NFL 2014 Season Thread

[Sava]

White-knighting ESPN

[-Jrabbit]

ESPN has a massive studio production facility in LA.

[Sava]

So they produce studios? Do they ever use them to make shows and stuff?

[rah]

I enjoy how it's "Eastern Seaboard Programming Network" who goes absolutely nuts about Los Angeles sports... maybe the joking name isn't entirely accurate

Of course, people from the East Coast would not notice the bias the rest of the country does.

Except for lakers coverage, they never mention LA and even that has diminished along with the team.

[Sava]

I don't understand how that market can support two NHL franchises... but not an NFL franchise.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Except for lakers coverage, they never mention LA and even that has diminished along with the team.

Yasiel Puig plays for the Lakers? Because everyone and their mothers were complaining about how ESPN was over covering that guy.

[-Jrabbit]

So they produce studios? Do they ever use them to make shows and stuff?

ESPN's Los Angeles Production Center, called LA Live, is located downtown, near Staples Center. It has three production control rooms, two master control rooms; eight edit suites, a music room, a voiceover room and two live production studios totaling more than 12,300 square feet. The late night SportsCenter is produced there, plus the NBA pregame show NBA Countdown and other programs. I believe the Spanish-language ESPN channel also originates there.

I actually have a lot more detail, like the digital networking technology and mixing consoles they use, etc. Aren't you glad you asked?

[rah]

Yasiel Puig plays for the Lakers? Because everyone and their mothers were complaining about how ESPN was over covering that guy.

One or a couple of examples does not make a trend. It's the overall picture that's important. It's not like they ignore everything else.

And yes, for the record my opinion, being from Chicago, is biased also.

[Ming]

Now that my daughter works for ESPN, I watch even more than I used to... (assuming that's even possible )

[Imran Siddiqui]

One or a couple of examples does not make a trend. It's the overall picture that's important.

Yes... in the overall picture they slobber over LA.

[rah]

I don't see it that way, so unless either of us has stats to back it up, it's down to personal perception.
How about an informal poll here.

Do you think ESPN spends more time covering East Coast teams or LA?
I lean heavy to East Coast teams.

[ColdWizard]

http://deadspin.com/what-i-learned-from-a-year-of-watching-sportscenter-5979510

[rah]

It does seem to lean towards the east coast but not as much as my perception.

MOST-COVERED TEAMS BY SPORT (2012)
Miami Heat (NBA): 962.75 minutes (5.5%)
New York Yankees (MLB): 410.25 (2.4%)
New York Giants (NFL): 362.75 (2.1%)

[ColdWizard]

It's skewed east coast because east coast teams are better.


(Except in basketball, which we don't care about here anyway).

[rah]

Last time I looked, Miami was on the east coast. Which topped the list from that article.