kschaeff posted on B&RU: "Cliff notes version is: she did suffer a concussion, still employed by the team, retained a lawyer but no legal action as of yet. The entire piece is worth a read."
Pertinent bit from the article: "In the days that followed, Simpson—a former goalkeeper at the University of Maryland who has said she suffered multiple concussions during her career—struggled with post-concussion symptoms." Side note: I stopped paying for ESPN Insider and switched that $ over to a subscription to the Athletic back around March. May not be worth it (yet) if you only follow soccer, but they have a ton of great baseball coverage, and the soccer stuff they do have is really good.
The article says the "railing cap"was installed at the last minute at the direction of DC inspectors who said the original railings were not high enough. IIRC, Turner later acknowledged that the caps were installed with the wrong screws and that the one that fell on Simpson wasn't the only one that was loose/or fell without incident.
I cancelled my subscription when Jamele Hill began with The Atlantic. //there are discount codes all over the place. The Athletic is definitely worth it.
This is me not trying to be a jerk or start a huge discussion, but why do people not like Jemele Hill? I know she's gotten into some race issues that some white people don't like. But do people think she's not a good journalist/commentator? I don't read/watch her that often, but she has seemed perfectly fine when I have.
I took it to mean the exact opposite, that he quit ESPN when she was let go - but I'm often accused of not understanding things properly I haven't seen a ton from her but I've liked what I've seen/read.
She's anti-Trump, and upon hearing of her joining The ATLANTIC, some guy on Twitter angrily announced that he was canceling his subscription to The ATHLETIC. Because words are hard.
I looked back more carefully at the preceeding posts... and I think you're right. Either way, I know some people don't like Jemele Hill. I was just wondering whether it was her opinions on social issues/politics or because people take issue with her journalism/commentary skills.
ESPN is perhaps the only sports programming more unwatchable than the NFL these days. I got sick of the angry with an edge sports reporting that they resorted to. Don't know why, but they did. I can't stand Steven A Smith. That they brought back a baiting asshole like Olbermann with the track record he established after they fired him the first time was another brick in the wall I put up in front of ESPN. I've generally not been a fan of ESPN's MLS coverage, not because of the studio or booth staff, they're excellent, but it always seemed like MLS was something ESPN felt they had to do, so they put the minimum into it with respect to scheduling and resources. I miss the old Sports Reporters with 4 guys sitting in swivel chairs shooting the shit about the issues and hot button items of recent sports events. Before Lupicia went annoying, long before Dick Schapp passed, before Kornheiser turned orange. It was great show with guys who worked their way up in sport journalism, by being beat reporters who had to know the games they covered. A 60 Minutes (think the early 80s version) grade show. Now you have morons like Max Kellerman weighing on all sorts sports that he knows little to nothing about. A yammering moron like Skip Bayless and bunch of other twits who make Woody Paige not sound like a vapid asshole. In much the same way as MTV "stopped playing music vids", ESPN got away from what made it, which was televising sports. Rather than cover niche sports, whether it was Aussie Rules Football, Worlds Strongest Man or some less popular Olympic sports like bobsledding or track, they decided talk shows with pointed opinions was the way to go to fill the day. I don't think my TV has tuned to ESPN in years unless a specific game I wanted to watch turned up in the cable guide.
Its prolly been at least that long since I watched anything other than PTI or sports on ESPN and its been at least 5 ys since I watched PTI.
I don't even know who Jemele Hill is. I'm not a lawyer or a doctor, but I imagine that having a history of concussions already would make things difficult if Simpson decides to sue. I don't miss her on the broadcasts at all, but I wish her a full and speedy recovery.
I generally avoid sports "commentary" on TV. Some day those assholes may have to get a real job. Same for "sports" radio, just an endless sea of babble about shit that really isn't important taking calls from folks who really think which wide receiver starts on Sunday is the most important thing in the world. I watch some sporting events on TV, soccer, hockey and Formula 1 racing really are about it. The only sports commentary I listen to are podcasts: For F1's Sake (three Brits snarkily talking about F1), Open Wide for Some Soccer (whenever they do a show), the Total Soccer Show (sometimes -- but it has such a Prem League slant that I'm not a big follower). I tried to listen to the RFK Refugees podcast, but those guys are latecomers and don't even have a complete grasp of DCU "history" that only goes back 22 seasons, just unlistenable. My favorite remains UnitedMania, but sadly those four guys are just a pleasant, distant memory at this point.
If she just reported that would be fine. I don't need the opinions of those "with a platform" I think for my self, right or wrong. So those who tend to spout off drive me away.
I am sure they won't be favorites on this board but I listen to Filibuster podcast. I skip the time the spend talking about booze for the first 8-10 minutes. I know they're HUUUUGE homers and kinda dorky, but if you go in knowing that, they're pretty knowledgeable and they have on counterparts from other podcasts from the other teams each week to break down upcoming games.
I think that's a general problem with all media. Everything comes with either an opinion or an editorial agenda that dictates what is even covered or what angle its covered from. Journalism in general has gotten a long way from just reporting the facts.
I don't think she's a "reporter" in the sense you mean. I thought she was there for her opinion/commentary. Maybe the problem is that ESPN intermixes it's reporting and commentary pretty much constantly. I'd say news stations have the same problem.