ESPN layoffs have begun

[playahaitian]

ESPN tried to un-lay off Ron Jaworski
By Mark W. Sanchez

September 17, 2017 | 4:01pm

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ESPN wasn’t able to call an audible with Ron Jaworski.

The former quarterback and longtime NFL analyst was among the mass layoffs at the Worldwide Leader in late April, and his job status had been a curiosity since he described himself in June as “in limbo” with the network he had been a part of since 1990.

According to a report in The Big Lead, ESPN tried to renege on its layoff to bring Jaworski back to work on its “NFL Matchup” show — only for Disney to shut down a potential reunion.

As more and more cut the cord, ESPN’s decline had an impact on Disney, its parent company, and the 100 or so laid off were a product of cost-cutting to achieve corporate-speak efficiency.

Jaworski, like many let go, still had a contract, his expiring in 2022. He indicated after the layoffs that his status still was uncertain.

“I wish I could give you a definitive answer, but I don’t have one,” Jaworski said on “The Doomsday Podcast” with Matt Mosley and Ed Werder in June. “I’m absolutely very grateful and thrilled to have worked at ESPN for 27 years. I still may continue to work at ESPN. I do not know what the future is going to hold. I still have a contract with them until May 31 of 2022, and if they choose to want to use me in some other areas, that is being talked about with my agent basically as we speak. So I’m a guy in limbo right now. But I do want to continue some broadcasting. I love what I do.”

His wanting to keep working and ESPN wanting his work was not enough to sway Disney.

Both Jaworski’s agent and ESPN declined comment to The Big Lead.[

http://www.bgol.us/forum/index.php?...espn-tried-to-un-lay-off-ron-jaworski.976625/

 

[playahaitian]

http://nypost.com/2017/05/01/the-face-of-espn-layoffs-when-i-knew-i-was-in-trouble/

The face of ESPN layoffs: When I knew I was in trouble
By Mark W. Sanchez

May 1, 2017 | 3:49pm


Ed Werder is using his first days away from ESPN to break some news, beginning with his own.

One of the giants ESPN let go last week, among the first to announce the Worldwide Leader had said its goodbye, used the platform he still has — a podcast — to explain the various lows of the past week.

Actually, Werder said, his eyes have been peeled since the end of the NFL season, when a friend put him on alert that everyone was in danger. ESPN was not using talent level as a barometer to decide whom it was canning.

“Here’s why I was concerned: Our good friend Mort [Chris Mortensen], who was a good friend, after the season had told me that his understanding was these cuts were going to be made and the quality of work was not going to be a consideration,” Werder said on the Doomsday Podcast, a Cowboys news program that he co-hosts. “It seemed to me that quality work should be the only consideration. If it’s not any part of the consideration, then I kind of find myself a little vulnerable under that criteria.”

Werder, Dallas-based, had been with ESPN since 1998, his face and voice a fixture on the network. Wednesday that partnership ended, with ESPN laying off about 100 employees. Werder was offered the chance to stay just to cover the Saints’ draft, which he declined because “it seemed like an odd way to begin unemployment.”

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“I got a text message to call my boss, who’s in charge of the NFL project at ESPN,” said Werder, 56, helpfully transcribed by Dallas Sports News. “So I did that, and I did that knowing under the circumstances that unbelievably that meant I was going to get laid off. And that is what transpired. My boss had a human resources person in the room. And that just verifies for all certainty that you’re going to be laid off.”

Werder is currently a “restricted free agent,” as he has comically termed it on his Twitter page. He can seek other jobs, with the caveat that if he lands somewhere, ESPN will stop fulfilling the rest of his contract. So he’s in a strange in-between state, waking up late and ignorant of the day of the week, unsure where he’ll go next.

He’s gone from a network that it seems he has lost faith in. Werder also appeared to offer a bit of breaking news: a few unreported names who he says were laid off, too.

“It causes me to wonder what is ESPN about because I thought it was about news and information and highlights, and I’m not sure that is the point of emphasis anymore,” Werder said. “How is ESPN going to cover the NFL without all of the people who just lost their jobs? What happens without Merril Hoge and Ron Jaworski to ‘NFL Matchup’? What happens to ‘NFL Insiders’ without a number of analysts, former general managers like Joe Banner and Mark Dominik? Are we really about to see a time when ESPN can no longer afford to cover its most valuable property in the way that historically it has?”

Neither Hoge nor Jaworski has talked about his status at ESPN since last week’s layoffs started coming out.

 

[playahaitian]

http://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/es...ing-substance-addiction.982251/#post-18523948​

 

[Philli]

http://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/es...ing-substance-addiction.982251/#post-18523948​

Wow...

 

[Cybts1]

Bye Skipper.

 

[gdatruth]

what the fuck???
its fucking weird that we even know the dudes name and shows how much of their shit has been on front street

ppl dont resign for substance abuse, they take time off and get help
i am sure there is more to this

 

[playahaitian]

what the fuck???
its fucking weird that we even know the dudes name and shows how much of their shit has been on front street

ppl dont resign for substance abuse, they take time off and get help
i am sure there is more to this

^^^

as usual...

you are on point.

Man a VERY high priced lawyer I bet could somehow get all the talent who were recently laid off?

specifically because of Skipper?

some serious coin.

 

[Shadow22]

Cacs are so thirsty to see black people get fired. SMH.

Some are but their sc6 is trash. Shits like listening to twitter opinions. I hear enough of that trash at the barbershop.

