feel like the only thing that’ll stop the unethical basketball is to fine players the same way you would for ejections etc. and create a 1st, 2nd, 3rd offense type of system. Guys will just keep doing it if there’s no consequence. Refs aren’t good enough to catch it in real time
I TOLD YOU ALL THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
The second ESPN got Inside the NBA, I said it. They were going to mess this show up. Not improve it. Not evolve it. Slowly destroy it.
And now Charles Barkley is saying it out loud.
“We’ve only been on ESPN, I think, four times in three months.”
FOUR TIMES.
This used to be a WEEKLY SHOW for 35 years.
Now listen to this part: “We did the first two weeks. We were off all of December until Christmas, and we’re off all of January until the 24th. I don’t like that at all.”
So let me get this straight. October, a couple shows. November, one show. December, ONE DAY. Christmas. January, nothing until the end of the month. Five shows in three months. Five. And this is the greatest studio show in sports history.
ESPN turned it into a seasonal decoration. And people wonder why fans are mad.
Barkley even said he is not trying to be on every ESPN channel: “I’m not going to be on ESPN One, Two, Three, Deportes, Nacho, Echo… But I wish we had been on more.”
That is the problem right there. ESPN does not know how to handle rhythm. They do not understand chemistry. They do not understand what made this show special. They think everything has to be an event.
Inside the NBA was special BECAUSE IT WAS NORMAL.
Because it was there every week. Now it shows up when ESPN feels like it.
This is how great shows die. Not with cancellation. With scheduling. I warned you. They are dismantling this show in real time. And Barkley sees it too.
Obviously it’s against the values of college sports of old, but essentially the NCAA has created this system where it’s going to be free agency every year. Players are allowed to transfer unlimited times and without having to sit out. Can’t blame kids or schools blame the NCAA
"I can't with the re-signing of players, I'm sorry."
@joelklatt shares his thoughts on the issues in college football, specifically surrounding "re-signing" and player representation. Do you agree?
America needs to institute the technical for flopping. Another thing that Europe does that we are way behind on. Way too many guys running head first into screens then snapping the head back to sell a call. Bad on the refs for rewarding it