have it live on for 3 hours straight every morning, no one can tell me that they can't make time to give quality reporting and analysis on hockey, cycling, soccer, etc. Soccer especially. It's the most popular sport in the world, I think the American audience could pick it up and run with it fairly easily if presented with better and more wide-spread reports.

 

[FedEx227]

There's not really a reason for them to do that though. It's not surprising that the NBA series on ESPN is getting three times the coverage the one on TNT is. They use SportsCenter to build the leagues that are on their networks.

 

[Senser81]

There's not really a reason for them to do that though. It's not surprising that the NBA series on ESPN is getting three times the coverage the one on TNT is. They use SportsCenter to build the leagues that are on their networks.

True, but they also have contracts for MLS and EPL soccer games, yet they rarely devote any coverage to these sports. And if they do, its in typical ESPN manner..."Thierry Henry was on the bench for this game...here he is watching the game from the bench...he's gotten cold so he puts on a jacket...take a look at Manchester United...Rooney scores a goal as ManU loses 4-1 to QPR..."

 

[FedEx227]

I was unaware what they had in terms of soccer, that is interesting though. It's an outdated, out of touch product so I'm surprised people still use it for anything but the games themselves (which is an adventure too MOAR NOMAR).

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

Unless I'm reading the numbers wrong, the ECF last night quadrupled the Stanley Cup Finals last night. ESPN is gonna talk about what people are watching. Sure, the TV contracts do have some impact on how much time will be spent, but it ultimately comes down to what people are watching.

 

[BigBucs]

25.7% of their time devoted to the NBA and not a single Spurs player in the top mentions list :yao:

Hope you dont have your hopes up regarding another title. Its painfully obvious who they are looking to "make" into a champion. The home team getting the whistles is nothing new but that game last night was fuckin awful. I thought the Thunder were getting jobbed but the reffing in the first 2 games in the ECF has been atrocious.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Entertainment Tonight will give you Tom Cruise on the red carpet, they will give you gossip, they will give you what the new releases are this week. ET doesn't talk about the director, won't give any time to the co-star, and is not going to dig deep and analyze Hollywood's inner workings.

SportsCenter is ET. They'll give you Lebron, they'll give you Tiger, they'll give you Tebow. They'll have "experts" give shallow analysis of surface level stories. They'll give you scores, but only the scores of the "big games". You aren't getting a Mariners/Blue Jays highlight, just like ET isn't giving you the director of a movie breaking down why they cut a scene. They'll show you Master's clips, but mostly Tiger (no matter how far back he is) and maybe a shot or two of the leader sinking an easy put, just to shoehorn him in.

It's drive by, populist sports coverage. It has zero depth. It isn't for us. It's for the guy who couldn't tell you a player on the Heat not named Lebron or Wade, or name a golfer aside from Tiger. It's for the guy who watches 2 hours of sports per week on the weekend. And they do a great job catering to that guy.

 

[BigBucs]

"Reality" TV is dominating the airwaves so its no surprise.

 

[MvP]

W2B nailed it. Pretty much exactly what I was going to say but without the strong ET correlation. ESPN knows exactly what they are doing, it's all in the marketing.

 

[Villain]

True, but they also have contracts for MLS and EPL soccer games, yet they rarely devote any coverage to these sports. And if they do, its in typical ESPN manner..."Thierry Henry was on the bench for this game...here he is watching the game from the bench...he's gotten cold so he puts on a jacket...take a look at Manchester United...Rooney scores a goal as ManU loses 4-1 to QPR..."

If I could give you 100 thanks...

 

[NAHSTE]

ESPN's soccer coverage is basically "Hey, check out which low level La Liga clubs Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo made a fool of this week!" in their top 10 plays segment.

 

[FirstTimer]

SC gave more highlights today to the spelling bee then they did to the Brazil US soccer match the other day

:gayrod:

 

[spiker]

SC gave more highlights today to the spelling bee then they did to the Brazil US soccer match the other day

:gayrod:

Well, the spelling bee competitors were playing for keeps. US-Brazil was just a friendly.