B1G Challenges Ahead for Hawkeyes
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The above post was directed at this
Doug Gottlieb of CBSSports,formerly of ESPN, has come out this week and admitted that the honchos at ESPN mandated that Tim Tebow be brought up and discussed as much as possible,every single day,even when he was not in the news. I guess Tim Tebow discussion drove the numbers,but it also illustrates that ESPN is not above manipulating coverage of certain individuals,or conferences.
The incessant Tebow talk when he was at Florida and afterwards certainly would not hurt the SEC.
I think it is a chicken and egg deal,no doubt, but at this point,ESPNU focuses at least 70% of their coverage on the SEC. The league is good,no doubt,and will stay good with that kind of marketing arm.
The incessant Tebow talk when he was at Florida and afterwards certainly would not hurt the SEC.
I think it is a chicken and egg deal,no doubt, but at this point,ESPNU focuses at least 70% of their coverage on the SEC. The league is good,no doubt,and will stay good with that kind of marketing arm.
bcl20
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I don't know, the Big Ten was considered a premier conference for a long time (they are still relevant Nationally because of tradition despite the fact that they are about on the same level as the ACC and Big East and they aren't as good as the Big 12) and the conference really hasn't capitalized on that type of recognition to become a great football conference again.
The SEC's success has more to do with their location (the south) and the fact that a lot of these schools are in the same state as some of the best high school football programs in the country. ESPN covers the crap out of them because they are good.
Big 10 basketball (or any other conference) will get that type of discussion (sort of, people care more about college football than college basketball) and hype if they play well in the non-conference and the tournament and then do it for a few years straight. ESPN is going to focus on what people care about and if the Big 10 is good, than people outside of the midwest will care.
The SEC's success has more to do with their location (the south) and the fact that a lot of these schools are in the same state as some of the best high school football programs in the country. ESPN covers the crap out of them because they are good.
Big 10 basketball (or any other conference) will get that type of discussion (sort of, people care more about college football than college basketball) and hype if they play well in the non-conference and the tournament and then do it for a few years straight. ESPN is going to focus on what people care about and if the Big 10 is good, than people outside of the midwest will care.
GhostofBTT
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Dude, get this Mickey Mouse garbage out of here, and come back when you're ready.
You asked for 2 teams and I gave you 2 teams. It's not my fault your argument sucks.
bcl20
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One might say that it's nice to have something positive to talk about when it comes to Iowa basketball for a change.
big10fan
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good. if we keep this up Ghost will go insane.
RocknRollface
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Every mainstream, so call news source, dictates the "news," its not something thats exclusive to espn. Sports news was last to the party really.
tm3308
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Nobody claimed otherwise.
RocknRollface
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Well, yeah thats basically what was being implied by saying ESPn wasn't above the practice of manipulating coverage.
My point is that manipulating coverage (facts) is the essence of "news" now. It goes without saying that espn is not above it.
GhostofBTT
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What "facts" are being manipulated?
tm3308
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His point was against those who pooh pooh the idea that ESPN does in fact manipulate the coverage. Just because every news outlet dictates what is news doesn't mean his point was invalid.
tm3308
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He was referring to Gottlieb's comments about ESPN and its coverage of Tebow when he was at Florida.
