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ESPN coverage is kind of a reflection of cable news, radio, podcasts, youtube, etc. There's simply more time than is needed for coverage. The "facts" end up getting obscured for the sake of filling time. There's too much time to fill, which has had (impacts; redacted) on "news." And it's made sports coverage tedious and repetitive. I don't need 40 minutes on whether the Knicks or Sixers had a better draft or the exhausting Cowboys rabbit hole of the day.

 

It makes me a bit less interested overall. I grew up without cable and when I got to college in 1993, I think ESPN was at its peak...I loved it. Now it's just sort of an exhausting cycle of chatter. I don't dislike sports media personalities as much as most people. But that doesn't make the repetitive discussions/debates compelling.

ESPN was wise to dump the "Embrace Debate" slogan but that is still the bulk of the non-game coverage.

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5 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

ESPN coverage is kind of a reflection of cable news, radio, podcasts, youtube, etc. There's simply more time than is needed for coverage. The "facts" end up getting obscured for the sake of filling time. There's too much time to fill, which has had (impacts; redacted) on "news." And it's made sports coverage tedious and repetitive. I don't need 40 minutes on whether the Knicks or Sixers had a better draft or the exhausting Cowboys rabbit hole of the day.

 

It makes me a bit less interested overall. I grew up without cable and when I got to college in 1993, I think ESPN was at its peak...I loved it. Now it's just sort of an exhausting cycle of chatter. I don't dislike sports media personalities as much as most people. But that doesn't make the repetitive discussions/debates compelling.

ESPN was wise to dump the "Embrace Debate" slogan but that is still the bulk of the non-game coverage.

And now their biggest competitor FS1 became Embrace Debate as soon as the old school SportsCenter-like Fox Sports Live was canceled

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The only thing the NHL could do for its Canadian media rights is repeating what they did in their ESPN and TNT deals.

 

My Possible Canadian NHL rights scenario from 2026:

 

Bell Media (Exclusive Stanley Cup Final rights in odd-numbered years)

CBC/Rogers/Quebecor (Exclusive Stanley Cup Final rights in even-numbered years)

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