espn Keith Olbermann calls for boycott of Floyd fight for domestic abuse

[beenKOed]

Lol. I agree with everything you said about Olbermann and Rome, but they are the only names I'm familiar with. I haven't watched ESPN Sports for years. Just not into team sports like most.

[El Kabong]

Lol. I agree with everything you said about Olbermann and Rome, but they are the only names I'm familiar with. I haven't watched ESPN Sports for years. Just not into team sports like most.

ESPN is what MSNBC wishes it was. A network with enough power to make or break you....or do both at their fucking whim!

See how they react to WNBA "superstar" Brittney Griner getting nabbed for domestic abuse with her partner vs ANY male athlete getting caught for the same....their stories aren't about the facts, they aren't full of details, they are hit pieces designed for clicks and views!

ESPN WILL go off half cocked
ESPN WILL not let the facts get in the way of a good story
ESPN WILL lie
ESPN WILL be biased
ESPN WILL pressure athletes until they break

Look at Josh Hamilton for example, he's a guy who has had a tough life, he's got substance abuse problems....he threw a ball to a kid's dad and he didn't throw it hard enough the dad fell trying to catch it and ended up dying. ESPN put the spotlight right on Hamilton, how must he be feeling? What should/could he have done? How will he react?


RATINGS DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE GOOD OR BAD, RATINGS DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, ESPN IS 100% ABOUT RATINGS AND THEIR OWN STATUS AS #1.

Fuck ESPN, I hate them.

[SlimTrae]

Hard to disagree. Is it okay to still like ESPN fight night?

[Beanflicker]

At the end of the day, if someone wants to take a stand against a convicted woman beater and say that people should boycott him, I don't think that's an unreasonable stance to take, regardless of whether or not you've taken a similar stance before.

Olbermann has the right to express his opinion and take any moral stance he wants, just like anyone else. Unfortunately for him, his "boycott" plea is going to be about as effective as throwing a pool noodle under the wheel of a charging mack truck.

[Spicoli]

I used to like Oldermann then he turned into a double talking blubberer whe became a parody of himself. Where was Keith when Tony Ayala was riding Espn in a comeback?

On a side, there is something about Jim Rome's snarky arse that makes me want to punch him in the teeth. Can't stand him.

[Gandalf]

Politically correct twaddle. A shelf stacker might be an alcoholic but until he is drinking on the job and while his work performance is good, you should leave him alone. Floyd does his job and he is a boxer. I think you leave it at that. Should we put Tyson in a gulag? Shut up Olberman you pompous old git. If you dont want to watch then dont watch, but quit telling people what to do. This is boxing, not Israeli genocide.

[Gandalf]

Not that I am defending woman beating. That is up to the law and the women. This is just a fighter doing his job.

[beenKOed]

At the end of the day, if someone wants to take a stand against a convicted woman beater and say that people should boycott him, I don't think that's an unreasonable stance to take, regardless of whether or not you've taken a similar stance before.

Olbermann has the right to express his opinion and take any moral stance he wants, just like anyone else. Unfortunately for him, his "boycott" plea is going to be about as effective as throwing a pool noodle under the wheel of a charging mack truck.

I agree. My and most people's problem with Olbermann is that he picks this fight to start running his mouth. He's right, he'll get more attention bringing up Floyd's misogynistic ways at this time, but where was he for Floyd's other fights. If he feels so strongly about it why doesn't he talk about it a couple of times a month? As far as I know, Floyd has served his sentence and doesn't have a domestic abuse case against him now.
Here's the thing that irks me the most about people like Olbermann, you can't get mad at them, you can't write to them, you can't write to their boss, you can't write to their network. If you do, it makes the attention hungry turds happy, they will say to their boss or the network, see I'm getting people to talk about this problem.
It doesn't matter how you say it, they will make you look like you are defending domestic abuse. I think he gets his kicks by pissing people off.

[Bill Paxtom]

Keith Olbermman

Looking into the mirror.

"Who loves you Keith. I do love me."

[beenKOed]

Hard to disagree. Is it okay to still like ESPN fight night?

Tolerate on fight night, absolutely. Like, I think that's up to you. Lol

[Violent Demise]

Fuck Olbermann

[Bill Paxtom]

Fuck Olbermann

Laura Ingraham did.........

[TitoFan]

I think ESPN must've carried out a survey that said fans want more opinionated, loudmouth, blowhards talking about issues not only about sports themselves... but everything that surrounds sports. Hence we have the Olbermanns and the Stephen A. Smiths. The same survey must've said most fans want frustrated standup comedians as their SportsCenter sportscasters. Hence we have Neil Everett and the other joker that sits across from him. (I hate that smug, stupid face Neil has on the show half the time).

I guess where it used to be ESPN, now it's more like ESPN.

[Hulk]

I think ESPN must've carried out a survey that said fans want more opinionated, loudmouth, blowhards talking about issues not only about sports themselves... but everything that surrounds sports. Hence we have the Olbermanns and the Stephen A. Smiths. The same survey must've said most fans want frustrated standup comedians as their SportsCenter sportscasters. Hence we have Neil Everett and the other joker that sits across from him. (I hate that smug, stupid face Neil has on the show half the time).

I guess where it used to be ESPN, now it's more like ESPN.

Yes Al Bernstein says as much in his book. He is not a fan of the theatrics and fake arguments of ESPN sportscasters.