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clean ayers act posted:The times has an article on a situation with Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor regarding NBA finals coverage that i had no idea was going on. The TLDR is that apparently Nichols contract had wording in it that made it seem like she was supposed to host the NBA finals, but ESPN decided to give it to Taylor for the 2020 playoffs. Nichols went off while talking to Lebron's agent suggesting that Taylor was getting the job because of "diversity" on the phone but forgot that her camera was on. The video was stored on ESPN servers and an employee sent it around which caused lots of issues as one might imagine. Yikes. Taylor is so good at that job too. would also explain why ESPN has been leaking a bunch to stories about Taylor having insane contract demands
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Couldn't Mike Greenberg host the NBA Finals? Has ESPN considered this?
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Jul 4, 2021 15:03
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LeBron’s business advisor or whatever the gently caress had the worst quote thoughquote:In a recording of the video obtained by The New York Times, Nichols and Mendelsohn paused for a moment during the conversation after Nichols said she planned to wait for ESPN’s next move. Mendelsohn, who is white, then said: “I don’t know. I’m exhausted. Between Me Too and Black Lives Matter, I got nothing left.” Nichols then laughed.
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Adun posted:LeBron’s business advisor or whatever the gently caress had the worst quote though lmao
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Jul 4, 2021 15:10
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https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/1411686448948994050
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Jul 4, 2021 15:14
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ESPN’s studio basketball coverage has been really minimal and bad during the playoffs at minimum, I’m curious if they are slashing those segments down partially due to this
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Jul 4, 2021 15:14
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That article is definitely required reading and the only positive takeaways from it are that I have a better opinion of woj and Jalen now.
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Jul 4, 2021 15:16
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It sounds like a tough break for her; sounds like she possibly had a legitimate grievance if ESPN is actually disregarding her contract. While it’s unfortunate for her to frame it as a race thing, it doesn’t seem like something that’s beyond the pale to spitball about in a private conversation.
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Jul 4, 2021 15:28
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General Dog posted:It sounds like a tough break for her; sounds like she possibly had a legitimate grievance if ESPN is actually disregarding her contract. While it’s unfortunate for her to frame it as a race thing, it doesn’t seem like something that’s beyond the pale to spitball about in a private conversation. It's ok to casually espouse racist beliefs in private conversations?
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Kibner posted:It's ok to casually espouse racist beliefs in private conversations? What was the racist belief espoused? It seems she was expressing frustration with and questioning the motivations of her bosses, not with her coworkers. The idea that ESPN management might do dumb things doesn’t seem inherently racist or especially controversial. General Dog fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Jul 4, 2021 |
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Jul 4, 2021 15:37
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General Dog posted:What was the racist belief espoused? That Taylor only got the job because she was black.
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Jul 4, 2021 15:37
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this is like every movie where the older more successful woman is jealous of her younger, hotter competition but then they realize their real enemy are the executives pitting them against each other and come together to teach them a lesson
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Jul 4, 2021 15:39
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Rachel Nichols does not come across like she actually likes basketball. She is definitely good at what she does I guess. I don’t have an opinion of Maria Taylor one way or another but espns basketball coverage is wretched especially when you put it next to TNT.
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Jul 4, 2021 15:41
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General Dog posted:What was the racist belief espoused? It seems she was expressing frustration with and questioning the motivations of her bosses, not with her coworkers. The idea that ESPN management might do dumb things doesn’t seem inherently racist or especially controversial. But she never seems to think her eventual success isn’t the result of the same process. Her hard work just got her there despite not thinking highly of the higher ups
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Jul 4, 2021 15:44
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mistermojo posted:this is like every movie where the older more successful woman is jealous of her younger, hotter competition but then they realize their real enemy are the executives pitting them against each other and come together to teach them a lesson Not really, This is standard white person behavior where they think there is no way a black person could have actually been better than them to get the job, and instead it must be affirmative action/diversity/quotas or whatever other loving thing they need to tell themselves to make themselves feel oppressed and not to blame. If it was just about the loving contract, then you should go to your representation and lawyers and fight it out there. But nope, straight to "she's black so she got the job"
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My favorite part was her characterizing someone talking the recording that she uploaded to the server by leaving her camera on as a spy video of her alone in her hotel room like this is an Erin Andrews situation. Playing the victim card when someone leaks your lovely racist conversation that you thought was private reveals even more about your true character.quote:Nichols said the recording of the video by an ESPN colleague was hurtful. “I was shaken that a fellow employee would do this, and that other employees, including some of those within the N.B.A. project, had no remorse about passing around a spy video of a female co-worker alone in her hotel room,” she said, adding, “I would in no way suggest that the way the comments came to light should grant a free pass on them being hurtful to other people.”
