IronHead34 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ok,Long story short, I work for a school district in Ohio in a small town called Middletown. It is right between Cincinnati and Dayton. The district I work for happens to be where Chris Carter played high school football. While the athletic department adores him (there are several signed jersey’s and balls, etc), most people do not really care about Chris Carter here.All except a teaching assistant who played football with Chris Carter and still takes care of Carter's niece. We started talking about football today and he name dropped Chris Carter on me. I told him I had a bone to pick with him (Carter) and his hatred of the Falcons. At that moment, the athletic director (who was also an assistant coach when CC played here, not sure if it was a football coach or some other sport) came in and asked this teaching assistant if he had talked to Carter about his potential to be in the Hall of Fame. The two talked and I quickly discovered CC and this guy still talked, a lot. As a matter of fact, CC owns a house in Boca where he often lets this guy hang out as a thank you for taking care of his niece. Apparently, he (Carter) also owns a bronze bently he allowed this man to drive once. And only once. We started to discuss the Falcons and Vikings NFCCG and figured that is why Carter “hates” the Falcons. Well, I was told that is wrong.Carter has no hate for the Falcons, or any team for that matter. From what I understand, ESPN basically pays their “analysts” to be actors. Everything is staged when it comes to football and opinions. Basically, during the preproduction meetings, the producers tell the talent who to pick in upcoming games, what stats to throw out to support their picks, and what subtle digs to take at teams they are picking against. Even deeper than that, if talent disagrees with the pick they are told to proclaim, they will often throw out a caveat such as, “if the Falcon’s can contain Keapernick, I think they can win the game, but…I have to pick the 49ers….” However, they are warned not to “gush” too much about the team they are picking against as they thrive on dividing the audience.Here is another kicker, Chris Carter also has money invested in an Atlanta area business and spends money in the city to help support its growth. So, moral of the story, sure, CC acts like a fool sometimes and seems to always pick against us, but in truth, the man, like most others on ESPN, is just doing what he needs to do to get paid.Don’t let the media, especially ESPN, get you all riled up, most of it is an act designed to do so.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boat Shoes Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Awsthum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IronHead34 Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Hey, I just report the facts. If you guys want to keep moaning about respect, have a blast. Just know, its what ESPN wants you to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownorg Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I fully believe the media fabricates a huge portion of it, I'm not so naive as to believe everything the television tells me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHead34 Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 I fully believe the media fabricates a huge portion of it, I'm not so naive as to believe everything the television tells meThat's rare on these boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconsfan567 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I believe you. Everything on ESPN is staged. There's nothing genuine about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Predict a blowout, be wrong, report on it the entirety of the following day. People will watch ads just to see experts grovel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert_Falcon Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Media,politics, sports, take your pick when money is involved there is no truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Pimp Named Slickback™ Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Although I already kind of figured that, thanks for the story anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culain_04 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 don't doubt it,ESPN is only 2 Kardashians away from becoming one of those teen drama queen channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HASHBROWN3 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Maybe Arthur Blank should buy espn, and turn it into realville... then instead of pre-planning who has what assignment, just throw out the role-play bs...Then replace it with real representation from each team... fans, ex players & coaches, punks, business men, barhoppers, MESSAGE BOARD DUDES etc... Then simply let them REPRESENT as long as it is thoughtful, clean and filled with great stuff....****, over half the time these espn yo yo's get it wrong anyways... so why not fans who are in the know about their teams...? Edited January 15, 2013 by HASHBROWN3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 This is why Turner should have made Turner Sports as big of a deal as WGN as far as local sports. We have nowhere to go to hear about our teams, but TBS should have been that for us instead of flipping to show other baseball games and syndicated sitcoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Wilson Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Fine, now explain NFL Network and NFL Radio on Sirius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) If this is true, and I don't doubt it, then maybe Rob Parker was telling the truth when he said the First Take producers knew beforehand what he was going to say about RG3. Sounds like they should've gotten fired along with Parker. Edited January 15, 2013 by Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Fine, now explain NFL Network and NFL Radio on Sirius.They're competing with ESPN for eyeballs, so they act like Stuart Scott clones too. Or at least Deion Sanders clones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steampunk Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Yeah sort of like Pawn Stars.... " yeah Im here to pawn my Rembrandt "Or storage wars, " Oh look someone left a 25K rolex in this old dresser " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHead34 Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 If this is true, and I don't doubt it, then maybe Rob Parker was telling the truth when he said the First Take producers knew beforehand what he was going to say about RG3. Sounds like they should've gotten fired along with Parker.I'd almost bet they gave parker the outline and he filled it in, and then got a little too overzealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDirtyBird7 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarterback Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 So, paraphrased, ESPN is producing calculated, premeditated misrepresentations just to make an extra buck?Shocking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis York Morgan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 It's a game. I don't see why this is all that surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergo Proxy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 So, paraphrased, ESPN is producing calculated, premeditated misrepresentations just to make an extra buck?Shocking!lol, tell me something I DONT know.I stopped watching E-SPiN years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfalc Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Former College Coach Jeff Reinbold was the guest analyst on Sky TV in the Uk this weekend.Straight after the game they asked him why the Falcons get no respect. His answer was that Atlanta is a small NFL market and the team has always struggled to gain acceptance, before giving an example - the 1977 Gritz Blitz D being statistically the best D in NFL history, and how almost nobody outside Atlanta even knows this or would refer to them in any discussion of the great NFL defenses. To put it more bluntly, the NFL broadcast media are ratings whores, prostuiituting themselves to the more popular franchises, the bigger TV marlets and big name players. That's why the netwotks worship the same 10-12 teams all year round, and why smaller market teams like Atlanta get treated like dog dirt.The sad thing is, these medfi have taken the greatest sport in the world, and - rather than using the airtime to inform and eduate fans about the intricacies of the game - they have turned it in to the lowest form of BS reality TV, where they obsessed with the colour of the underwear being worn by latest overhyped "star" like Tebow and RGIII.I have ZERO respect for the NFL broadcast media, because it's all that they deserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty72780 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) I fully believe the media fabricates a huge portion of it, I'm not so naive as to believe everything the television tells meAny and EVERY sports show analyst is directed to have conflicting opinions. It makes for good TV/Radio, it creates a debate, which enables these TV stations & radio shows to actually have a show! If every analyst just picked the same team then there would be no "argument" about who the better team is. It shocks me that people dont realize these analyst are directed to have conflicting opinions of who will win. Wake up people. Edited January 15, 2013 by matty72780 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hustle Up Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I often thought that the media (ESPN, NFL Net, Fox sports, etc) work hand in hand with Vegas. I mean they create the perception around a team. Somebody out in Oklahoma might not know a thing about the Falcons other what the media says. So if somebody like that wagers on a game they are basing it off perception and thus Vegas stays fat. Just a theory but the media definitely bends the truth, real talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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