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Suzzer,

Sportscenter with Scott van pelt pisses me off. It shouldn't because I don't watch it and can easily avoid it with no impact on me at all. But the fact that it even exists kinda annoys me.

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07-24-2017 , 06:59 PM

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suzzer99

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And as pvn pointed out - he has his own branding and logo.

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07-24-2017 , 07:13 PM

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manbearpuig

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

On the Friday PTI they dedicated the entire first segment - with a guest journalist - to some Kyrie Irvin / LeBron drama. I've never seen them do that for anything.

I would bet any amount of money this is about the layoffs and trying to throw a hail mary (I couldn't bring myself to say full court press) to save one of ESPN's key properties. I think it's beyond clear to everyone at ESPN that if they don't want to be in the next round of layoffs -
they better get fully on board.

When has attempting to manufacture demand like that ever worked in the entertainment world?

So much this. I like the NBA I'll watch 2 or 3 big regular season games and 2 or 3 playoff games and the finals. But this shoving the NBA down your throat in June and July is awful. Right now ESPN is talking Derrick Rose, JFC.

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07-24-2017 , 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

I consider myself a big NBA fan, but my fandom is definitely at a personal 21st century low. The playoffs sucked so ****ing hard, and then they're shoving **** in our ass nonstop. I absolutely hate hearing about Carmelo Anthony all the time like he's even relevant at this point.

And then whatever the **** The Basketball Tournament is. ****ty teams with stupid names playing in tiny gyms? Yeah cool! Last game I happened to notice was Ram Nation vs. NC Prodigal Sons. GFY

Best post in a while. I'm a casual NBA fan, but these playoffs were pathetic. Summer basketball is not a thing.

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07-24-2017 , 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Didace

You mean like "Bill"?

More like Gary Burghoff

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07-24-2017 , 11:05 PM

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the amount of pressure and exposure surrounding golf. at the end of the day its just people putting balls into holes yet its treated like extra terrestrial activity

Last edited by H0RUS; 07-24-2017 at 11:06 PM. Reason: i like golf

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07-24-2017 , 11:32 PM

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inside??

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Probably mentioned before but the WNBA. ESPN don't try to force feed me into watching inferior basketball. You may as well include all woman's college basketball too. Nothing is worse than watching Connecticut beat someone by 60 every game. Put something else back on that is more entertaining like the Minature Gold World Championships.

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07-24-2017 , 11:44 PM

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The NBA is a joke. So boring.

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07-24-2017 , 11:45 PM

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Dominic

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That giant beer cups are called "growlers." Annoys the **** out of me for some reason.

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07-25-2017 , 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Dominic

That giant beer cups are called "growlers." Annoys the **** out of me for some reason.

The name never bothered me, but those and yards and whatever other novelty giant vessels irk me because they are not convenient and no matter how much of a manly beer drinker you are there is no way it stays as cold and delicious as a regular glass.

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07-25-2017 , 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by inside??

Agree mostly - but MSU beating UCONN was pretty awesome.

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07-25-2017 , 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by amead

Calling it "The Open" is entirely stupid and purposely obfuscating.

There is the U.S. Open, and there is the British Open.

And, people in the U.S. should get to decide since they control the sport of professional golf. All the other majors are there, along with just about every single other top level event. What is the main trait that differentiates this tournament from all the others? Obviously the Britishness.

Sorry we jacked your sport and it feels like

Again, find me anyone outside the US that calls it the "British Open". It's the Open championship because it was there first.

Sorry we have history and it feels like

Last edited by jeccross; 07-25-2017 at 04:35 AM.

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07-25-2017 , 04:25 AM

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I love how Brits cling so desperately to a time when their country mattered.

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07-25-2017 , 04:36 AM

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Don't want to make this political, but I think a decent percentage of Americans are clinging to a different time at the moment for other reasons.

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07-25-2017 , 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jeccross

Again, find me anyone outside the US that calls it the "British Open". It's the Open championship because it was there first.

Sorry we have history and it feels like

Lol you can't even figure out the party line on what the dummies running the thing decided to call it this week.

Hint: They'd like you to stop calling it The Open Championship. I'll leave it up to you to research what name they've decided upon now.

If you can't even get it straight, how am I supposed to take the constantly-changing misleading name seriously? It's the one British thing, hence the British Open. You should name something in a way that best disambiguates it from its peers. End of story.

Edit: I guess I'd allow them to name it The ****ty Rainy Field of Windy Goat Hay Open for maximum accuracy.

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07-25-2017 , 07:52 AM

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Im guessing they want you to call it The Open, you know, like their website states;
https://www.theopen.com/
Or any of the many instances where they call it The Open or Open Championship themselves.

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07-25-2017 , 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by amead

Regardless of whatever you're on about in this, it sure as **** isn't called the British Open anywhere.

It was named best when it was named - it had no peers. Hence they named the US open "the US open" to distinguish it.

This is why people say lolUSA.

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07-25-2017 , 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jeccross

You don't know the name that the R&A marketing and branding folks want you to use either, which makes this even more lolsy than bringing geopolitics into a "things that shouldn't piss you off but do" thread.

But yeah, it is called the British Open in places that hold literally ALL of the other important golf tournaments to disambiguate it from the tons of other top-level events that happen only there.

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07-25-2017 , 09:22 AM

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jeccross

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Find me a decent source that calls it the British Open then.

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07-25-2017 , 09:27 AM

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Try googling "british open", and checking some of the 1.6 billion results maybe?

LOL @results 2-5

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07-25-2017 , 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jeccross

It really isn't. Find me anyone outside the US that calls it that.

Like zee Germans?

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Martin Kaymer hatte sein Golfbag längst gepackt, als US-Star Jordan Spieth den vorletzten Schritt zur sportlichen Unsterblichkeit ging. Der 23-jährige Texaner gewann am Sonntag trotz einer abenteuerlichen Schlussrunde die 146. British Open und muss damit nur noch bei der US PGA Championship triumphieren, um als erst sechster Golfer der Geschichte den Karriere-Grand-Slam zu vollenden

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07-25-2017 , 10:01 AM

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amead

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Let's move on.

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07-25-2017 , 10:13 AM

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The reason it doesn't get called the British Open more is that the British Open requires broadcasters to avoid saying the British Open.

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07-25-2017 , 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by H0RUS

the amount of pressure and exposure surrounding basketball. at the end of the day it's just people putting balls into holes yet it's treated like extra terrestrial activity

fyp

Last edited by W0X0F; 07-25-2017 at 11:41 AM. Reason: No extra charge for grammatical corrections

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