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Colin Cowherd Out At ESPN

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Another ESPN'er out, was supposed to be later, but some comments that he said about Dominican Baseball players got him ousted sooner.

A lot of popular Espn hosts have been removed recently.

-Jerry

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I always thought he was a bit to arrogant at times. Didn't listen to him much. When he left the local Vegas market, it was no big deal. He will find something else.

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ESPN is cleaning house of their big contracts to reduce their losses.  Colin's contract was due to expire shortly and he wasn't going to renew so I'm sure they were hoping for any reason to cut him loose sooner and potentially limit any damage he'd do at a competitors station.

I heard and read the comment and thought ESPN completely over reacted.  If it wasn't for all the Donald Trump / Mexico fallout and his contract status I highly doubt Cowherd would get cut for those comments.

The big question is did the comments and his firing make him too toxic to hire or will ESPN's competitors ignore the comments and hire him anyway.

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I always thought he was a bit to arrogant at times. Didn't listen to him much. When he left the local Vegas market, it was no big deal. He will find something else.

I wasn't a big fan either, he tried too hard to be controversial and it was very apparent in his commentary.  I don't care for most sports talk show hosts as they all seem to think we care about their political agenda and aspire to be Howard Stern.

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jsgolfer Super Member

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ESPN is cleaning house of their big contracts to reduce their losses.  Colin's contract was due to expire shortly and he wasn't going to renew so I'm sure they were hoping for any reason to cut him loose sooner and potentially limit any damage he'd do at a competitors station. I heard and read the comment and thought ESPN completely over reacted.  If it wasn't for all the Donald Trump / Mexico fallout and his contract status I highly doubt Cowherd would get cut for those comments. The big question is did the comments and his firing make him too toxic to hire or will ESPN's competitors ignore the comments and hire him anyway.

Does ESPN feel that they can put anybody on and people will listen? Didn't realize they had losses to reduce

-Jerry

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I am a big fan of the herd.

Will miss listening to him if the local station does not pick him up wherever he goes.

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Does ESPN feel that they can put anybody on and people will listen? Didn't realize they had losses to reduce

Advertising dollars are getting diluted between television, radio and the internet.  Some of these radio guys have pretty large contracts that the advertising revenue is not or barely covering.

ESPN has let a number of people go, first Simmons, then Oberman and now Cowherd.  The rights to air sporting events like mens college football and basketball have skyrocketed and it seems the radio personalities are the ones getting pushed out.  ESPN paid $7.3 billion for the NCAA football playoffs and $15.2 billion for their NFL rights.

These increased costs combined with loss of subscribers is cited as the main reason for cutting their on air talent.

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I am a big fan of the herd.

Will miss listening to him if the local station does not pick him up wherever he goes.

He's likely going to get picked up by Fox

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Advertising dollars are getting diluted between television, radio and the internet.  Some of these radio guys have pretty large contracts that the advertising revenue is not or barely covering.

ESPN has let a number of people go, first Simmons, then Oberman and now Cowherd.  The rights to air sporting events like mens college football and basketball have skyrocketed and it seems the radio personalities are the ones getting pushed out.  ESPN paid $7.3 billion for the NCAA football playoffs and $15.2 billion for their NFL rights.

These increased costs combined with loss of subscribers is cited as the main reason for cutting their on air talent.

I wonder if that is the main reason they moved Scott Van Pelt to a midnight sports anchor?

-Jerry

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I wonder if that is the main reason they moved Scott Van Pelt to a midnight sports anchor?

My understanding is in the radio game it's all about ratings and show ranking in your time slot.  The higher your ratings and rank at your time slot the more your company can demand for advertising.  In the case of these three, they weren't #1 in their time slots so the overall advertising revenue for their shows were down which usually means you're headed for the door if you won't take a pay cut.

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I've never liked any of them. Most sports talk show guys piss me off. They have outlandish opinions and act like they are the God of knowledge on the topic. I see big things for Brock Huard in the future because he isn't obnoxious and listens this callers without being condescending.
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