resigned because he has a coke problem and an extortion plot regarding such. Funny how these people have all of these personal problems and persecute people like Paterno and athletes.
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Wow....ESPN's John Skipper
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I find it hard to believe that he wasn't downing nose beers while at work. You don't just wait for the clock to hit 5pm after work to start the booger sugar.
He doesn't like cocaine-just the smell of it.
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ESPN's coverage of UNC's issues with the NCAA perhaps affected by Skipper being an alum?
Certainly wasn't the same way they covered PSU.
Certainly wasn't the same way they covered PSU.
I'm still not sure I believe his story. It seems as though he could have kept his job if that story is true.
I have learned in my lifetime, the people who yell the loudest about other people's problems are usually the ones hiding the most.
I guess if you are actively covering up a coke abuse problem, you naturally assume everyone else would cover up criminal activity in their daily lives as well?KARMA.
Everyone at espn knew about skipper and did nothing. They covered up cocaine abuse in the name of poor, politically-influenced, share-losing sports broadcasting.
Stephen A. Smith knew. Chris Berman knew. Even Desmond Howard knew.
They all knew. They all knew, and they did nothing.
They all knew. They all knew, and they did nothing.
He probably could have kept his job if espn was doing well due to his leadership. The piss poor performance of the organization plus the drugs combined would be too much for almost anyone to overcome.
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The extortion part: Maybe. I could see him needing a fix and the source seeing an opportunity.
Not so much the corporate speak and finer inconsistency. If infrequent and truly not an interference, then it sounds recreational and he probably didn't need "addiction treatment", etc.
I doubt he could have kept his job no matter the story. Disney still couldn't allow the story even if headed-off and diffused.
Fuk them all. Who cares. They deserve worse than what they get for creating/promoting the narrative that led to that fuking movie coming out next month. And, ganim..... dont get me started
The interview was very believable. Skipper had to leave not because he was addicted to cocaine (he was an occasional user) but because some drug dealer threatened to go public with the fact that Skipper had bought from him. It would have blown up in an ugly way, and really the only way to avoid that was for Skipper to step down and do substance abuse treatment.
It's kind of an interesting reminder that the risk of drugs for many people isn't the drugs themselves, it's the risk of being caught especially if you're a public figure. Goes double for someone in the entertainment industry.
It's kind of an interesting reminder that the risk of drugs for many people isn't the drugs themselves, it's the risk of being caught especially if you're a public figure. Goes double for someone in the entertainment industry.
Assume that ESPN really thought Skipper was doing a great job. If Skipper had gone public and said that he had a substance abuse problem and was taking a leave of absence to get well, that wouldn't have allowed him to keep his job and neutered the blackmail from the drug dealer at the same time?
The more likely case is that Iger used the drug issue as an excuse to get rid of a guy who caused ESPN's brand to tank. They couldn't just fire Skipper for failing at his experiments in wokeness programming because that would be politically incorrect. The drug use was a cover for getting rid of him.
As support for my case, I see that ESPN has just reassigned the guy from the 6 PM SportsCenter, roughly one month after reassigning Jemelle Hill. So maybe ESPN realized that they needed to change back to actually focusing on sports, and Skipper was resisting the changes.
Obviously that skipper lives in a glass house and therefore should have always STFU.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I was responding to the post where the poster made mention of the fact that ESPN was so gung ho trampling over us after the Sandusky scandal that here was the president of the network himself had a cocaine problem.
I think that would be true for a lot of companies, but not Disney. Disney has that extra sensitivity to bad publicity of this sort because a lot of their brand value is tied up in selling stuff to children. Disney is one company where it would not be ok to be publicly identified as a cocaine user.
I think it's the wrong take. People stopped watching Sportscenter because no one needs TV to get scores and highlights any more. They get them on their phones.
The "wokeness programming" wasn't the cause of ESPN's problems, it was a response to that underlying change in the market. Having more opinion, more personality, more investigative reporting (which Skipper also supported) was an attempt to give ESPN exclusive content.
"Wokeness" as you refer to it was an attempt to attract young viewers (just as "anti-Wokeness" programming on Fox plays really well to over-60 white men)
Obviously it wasn't super successful. (Like a lot of PSU fans I hate ESPN, so watching this bloodbath doesn't bother me one bit)
Who knows, Iger might have been unhappy with Skipper, but really if Iger wanted to dump him, there was no need to invent a pretext involving substance abuse. Disney has no problem firing people when they don't deliver profit. And back to point 1, every time there is a headline involving a Disney executive and cocaine, that costs them money down the line given the business they're in.
You may be right, tboyer, and I appreciate your thoughtful response. Skipper's story just doesn't hold water with me. Here is another take that indicates Skipper may have had a sexual harassment/marital infidelity problem.
https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-president-john-skipper-continues-lie-firing/
Those who are quick to tear down an icon do it to feel better about themselves. The rest of us allow time for adjudication.
this guy was an arrogant NC cheater and a former Rolling Stone cockroach...there is more here,,, sexual harassment story will eventually get out,
ESPN says he doesn't have a coke problem. He just did it once and now a guy that sells drugs for a living is trying to blackmail him? And because he doesn't really have a problem he's going to rehab? And you're removing him?
Yeah ok. Because a drug dealer is going to risk his business/identity being exposed to LE by a powerful media person that bought coke off him once. Everybody knows dealers are always looked at as pillars of the community and always believed.
Just remember kids, it's not ESPN's, Disney's or Honest John's fault, the blame goes to the mysterious and unnamed drug dealer that tried to do a very bad thing to a really great man in his one moment of weakness.
GTFOH.
This can't be even close to the real story.
Yeah ok. Because a drug dealer is going to risk his business/identity being exposed to LE by a powerful media person that bought coke off him once. Everybody knows dealers are always looked at as pillars of the community and always believed.
Just remember kids, it's not ESPN's, Disney's or Honest John's fault, the blame goes to the mysterious and unnamed drug dealer that tried to do a very bad thing to a really great man in his one moment of weakness.
GTFOH.
This can't be even close to the real story.
