ESPN - The Hypocrisy

[TeddyOH]

ESPN is at it again.

This network has a serious conflict of interest going on with regards to major college football. On the one hand, they create partnerships and conference networks to generate massive profits unlike any these schools have seen before, and they bid over $5 BILLION for the right to televise the playoff. On the other hand, today they use their OTL moniker to attack these schools in an effort to demonstrate some journalistic integrity.

I read that newest article with pure scorn as I wondered to myself, "why would these schools protect obvious criminals?" The answer is MONEY! College football is such big business, the pressure to win is unbelievable. Where does that money come from? The very same entity that attacks the system it helped to create and now sustains!!!

I know this is nothing new, but the sheer hypocrisy is hard to stomach on an otherwise beautiful Sunday morning. ESPN needs to at least acknowledge they are contributing in no small way to this issue.

PS: In the ND section, they didn't waste the opportunity to bring up their failed lawsuit to obtain NDPD records and drag NDPD through the mud on Seeberg. In the case of Seeberg, they failed to provide any context or details about the incident (which are widely known now to be a case of a player making unwanted advances on a student, essentially making out - NOT a rape or intercourse) except the rumored football player's name!

 

[Bodizephax]

I only watch ESPN if the Irish play.

 

[Kelso86]

I also wondered where Ohio State was in that list, as well as Miami.

 

[coolirish9]

espn has become such a joke these days. if it wasn't for me being such a huge college sports fan then I wouldn't watch there network at all

 

[NDSMC78]

I can't remember the last time I turned on ESPN other than to watch an actual game.

 

[topdecktiger]

Get a grip. If ESPN didn't report this, you would say they were sweeping this under the rug to protect their investment. You are simply going to criticize ESPN no matter what. If ESPN came out and said the sky was blue, you would argue that it was green.

 

[Epictitus]

ESPN looks for the lowest spot they can report upon. Let's move on.

 

[Original_Irish]

Are you complaining that ESPN is trying to uncover injustice? Give me a break. What a load of crap.

 

[perseverare]

in many cases it goes beyond the team, university, NCAA; it involves an entire community.
FSU, as prime example and chief perpetrator, could not get away with it's cover ups without cooperation from each of those entities. It's rotten from the head to the toes.