Sports Media Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

A meathead’s meathead

[WrigleyField 22]

https://twitter.com/thegeorgetwo/status/1521270331767468035?s=21&t=-Aq5Om241WwH2lMUVr7M5w

I know that's a joke, but I bet you it's a pretty close sentiment. The victim probably threw in a dig about the $15/hr being generous and that was it.

[raw]

I said in the Bears thread (I think it was that one and not this one) that I used to listen to that original podcast (Chicago Audible). I was completely turned off by Olin joining the crew. Not a big fan of Hoge either, but I preferred the fan perspective over "I'm an ex player and I know everything". And I knew out of respect they would basically defer to Olin, who probably also insisted they do. I didn't think he'd go this far with it, but I knew this wouldn't end well. Haven't watched the show since the debut week on CHGO because he was already smirking at the guys for only playing HS ball and being WRs or something.

[Old Style]

Tom Brady gets monster 10-year, $375 million deal from Fox Sports

Fox Sports’ deal to make Tom Brady its lead NFL game analyst after he retires is for 10 years and $375 million, The Post has learned.

 

It is the largest contract in sportscasting history, as it more than doubles both CBS’ Tony Romo and ESPN’s Troy Aikman in average annual salary of $18 million per season.

[Splendid Splinter]

Tom Brady gets monster 10-year, $375 million deal from Fox Sports

Fox Sports’ deal to make Tom Brady its lead NFL game analyst after he retires is for 10 years and $375 million, The Post has learned.

 

It is the largest contract in sportscasting history, as it more than doubles both CBS’ Tony Romo and ESPN’s Troy Aikman in average annual salary of $18 million per season.

 

So he's going to make more in 10 years as a broadcaster than he will playing in the NFL for 23 (so far) years.

[Derwood]

Tom Brady gets monster 10-year, $375 million deal from Fox Sports

Fox Sports’ deal to make Tom Brady its lead NFL game analyst after he retires is for 10 years and $375 million, The Post has learned.

 

It is the largest contract in sportscasting history, as it more than doubles both CBS’ Tony Romo and ESPN’s Troy Aikman in average annual salary of $18 million per season.

 

So he's going to make more in 10 years as a broadcaster than he will playing in the NFL for 23 (so far) years.

 

Not to mention that he’s an insanely boring person with zero broadcast experience

[Tryptamine]

Tom Brady gets monster 10-year, $375 million deal from Fox Sports

 

So he's going to make more in 10 years as a broadcaster than he will playing in the NFL for 23 (so far) years.

 

Not to mention that he’s an insanely boring person with zero broadcast experience

 

Can't be any worse than Chris Collinsworth. He just adds nothing of value to a broadcast. It's like if you put hundreds of sports clichés into a database, gave that database human form and had it set to spout a new cliché every 30 seconds.

[Derwood]

 

So he's going to make more in 10 years as a broadcaster than he will playing in the NFL for 23 (so far) years.

 

Not to mention that he’s an insanely boring person with zero broadcast experience

 

Can't be any worse than Chris Collinsworth. He just adds nothing of value to a broadcast. It's like if you put hundreds of sports clichés into a database, gave that database human form and had it set to spout a new cliché every 30 seconds.

 

Which is why Collinsworth isn’t making $35 million per year

[Sammy Sofa]

I can't stop laughing at this video:

 

https://defector.com/flyers-scott-laughton-struggles-to-raise-flag-stares-directly-into-the-sun/

 

He's struggling so horsefeathering hard with life in that clip. That's gotta be a monumental hangover.

[17 Seconds]

[Wilson A2000]

Hub Arkush had a medical emergency at Halas Hall a few weeks ago. Sounds like CPR was performed. No more details other than he’s still in the hospital and his recovery might be extended.

[UMFan83]

Hub Arkush had a medical emergency at Halas Hall a few weeks ago. Sounds like CPR was performed. No more details other than he’s still in the hospital and his recovery might be extended.

 

I saw someone on Twitter the other day wondering where he has been because he hasn’t been on Twitter or radio since mid-August. Geez. Hope he is ok.

[Wilson A2000]

Not directly sports media, but Lin Brehmer was a huge Cubs fan. RIP.

 

[d_money]

Not directly sports media, but Lin Brehmer was a huge Cubs fan. RIP.

 

RIP. A Chicago icon. The love for music speaks for itself and he was always optimistic, smart and creative.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, horsefeathers cancer. Lin was my go-to morning listen before work when I lived in Chicago. Just a super positive guy.

[jersey cubs fan]

So PENN National Gaming sold barstool back to portnoy because those dopes kept violating gaming laws, and then PENN partnered with ESPN. 

[17 Seconds]

the sage steele stuff made me wonder how michele tafoya's pivot went. she has a youtube channel and the videos are only getting a couple hundred views a piece. there's also this

 

Edited August 16, 2023 by 17 Seconds

[CubinNY]

Watching the Johnny Football doc on Netflix. Will report back. I thought he was going to be something when I saw him beat Alabama. Turns out I was wrong.

[CubinNY]

I wanted to have sympathy for Johnny but by the end it's apparent he's a self-indulgent self-absorbed child who has never grown up. 

[Tryptamine]

18 hours ago, CubinNY said:

I wanted to have sympathy for Johnny but by the end it's apparent he's a self-indulgent self-absorbed child who has never grown up. 

I saw the thing about how they tracked how many hours he had done of film study on this tablet and he had watched literally zero hours. He was living off natural ability and put zero work in. That doesn't work in the NFL where everyone is supremely gifted and they work hard. 

[CubinNY]

15 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I saw the thing about how they tracked how many hours he had done of film study on this tablet and he had watched literally zero hours. He was living off natural ability and put zero work in. That doesn't work in the NFL where everyone is supremely gifted and they work hard. 

In the doc he says he didn't want to do it anymore once he turned pro and it became a job. I don't know how much of that statement is compensation for not being good enough and how much of it is a valid reason. He also fell back on having a bipolar diagnosis, which didn't appear to hamper his ability in college. 

The doc wasn't very informative regarding perceptions of other teammates and people around him except for the OC and his agent, and his one-time best friend. 

The NFL had him pegged though. 

[bukie]

So, it looks like Football Outsiders is going away completely, as Aaron Schatz, who ran the site, has joined FTN as their Chief Analytics Officer, and will be moving the rest of the data and analysis that was left at FO over to FTN.

 

EDIT: By "is going away" I apparently mean it's already gone. DVOA and related statistics will now be available here: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/nfl/tools/team-total-dvoa

Edited August 29, 2023 by bukie

[Wilson A2000]

Sulley getting called out 

 

 

[Rex Buckingham]

Catching a stray... I don't think Sulley was saying that negatively

[Wilson A2000]

6 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Catching a stray... I don't think Sulley was saying that negatively

I wondered that too. Is thicc used negatively or positively more often?