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One sleaze versus another.......

ESPN has absolutely ZERO room to talk about character and integrity in any way.
Posted: 01/01/2024 at 03:53 PM ET
(In response to this post by HokieAl)

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Disney had the ESPN announcers say the 12 team has too many Conf Champions!
Stech • 12/31/23 08:44 AM ET
Yeah, they’re called talking points and they come from on-high.
YardBird • 01/01/24 05:22 PM ET
They have also been using the “character” line a lot today
HokieAl • 01/01/24 03:48 PM ET
Giving it All Up For the Team has Went out of Style
WarHog38 • 01/01/24 05:37 PM ET
One sleaze versus another....... ◄
2hhoop3 • 01/01/24 03:53 PM ET
That would be damaging the conf championships.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:34 AM ET
Every conference champ means one less SEC team in the playoff.**
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 05:58 AM ET
Business **
VaTechHokiesACC • 12/31/23 09:56 PM ET
Certainly, it’s also why the Fortune 500 turns over so much, short term
Stech • 01/01/24 12:37 AM ET
The preferred systems would be to give
Vippie1 • 12/31/23 05:08 PM ET
One other thing makes me think they are trying to change things
HokieAl • 12/31/23 03:38 PM ET
With the BB Tourney, is it really that bad for ratings when a Cinderella...
TVLander • 12/31/23 01:32 PM ET
Here are a couple of championship game ratings graphics that will help.**
Will StewartAdmin • 01/01/24 04:28 PM ET
I can't really see any patterns here...other than general drop in...
TVLander • 01/02/24 05:26 PM ET
I don't see patterns either. Thought I would but ... nope.**
Will StewartAdmin • 01/02/24 09:26 PM ET
What's the takeaway, no one wants to watch Kansas? **
Pride_and_Joy • 01/02/24 03:50 PM ET
Ugh. Will they call the #12 or #11 winners "Cinderellas"?
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:36 AM ET
Those big schools that get knocked out have larger alumni
VaTechHokiesACC • 12/31/23 09:46 PM ET
A strange phenomenon unique to March Madness is the magnetic lure of the
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:05 PM ET
The Cinderella aspect of basketball wouldn't be the same in football. But
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 03:46 PM ET
Totally agree, Disney thinks different from us, maybe it’s the short term
Stech • 12/31/23 02:42 PM ET
I really hope the next playoff contract is only partially ESPN
HokieAl • 12/31/23 12:51 PM ET
I Don't Buy Any Rhetoric the Corporate World Spiels These Days
WarHog38 • 12/31/23 06:25 PM ET
I think this is about Disney selling ESPN, it explains a lot, I guess we
Stech • 12/31/23 08:23 PM ET
I think it will be, I expect 🦊 to get in on at least the Final Four. My
Stech • 12/31/23 01:08 PM ET
Now that the Pac-12 is defunct, I doubt they give 6 AQs in next contract.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 12:29 PM ET
If ND and F$U's records were reversed, would ND have been bumped for...
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 06:00 AM ET
Not sure, but we should be trying to get ND into the ACC championship game.
Truthahn • 01/09/24 11:47 AM ET
In that case, the committee's collective heads would have exploded.**
Atlee Hokie • 01/01/24 08:32 PM ET
Absolutely, the first target will be dropping the PAC Conference Bid, but
Stech • 12/31/23 12:56 PM ET
Moving bowl games to the preseason will not work. The reason northern fans
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:23 PM ET
We can’t agree on everything 🤣, used to be limited bowls in warm climates,
Stech • 12/31/23 07:04 PM ET
Another thing is time off. Families can take the kids along because schools
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 09:34 PM ET
Well more and more end of season bowls are empty now, I think week 0 games
Stech • 01/01/24 12:27 AM ET
A reason a Week 0 game may do better is because most (maybe all) are played
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:07 PM ET
Good point, might have to do Labor Day weekend too which means moving NFL
Stech • 01/01/24 01:13 PM ET
The NFL doesn't have to change when it starts its regular season because
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:18 PM ET
It doesn’t have to, but I have heard repeatedly they want to move it back
Stech • 01/01/24 01:23 PM ET
I bet if the owners were willing to increase the salary cap and revenue
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:43 PM ET
No doubt owners want, the players are adamantly against health consequences
Stech • 01/01/24 02:33 PM ET
The Super Bowl could still be moved without moving the start of the regular
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 02:41 PM ET
Could change, but this battle has been going on for many years, if TV gets
Stech • 01/01/24 03:06 PM ET
Would schools be interested in playing games on Sunday in Week 2 though?
