lukpac wrote:mikenycLI wrote:Because that's what their job is. Falling on a sword, for their employer, is what they get paid for. All the Tv stuff, is just a sideline.
Just a sideline? What? Without the "TV stuff" there is no employer. ESPN's *job* is "TV stuff".
You honestly think people like Steve Young get hired not to be a popular face on TV, but rather to take the fall when needed for their parent company?
These guys are bought and sold, every day, in a verrrrrrrry competitve marketplace.
Their ONLY loyalty is, to who is paying their mealticket at the moment. And even then.....
Their Employers or sponsors, own their vapid Souls, with issues such as "loyalty", "journalistic ethics" and "priniciples", regarded as signs of weakness, that can be purchased for a Price.
It's not a cliche, or "Sports Night", either !
I know of what I speak.