# ESPN, what the fuck???!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047 "2002-07-27T01:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/1 "2002-07-27T01:42:04Z")
I realize that you have to fill 24 hours, in a row with "sports of some kind, and that means you put fishing and other outdoor “sports” on, (mainly on ESPN2), but you’ve gone too far. I turn on ESPN2 last night and **there it was!!!** NBA pre-season basketball. Except it wasn’t pre-season, hell training camps don’t open for another 2 1/2 months. This was some bullshit summer league games that truly mean less then nothing. Come on, you could re-run those NBA finals videos and everything would be fine. Hell, you could even run all of the Super Bowl highlight videos and doing that would make more sense then televising these basketball “games.” Ok, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/2 "2002-07-27T01:59:02Z")
man. slow pit day. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/3 "2002-07-27T02:21:22Z")
The horror … the horror … ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/4 "2002-07-27T03:21:11Z")
That’s nothing. I turned on ESPN 2 one day and saw a Magic: The Gathering tournament being played. ESPN 2 truly has some bizarre programming sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/5 "2002-07-27T05:17:43Z")
What you talking about Willis?? M:TG is a great game. Only problem is the expense. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/6 "2002-07-27T05:53:29Z")
Neurotik: You must (please tell me you must) be joking. They didn’t really broadcast that, did they? Sure, Magic:TG is a great game. Thousands of folks love it. But it’s not a spectator sport, for God’s sake! There are hundreds of thousands of competitions at the Pro, Semi-pro, Pro-Am, Celebrity, College, Junior College, Minor League, Bush League, Prep, High School, Junior High, Middle School, et al leve which could be broadcast. People playing cards just is not entertaining. Bowling is more stimulating. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/7 "2002-07-27T06:10:09Z")
> [@](#): > > But it’s not a spectator sport, for God’s sake! Apparently you’ve never seen their broadcasts of the World Series of Poker or the National Spelling Bee Championship. Hell, I have a hard time accepting Billiards on ESPN. What’s next, Quarter Bounce? Euchre? I Spy With My Little Eye? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/8 "2002-07-27T08:08:05Z")
I like to think of ESPN as the “Orange Pie Piece Network.” Any pastime that is likely to be the subject of a question in the orange section of “Trivial Pursuit” – i.e., sports and leisure – can fit in comfortably on the network. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/9 "2002-07-27T15:02:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by WSLer in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=125781&perpage=50&pagenumber=2) thread_ > > You can always change the fucking channel but that seems to be a bit too challenging for some of you. > > * * * ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/10 "2002-07-27T17:10:17Z")
ESPN needs to bring back **AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL!!** ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/11 "2002-08-15T00:23:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > \*\*What’s next, Quarter Bounce? Euchre? I Spy With My Little Eye? \*\* Twister? Roshambo? Hot Cockles? ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/12 "2002-08-15T00:42:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*You must (please tell me you must) be joking. They didn’t really broadcast that, did they? Sure, Magic:TG is a great game. Thousands of folks love it. But it’s not a spectator sport, for God’s sake! > \*\* I don’t know if they still do this, but ESPN2 did show the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. I never watched it, since when I was really into Magic I didn’t get ESPN2 like I do now. But The Duelist, Scrye, and InQuest magazines all reported it as fact and there were even some articles about how neat it was for the game to finally be “accepted” by the mainstream. At the time, I thought the idea of watching M:TG on TV was the neatest thing since dual lands. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/13 "2002-08-15T01:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PatrickM \* > \*\*ESPN needs to bring back **AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL!!** \*\* Oh, please God YES! Somebody on this board must know somebody at ESPN. We’ve been good little drones for years. Please, please, please Santa Claus. Please give us regularly televised Australian Rules Football. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/14 "2002-08-15T12:34:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > > * * * Originally posted by WSLer in this thread You can always change the fucking channel but that seems to be a bit too challenging for some of you. Heh heh heh- no smart alecky post ever goes unnoticed. . . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/15 "2002-08-15T13:39:24Z")
Australian Rules Football, to put it simply, RULES! I can not get enough of the smallish, former used bookstore owner looking refs that give the signals when a goal is scored. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/16 "2002-08-16T02:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*You must (please tell me you must) be joking. \*\* He speaks the truth. It was hilarious. Do you remmeber those Olympic four-minute vignettes on each athlete where they shoot the athlete in soft focus, and show 30 seconds of the athlete at rest, 1 minute with their family, 2 minutes training? They actually had “Player profiles” for the Magic players. Imagine Olympic vignettes except where the subject is wearing black jeans, an X-Files T-shirt, isn’t athletic, and doesn’t appear to be well acquianted with soap. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-what-the-fuck/121047/17 "2002-08-16T12:11:24Z")
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