If you have paid attention to any of the so-called filler programs on the sports channels, there is a lot of bilge there.
Sure, that can be true with Fox Sports Net and even less so with Cox Sports Televison and The Pelican but I am not focusing on those channels.
ESPN is my focus. Since they don’t run any infomercials, they fill the time a lot of different things. There are shows that ride the fence on whether you might consider them as sports of non sports. PTI, The Sports Reporters, and Around the Horn are examples. The people on those shows do not play sports but they talk it and that is at least something.
Don’t get me started on the other shows. Things such as Spelling Bee, hot dog eating, poker, and others simply are not sports. They are entertainment but they are not sports. Yes, it can be fun to watch a kid stress out and hyperventilate. It is also fun to see if one of these competitive eaters either throw up or choke themselves to death.
I know that there are a limited amount of sports that the American public care about, but could they not just play sports.
Sure, that can be true with Fox Sports Net and even less so with Cox Sports Televison and The Pelican but I am not focusing on those channels.
ESPN is my focus. Since they don’t run any infomercials, they fill the time a lot of different things. There are shows that ride the fence on whether you might consider them as sports of non sports. PTI, The Sports Reporters, and Around the Horn are examples. The people on those shows do not play sports but they talk it and that is at least something.
Don’t get me started on the other shows. Things such as Spelling Bee, hot dog eating, poker, and others simply are not sports. They are entertainment but they are not sports. Yes, it can be fun to watch a kid stress out and hyperventilate. It is also fun to see if one of these competitive eaters either throw up or choke themselves to death.
I know that there are a limited amount of sports that the American public care about, but could they not just play sports.
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