ESPN offers to buy soccer league

[dcajedi]

This is from a quasi-text-commentary of ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kenny Mayne's (rather staged) trip across the country to four sports events today:



Stage 3: Kenny to Boston, stat!

[1:07 PM] Kenny spots some kids playing soccer, and tells the driver to stop the car. He gets out and talks to the kids, who are practicing for a league game. Kenny asks if ESPN can buy the soccer league. One of the players, Fernando, replies that they'll have to talk to the league commissioner.


Ummm... wrong league?

[kenntomasch]

I'd rather they sold Kenny Mayne.

[AndyMead]

Do we really need to create a thread for each and every throwaway reference to soccer?

Really?

[dcajedi]

Originally posted by AndyMead
Do we really need to create a thread for each and every throwaway reference to soccer?

Really?

No. But I thought this one was particuarly funny considering the finances of the two professional leagues these days.

[FlashMan]

Originally posted by dcajedi
No. But I thought this one was particuarly funny considering the finances of the two professional leagues these days.

MLS' finances are fine considering they're run/owned by two extremely rich people.

Of course if they weren't owned by two very rich people, that'd be another story....

[TOTC]

Originally posted by dcajedi
This is from a quasi-text-commentary of ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kenny Mayne's (rather staged) trip across the country to four sports events today:


You mean, burn up thousands of Disney dollars to fill up air time that could have been used for more actual sports news coverage rather than being self-indulgent?

Come on, SportsCenter. The REAL news is that you are getting too big for your britches. If FOX would get rid of The Worst Damn Sports Show Period and reconstitute a nightly sports show (Van Earl Wright, all is forgiven!) maybe the ESPN suits will actually show MLS/WUSA highlights. Damn.