The ESPNification of the world continues

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Disney's Wide World of Sports to be ESPNized

Will they ever stop?

[Sport]

I don't see the big deal. It's not like they renamed the Magic Kingdom, "The ESPN Magic Kingdom of Booyah and En Fuego". It's a sports park, I've been there. There are no rides or attractions other than the Braves spring training stadium, it's about sports and ESPN, a brand owned by Disney is about sports. Makes sense to me.

[Geoff]

I agree. It's not like ESPN took over the Park. Disney owns ESPN so they have the right to change it. It was a Disney decision not an ESPN decision.

[TFoA]

I thought it was mostly ESPN stuff there anyway. No big deal.

[no97]

Seeing as "ABC's Wide World of Sports" has become "ESPN on ABC," why would Disney keep the WWOS name around anymore on the theme park?

As an aside, I don't understand the universal hatred of everything ESPN. No, it's not the quailty it used to be, and SportsCenter isn't must-see anymore, but they still have most of the big games on that most of us want to see. Plus, they usually don't black-out everthing else that's on if they're televising a game (truse me, I'm more pissed about the Fox Game of the Week MLB deal, and how much controll they have over what's on than ESPN and their deal).

Moose

[Island_Style]

ESPN is owned by ABC which is owned by Disney. The couldn't get any more fitting.