Is XOM experiencing a 2 month consolidation?
Nobody likes politics crammed down their throats while watching sports. That's where ESPN messed up.Ranger222 said:HoustonAg2014 said:I think they could have like 10 personalities and do sports news with a mix of sports betting odds talk and people would be all over it. Different games each day and sports betting is a growing market. They could fill half the day with talking about betting odds for the day and matchups and players who are out that will move the line ect. Seems like a no brainer and would cost a LOT less than what they currently do up until gametime.Saltyag15 said:Great post, and so true. I hope they do sell it and someone picks it up that wants to try and bring it back to what it once was. They've done nothing but fire all of their best people and fill it with arguing morons. People will happily tune in to ESPN for sports news and status rather than a few knuckleheads hollering at each other about whether or not someone should be offended by something.Danwell Home said:Amazing how far ESPN has slid over the past decade or so. It used to be fun watching SportsCenter at night, top 10 plays, web gems, etc. Now it's just diluted trash with a bunch of random overly enthusiastic hosts or DEI candidates trying to push crappy stories. Maybe I'm just getting older, but I never even tune into ESPN unless it's for a little bit of college gameday and CFB games. About to just cancel cable and deal with crappy bootleg sports streams for Astros and Aggies that freeze every 15 mins.HoustonAg2014 said:Red Pear Luke (BCS) said:
30K - what's your interpretation of Bob Iger saying "open to finding new strategic partner for ESPN"?
Would the Mouse be putting ESPN on the open market to sell to an Amazon or Apple? Fire a ton of people like they have been to trim down and sell it…
Stock market related because live sports is one of the actual real things in this world that people enjoy watching. ESPN was THE sports network and leagues/teams are only becoming more and more valuable.
What should be a huge part and focus of Disney is now a pile of dog **** with a cat piss glaze.
I don't think the fall of ESPN has anything to do with DEI candidates or knuckleheads hollering at each other. Instead the way we consume sports and sports highlights have changed. 20 years ago, I tuned into Sportscenter to actually see the highlights and would make sure I caught that day's Top 10 plays. Now, I see the same on Instagram or Twitter before even turning on the TV. Thus, their is no longer need for a highlight show that runs 8 hours of the day, and if I want to read/hear people argue about sports, I have social media for that (same thing goes for sports radio btw).
I agree the path forward is sports betting. Give me a show that runs for three hours from 4 pm ET - 7 pm ET and make it just sports insiders (Scheftler, Woj, etc) and sports betting experts to break down lines and potentially matchups. That's all I need. All other programing needs to be live sports. Maybe you mix in one hour shows every once in a while about fantasy sports or previewing upcoming seasons (why isn't there programing right now talking about college football season previews and win totals, etc), but that should be the model. Greatly reduce on-air personalities (you really only need ~10) as stated, and then all other costs need to go to fees for the rights to air the individual sports. That's how you make it profitable or bring it back. It will never be the same, but the times have changed.
South Platte said:
Is XOM experiencing a 2 month consolidation?
and doing exactly as suggested solves that issue as well.techno-ag said:Nobody likes politics crammed down their throats while watching sports. That's where ESPN messed up.Ranger222 said:HoustonAg2014 said:I think they could have like 10 personalities and do sports news with a mix of sports betting odds talk and people would be all over it. Different games each day and sports betting is a growing market. They could fill half the day with talking about betting odds for the day and matchups and players who are out that will move the line ect. Seems like a no brainer and would cost a LOT less than what they currently do up until gametime.Saltyag15 said:Great post, and so true. I hope they do sell it and someone picks it up that wants to try and bring it back to what it once was. They've done nothing but fire all of their best people and fill it with arguing morons. People will happily tune in to ESPN for sports news and status rather than a few knuckleheads hollering at each other about whether or not someone should be offended by something.Danwell Home said:Amazing how far ESPN has slid over the past decade or so. It used to be fun watching SportsCenter at night, top 10 plays, web gems, etc. Now it's just diluted trash with a bunch of random overly enthusiastic hosts or DEI candidates trying to push crappy stories. Maybe I'm just getting older, but I never even tune into ESPN unless it's for a little bit of college gameday and CFB games. About to just cancel cable and deal with crappy bootleg sports streams for Astros and Aggies that freeze every 15 mins.HoustonAg2014 said:Red Pear Luke (BCS) said:
30K - what's your interpretation of Bob Iger saying "open to finding new strategic partner for ESPN"?