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 03:30 PM ET
If Virginia Tech is playing Auburn for football, I am there, but I believe
Stech • 01/01/24 04:44 PM ET
Yes, other sports do play games on Sunday. However, they don't play in
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 05:09 PM ET
Been to many Thursday night games sold out and even Boise on Monday night
Stech • 01/01/24 05:35 PM ET
It makes sense that a lot of NOVA fans could attend the Boise State game in
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 08:47 PM ET
We have Thursday night games in Blacksburg,and ugh even a Wednesday night
Stech • 01/01/24 08:58 PM ET
TBH, I'd rather just give everyone an extra game for the purpose of doing a
Maroon Baboon • 01/01/24 01:33 AM ET
I'm sure...
khakiblue • 12/31/23 08:11 PM ET
The argument against that is, of course, disparity. The NFL is about
Marooned • 12/31/23 05:18 PM ET
ND has the Nixonian Triangulation down to a T.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 01:10 PM ET
Speaking of ND. Another likely change will be for them, IMO.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:39 AM ET
Not to sound snippy but what new about that?
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:24 AM ET
Not snippy, accurate, I’m just pointing out the new level they are going to
Stech • 12/31/23 12:46 PM ET
After rigging the 2023 CFP, it was apparent Disney/ESPN would continue.
HOO86 • 12/31/23 11:18 AM ET
Herbie is just a mouthpiece for Disney...a shill of the worst kind.**
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 06:03 AM ET
Professional Wrestling Model, just like NASCAR adopted. **
Stech • 12/31/23 12:42 PM ET
Some ACC school should start mouthing off about FSU being losers.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:45 AM ET
So for the next VT-FSU game do fans see JC Price roaming the sidelines with
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 03:46 PM ET
Folding chair**
King of Hokies • 01/02/24 11:06 PM ET
I'm drawing a blank on which wrestling manager regularly use a folding
VTHokie2000 • 01/03/24 07:41 PM ET
Yeah i heard that - unbelievable
Vippie1 • 12/31/23 10:36 AM ET
Yep, I knew it was coming, but during that game and that fast surprised me.**
Stech • 12/31/23 12:40 PM ET
IMHO big media wants to make more than conference championships irrelevant
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:28 AM ET
Not necessarily. Those media companies and their advertisers want to
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:35 PM ET
That makes sense, just asking how they protect ND not playing n a Con Cham
Stech • 12/31/23 01:03 PM ET
TU**
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 01:56 PM ET
Why does college football have such an aversion to objectivity?
HokieNoVA • 12/31/23 10:34 AM ET
There has to be a layer of subjectiveness.
Atlee Hokie • 01/01/24 07:53 PM ET
Ratings equal money NOW! If you’re trying to sell the company NOW PROFTS
Stech • 12/31/23 12:39 PM ET
People get off on being empowered.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 12:36 PM ET
Don't know, but a gaggle on this site believes committee > conf winners**
Vienna_Hokie • 12/31/23 11:41 AM ET
But results on the field over 3 months
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:32 AM ET
System is joke .
MrFantastic! • 12/31/23 09:25 AM ET
Yeah the precedent set by excluding FSU should be troubling for any team
AbsolutVT03 • 12/31/23 08:57 AM ET
Not surprised they attacked Conference Champions, but how fast they did it,
Stech • 12/31/23 09:26 AM ET