It hasn’t been a great year for ESPN President John Skipper. He’s had to deal with the Bill Simmons melodrama, he shut down Grantland, has faced questions and skepticism about the launch of The Undefeated, and he was forced to layoff hundreds of employees.
And in the true spirit of Murphy’s Law – anything that can go wrong, will go wrong – Skipper now has to deal with something that you usually don’t see top network executives face. The ESPN President tore his achilles tendon during a game of volleyball.
SBJ published part of a memo from Skipper about the injury:
ESPN President John Skipper ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing volleyball during Disney management meetings in Orlando last week. In a memo sent to employees today, Skipper wrote, “Thanks to the ubiquity of mobile and email, I will stay fully engaged in our business.” Skipper wrote that he had a choice between playing basketball and volleyball during the meeting. “I chose volleyball because it seemed less risky than basketball. … Clearly my risk assessment was not thorough enough.”
Our best wishes to Skipper for a speedy and full recovery, but one can’t help to wonder why Adam Schefter was asleep at the switch for reporting the injury news.
[SBJ]
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