In the 44-minute sports media podcast, Bomani Jones explains how the “stick to sports” crowd won, the lack of vision in ESPN’s current content plan and athletes taking over sports media.
Jones is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.
The Rundown ….
Why Jones says that sports media is utterly confused
How the “stick to sports” crowd won
Athletes are taking more of the media jobs
Does sports gambling money continue
Nick Wright & Peter Schrager have grown in their careers, but it is more athletes who have broken through
The news breaking space is not easy to break through for young people
The problem with the “stick to sports” crowd is everyone is different
Why talking politics repel more sports fans than it attracts
When Jones does CNN hits, he is very aware of the other panelists
The difference between the Jimmy Pitaro era and the John Skipper era
Jones doesn’t see the vision for ESPN’s content
ESPN used to be MTV, creating new stars, but not anymore
Does ESPN need all these other things besides the games
People have such a connection to ESPN
What Jones would advise young people trying to get into the business
Joe Rogan is very popular, but do people think it is good
Erin Andrews and working on holidays’ headline
How YouTube is incentivizing putting out three-hour podcasts
Why Jones won’t do three-hour podcasts
What does Jones think of Pat McAfee on ESPN
How Mike & Mike always got the big guests first
McAfee is the go-to for guests now on ESPN
Jones thinks McAfee is excellent on GameDay
What does Jones think of his old TV partner Pablo Torre’s podcast
Why Jones blames Netflix for anodyne sports documentaries
The opinion space is disappearing, but is needed to scare people
The issue with the Jordan documentary
Jones pitched a documentary …
The way to cut-through in the opinion space is making people mad
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