 

[MonkeyBizness]

http://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/es...ing-substance-addiction.982251/#post-18523948​

Could be wrong but the whole admitting addiction route is usually a preemptive move prior to some fuckery coming out. Wouldn't be shocked if Skipper is caught up in the #MeToo movement in a hot second.

 

[playahaitian]

Could be wrong but the whole admitting addiction route is usually a preemptive move prior to some fuckery coming out. Wouldn't be shocked if Skipper is caught up in the #MeToo movement in a hot second.

as always

you see the game from ALL angles.

 

[husband73]

Could be wrong but the whole admitting addiction route is usually a preemptive move prior to some fuckery coming out. Wouldn't be shocked if Skipper is caught up in the #MeToo movement in a hot second.

True.... like why all of a sudden NOW???

 

[MonkeyBizness]

True.... like why all of a sudden NOW???

Dude just reupped his contract not too long ago. The timing is odd. NFL Network got rocked by #MeToo. It's bound to hit the Mouse with the crosshairs on Bristol.

 

[Complex]

Could be wrong but the whole admitting addiction route is usually a preemptive move prior to some fuckery coming out. Wouldn't be shocked if Skipper is caught up in the #MeToo movement in a hot second.

I was thinking the same thing, but I think it's more so probably how ESPN handled the allegations with employees

I know they had issues with Tirico and some others at ESPN and it was covered up

 

[MonkeyBizness]

I was thinking the same thing, but I think it's more so probably how ESPN handled the allegations with employees

I know they had issues with Tirico and some others at ESPN and it was covered up

That cover-up ain't gonna last long. Some news of Berry and one of the other anchors engaged in some shenanigans came out last week. That's just the tip of the iceberg. ESPN is a huge boy's club. Fuckery is a way of life in Bristol.

 

[XXXplosive]

Could be wrong but the whole admitting addiction route is usually a preemptive move prior to some fuckery coming out. Wouldn't be shocked if Skipper is caught up in the #MeToo movement in a hot second.

That's the first thought that crossed my mind. There's some shit that's about to come out and him playing the addict card and resigning is nothing more than preemptive move.

 

[XXXplosive]

Some are but their sc6 is trash. Shits like listening to twitter opinions. I hear enough of that trash at the barbershop.

I don't care for the show either. I've been done watching any of the ESPN shows. I only watch the games now and flip the channel once the games are over.

 

[playahaitian]

Where are they now? Checking in on all the former ESPN employees laid off a year ago
One year after ESPN's massive purge, we've got updates on where everyone wound up.

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Then: ESPN NFL reporter
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Calvin Watkins

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Marc Stein

Then: ESPN NBA reporter, columnist
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John Clayton

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Jean Jacques-Taylor

Then: ESPN.com columnist
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Jerry Punch

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Dave Tuley

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Erik McKinney

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Adam Caplan

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David Thorpe

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Mike L. Goodman

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Trent Dilfer

Then: ESPN NFL analyst
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Raul Ibanez

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Rufus Peabody

Then: ESPN.com predictive analytics expert
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Josh Parcell

Then: ESPNU associate producer
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Dan Sharfin

Then: ESPN voice over artist
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Prim Siripipat

Then: ESPN anchor; ESPN Radio host
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Ron Jaworski

Then: ESPN NFL analyst
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This group has decided to go an entirely different direction, post-ESPN.

Derek Tyson

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Chad Ford

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Doug Padilla

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As best we can tell, these former ESPNers do not currently have work. Some might still be under contract at ESPN, while others have likely chosen not to work for one reason or other. A handful have not given any public indication of what they’re up to at the moment.

Ashley Fox

Then: ESPN.com NFL columnist
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Jade McCarthy

Then: SportsCenter, NFL Live anchor
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Henry Abbott

Then: TrueHoop founder, writer, editor
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Roger Cossack

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Jerome Bettis

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Now: Unclear



Ted Miller

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[fonzerrillii]

this is interesting

 

[cnc]

 

[JustChillin]

Damn, i rocked with Kenny

 

[durham]

Daaamn

 

[jack walsh13]

WHAT!!!!?

 

[PDQ21]

Idk the last time i watched ESPN on TV i just watch what I want on YouTube

Only ESPN based shows I still watch is Around The Horn and PTI thx YouTube

 

[SmoothD]

I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I watched ESPN or any one of their other 100 sister channels.

 

[Complex]

I watch Sportscenter while I'm home before this work at home shit, nah. Maybe on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

Did Kenny have a position? I mean, if you aren't doing Sportscenter, you're sort of limited.

I just remember him from the commercials recently

 

[playahaitian]

this is interesting

Well damn must be f*cking nice

 

[playahaitian]

Damn they did Kenny dirty.

 

[Amajorfucup]

Damn they did Kenny dirty.

 

[cli-terminator]

The only show I really watch on ESPN now is GetUp. Every time they have Ryan Clark, Dominique Foxworth or Bart Scott, it's guaranteed jokes & they're clearly having fun every time.

 

[playahaitian]

The only show I really watch on ESPN now is GetUp. Every time they have Ryan Clark, Dominique Foxworth or Bart Scott, it's guaranteed jokes & they're clearly having fun every time.

^^^^^

listen to Foxworth Friday on Bomani podcast

thank me later

 

[cnc]

 

[shaddyvillethug]

@largebillsonlyplease GOAT

 

[An RnB Thug]

@largebillsonlyplease GOAT

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