OT…Have sports debate shows run their course?

[78thealltimegreat]

There isn’t a right or wrong answer but it just seems like they’ve kinda run out of ways to argue with each other.

Skip Bayless new show is barely watchable anymore 

[Dr Krentist]

I don't watch them. I watched one and found it insufferable.

[BillsUberAlles]

It seems like all of them are like that these days but to a lesser extent...they all have 4 or 5 people on them that debate various topics.

[WMDman]

Yes

[14774]

They are awful. They have to have the obligatory former player who didn't accomplish anything. And if one or more people are loud and obnoxious the better. 

[notwoz]

Can we throw Schopp & the Bulldog into this mix? These guys offer no insights whatsoever.

[Low Positive]

They exist because sports networks need to fill airtime. I think the first on TV was probably Cold Pizza with Skip and Woody Paige. That started back in 2003. I think that the model is Mike and the Mad Dog. In any case, with the rise of podcasts and shows like Pat McAfee's I can't believe that anyone watches those things anymore. ESPN was better when they filled the dead air with replays of Mountain West CBB games and Australian Rules Football.

[Royale with Cheese]

I don't know anyone who watches these shows.  I think they get their popularity with short reels on social media.  They just can't be listened to for a full hour or more.

So you get several 2:00 minute videos that a ton of people will watch.

[stosh64]

 

 

When you are NOT allowed to hire the best and put agendas before content this isn't really a surprise how bad the programming is, across all media.

 

 

[Spiderweb]

38 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

There isn’t a right or wrong answer but it just seems like they’ve kinda run out of ways to argue with each other.

Skip Bayless new show is barely watchable anymore 

Skip Bayless has been unwatchable for years.

[MJS]

Were they ever popular?

[HOUSE]

I desperately avoid those show.

Reminds me of the High School  cafeteria 

[Augie]

I don’t watch any ESPN unless they have a game I want to see. A bunch of guys all talking/yelling over each other at the same time has ZERO appeal to me. 

 

I find Dan Patrick to be the best option in terms of that type of entertainment. He didn’t do the same flawed formula, and I appreciate that. 

[BBills_88]

They were never good. Stick to the old sportscenter format. Just talk sports and report sporting news not politics or what the players do off the field. 

[Augie]

4 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

I desperately avoid those show.

Reminds me of the High School  cafeteria 

 

That must have been a very difficult time for you. 

[frostbitmic]

55 minutes ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

There isn’t a right or wrong answer but it just seems like they’ve kinda run out of ways to argue with each other.

Skip Bayless new show is barely watchable anymore 

Skip Bayless has never been watchable.

[HOUSE]

4 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

That must have been a very difficult time for you. 

Actually no....

[Augie]

1 minute ago, HOUSE said:

Actually no....

 

Good for you! Nobody wants to spend their lunch period trapped in their locker! I’d get hungry in the afternoons. 

[Success]

As long as you accept that you're going to see hot-take clowns with bombastic opinions that have little to do w/ reality, these shows are totally fine.

[EasternOHBillsFan]

I really enjoy Colin Cowherd but NOT his cohost Jason McIntyre, who is insufferable and says some really stupid things sometimes.

 

I also enjoy the new First Take now that Shannon Sharpe is on the show. It's the one show that ESPN actually got right now...

 

Other than that, the others are full of Jets cheerleaders and washed up talking heads.