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Dexo posted:Not really, This is standard white person behavior where they think there is no way a black person could have actually been better than them to get the job, and instead it must be affirmative action/diversity/quotas or whatever other loving thing they need to tell themselves to make themselves feel oppressed and not to blame. Maybe it’s baseless, but everyone is going to reach for straws to justify why they got snubbed professionally. Nobody wants to believe they just weren’t good enough. So I think it’s a tough beat to reach for that when venting to a friend or acquaintance and then have it publicized and get castigated for it. I don’t think it’s evidence of extraordinary racial animus in her heart. Maybe just the ordinary kind. On the other hand, you gotta know there’s a risk in anything you say out loud to anyone. General Dog fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Jul 4, 2021 |
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General Dog posted:Maybe it’s baseless, but everyone is going to reach for straws to justify why they got snubbed professionally. Nobody wants to believe they just weren’t good enough. So I think it’s a tough beat to reach for that when venting to a friend or acquaintance and then have it publicized and get castigated for it. I don’t think it’s evidence of extraordinary racial animus in her heart. Maybe just the ordinary kind. Do I think she's out here dropping the word "friend of the family" and poo poo, no, but this type of bullshit is literally how racism festers and operates in professional spaces like this. "oh well you're only in the 'gifted' program because you're black for affirmative action" "Diversity hire" You don't think these things said behind closed doors don't make their way to the person they are talking about. Because I can tell you from loving experience they do in one way or another. I don't know her loving heart, I don't particularly care, the effect of these discussions and trying to cope using racist bullshit is well racist. It's no different than people blaming Mexicans and immigrants for taking their jobs or whatever racist poo poo. It's all loving racist even if you aren't literally calling people slurs.
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Probably the most important takeaway is that espn loving sucks, which we all already knew
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Dexo posted:You don't think these things said behind closed doors don't make their way to the person they are talking about. Because I can tell you from loving experience they do in one way or another. It certainly made it back to her in this case
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Jul 4, 2021 16:01
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General Dog posted:It certainly made it back to her in this case That video had been circulating around for at least a year. Everyone probably knew about it, if not saying anything Nu Deadspin literally wrote an article about how someone was peddling it. https://twitter.com/MicahSharon2013/status/1411691916270260226
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Jul 4, 2021 16:04
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Woj on the other hand, a complete Legend https://twitter.com/TylerIAm/status/1411702183884693504
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Poor locker room culture at ESPN
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Dexo posted:Woj on the other hand, a complete Legend WOJ trying to help in the dorkiest way possible. Good for him
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Bismack Billabongo posted:That article is definitely required reading and the only positive takeaways from it are that I have a better opinion of woj and Jalen now. Jalen is not very good at talking about basketball on TV but he always seems like a really good dude. That show is dire but it's not because of anything Taylor does, Jalen is just a bad fit for it and Jay Williams is a dummy.
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Dexo posted:That video had been circulating around for at least a year. Everyone probably knew about it, if not saying anything https://twitter.com/lppny/status/1411702943708033027?s=19
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Nichols blaming a black person getting her spot on Diversity, while never once considering that she may have gotten her job because she’s white. It’s classic workplace racism that’s been around for decades. This is what all the racists do while claiming they’re not racist because they don’t use those bad words.
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Maria Taylor and/or her representatives getting this published a few weeks before her contract is up AND immediately after the Post had a hit piece about her demanding “Stephen A money” is a great move though
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Dexo posted:That video had been circulating around for at least a year. Everyone probably knew about it, if not saying anything lol I forgot this "nothing that could be construed as being a phony ally" hmm
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only one I'm really shocked at is DiCaro, she's liberal as fuuuuuck, but I generally respect her opinion on poo poo. From when she was more chicago focused. But yeah lmao, gently caress everyone who listened to that call, and didn't think there was anything wrong.
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I don't think Maria Taylor is coming back to ESPN
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AsInHowe posted:I don't think Maria Taylor is coming back to ESPN apparently she turned down a $5 mil a year offer before the pandemic and now ESPN is only offering her $3, so yeah i'd say she's gone
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Jul 4, 2021 19:38
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Jul 4, 2021 19:52
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Ah gently caress http://amp.awfulannouncing.com/sinclair/sinclair-reportedly-bidding-for-nbcs-regional-sports-networks.html At least it seems Awful Announcing dialed down the ads on my phone.
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Dexo posted:That video had been circulating around for at least a year. Everyone probably knew about it, if not saying anything Are there seriously 4 names on that byline? 
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Are there seriously 4 names on that byline? Everyone needs to get in there, to sign off on that Clinton/Warren line
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