Anti_ESPN_Classic_Page · The Real Classic Sports Network

[TMC1982]

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anti_ESPN_Classic_Page/?yguid=201668823

ESPN Classic has become the product of ESPN's extended programming. It has essentially become the ESPN overflow channel for live games like today's college football game and its original programming.

In a cost-cutting move, the schedule in recent years, has largely become composed of ESPN original programming, highlighting sports such as poker, bowling, and bass fishing, with less emphasis on re-airing classic games of major-league sports such as National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and National Collegiate Athletic Association games.

Before ESPN took things over in about 1997, it was Classic Sports Network, an independent start-up network that had rights to sports from all over. When ESPN took over, it continued in that vein, until the rights expired. Now its just garbage out of ESPN's not-too-deep vault. "Stump the Schwab" and live events should not be a part of the channel.

Group Information
Members: 8
Category: Sports
Founded: May 27, 2007
Language: English

[Minnesota]

I don't mind when ESPN Classic airs "live" games because it is as you (they?) suggested "overflow". Overflow usually happens for college games, so the more the merrier. But I don't think ESPN (1 and 2) is doing a very good job otherwise... pretty soon ESPN will be like MTV... IE: 'remember when they played music videos' versus 'remember when they played real sports' ... meanwhile baseball, basketball and football games go unaired.

[Nunyerbiz]

For many, many years all ESPN aired apart from Sportscenter was ping pong, bowling, dog shows, horse racing... the "olden days" of ESPN had little to do with mainstream games being broadcast. As far as the death of The Classic Sports Network, that's a little depressing... but not surprising. They should just rename the thing to EPSN3 and be done with it.