Would the Mouse be putting ESPN on the open market to sell to an Amazon or Apple? Fire a ton of people like they have been to trim down and sell it…
Stock market related because live sports is one of the actual real things in this world that people enjoy watching. ESPN was THE sports network and leagues/teams are only becoming more and more valuable.
What should be a huge part and focus of Disney is now a pile of dog **** with a cat piss glaze.
I don't think the fall of ESPN has anything to do with DEI candidates or knuckleheads hollering at each other. Instead the way we consume sports and sports highlights have changed. 20 years ago, I tuned into Sportscenter to actually see the highlights and would make sure I caught that day's Top 10 plays. Now, I see the same on Instagram or Twitter before even turning on the TV. Thus, their is no longer need for a highlight show that runs 8 hours of the day, and if I want to read/hear people argue about sports, I have social media for that (same thing goes for sports radio btw).
I agree the path forward is sports betting. Give me a show that runs for three hours from 4 pm ET - 7 pm ET and make it just sports insiders (Scheftler, Woj, etc) and sports betting experts to break down lines and potentially matchups. That's all I need. All other programing needs to be live sports. Maybe you mix in one hour shows every once in a while about fantasy sports or previewing upcoming seasons (why isn't there programing right now talking about college football season previews and win totals, etc), but that should be the model. Greatly reduce on-air personalities (you really only need ~10) as stated, and then all other costs need to go to fees for the rights to air the individual sports. That's how you make it profitable or bring it back. It will never be the same, but the times have changed.
PGAG said:
Where do you see it going?
jamey said:
Does this make DIS a buy or a sell
jamey said:
Does this make DIS a buy or a sell
$30,000 Millionaire said:jamey said:
Does this make DIS a buy or a sell
Disney investors always lose.
Sold mine @ $1.35. Ugh!techno-ag said:
NKLA up 53%. Wow.
Almost back to pandemic low haha. How can you lose that bad over 3 years and not be a pandemic darling like Zoom or a small/mid cap tech company.$30,000 Millionaire said:jamey said:
Does this make DIS a buy or a sell
Disney investors always lose.
110%. and this is a big reason why I have not paid for cable or anything associated with ESPN (DIS) in ages. We tried disney plus briefly until I figured out what they were pushing and doing. We ditched that garbage and never looked back. If more americans do the same, DIS will not make it (or will be forced to change).techno-ag said:Nobody likes politics crammed down their throats while watching sports. That's where ESPN messed up.Ranger222 said:HoustonAg2014 said:Saltyag15 said:Danwell Home said:HoustonAg2014 said:Red Pear Luke (BCS) said:
30K - what's your interpretation of Bob Iger saying "open to finding new strategic partner for ESPN"?
Would the Mouse be putting ESPN on the open market to sell to an Amazon or Apple? Fire a ton of people like they have been to trim down and
bought the 4510p…. Didn't work to the extent I wanted.Charismatic Megafauna said:
Hey ragoo you buying uppies or downies into the close?
I have actually been able to make Decent money on this during as it's in a darvis box. 5 times since Mid May its hit around the low $102s with immediate support and big pop up for a few day run up. Trimmed on way up and sold any runners once it hits $107. Rinse and repeat until it changes.South Platte said:
Is XOM experiencing a 2 month consolidation?
Blow off top and market distribution.EnronAg said:
what does it mean when the highly speculative ARKs, COINs, ROKUs of the world are just going stupid parabolic? are we looking at a blow off top and massive rug pull? or is there just no stopping this market until some negative catalyst occurs?
Danwell Home said:Almost back to pandemic low haha. How can you lose that bad over 3 years and not be a pandemic darling like Zoom or a small/mid cap tech company.$30,000 Millionaire said:jamey said:
Does this make DIS a buy or a sell
Disney investors always lose.
ProgN said:
SMCI is incredible, bet it magnets to $300 if banks crush tomorrow morning.