“Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN’s journalistic standards. We have worked hard to ensure that our recent NFL coverage has met that criteria. Bill Simmons did not meet those obligations in a recent podcast, and as a result we have suspended him for three weeks.”
Simmons — who has previously been suspended from Twitter by ESPN — said he would go “public” if someone punished him for his comments on the Goodell.
“I really hope somebody calls me or emails me and says I’m in trouble for anything I say about Roger Goodell, because if one person says that to me, I’m going public. You leave me alone. The commissioner’s a liar and I get to talk about that on my podcast. Thank you.”
ESPN got this one wrong. Granted Simmons sounded like he was daring ESPN to do anything but it's pretty typical of what you'd expect out of a network - follow the money.
bluehenbillk wrote:ESPN got this one wrong. Granted Simmons sounded like he was daring ESPN to do anything but it's pretty typical of what you'd expect out of a network - follow the money.
Rules of ESPN
Rule 1:
Protect the ESPN shield
Rule 2:
Protect the shields of our biggest leagues
Other ESPN people, notably Olbermann recently went after Goodell without punishment. ESPN and Simmons have had some issues with each other. If you publicly challenge your employer, you should expect to be punished.
