Awful Announcing
Russell Wilson's new "DangerTalk" podcast on ESPN is just the latest in a growing trend of content deals media companies have signed with active athletes. And the history and implications of that trend are worth some consideration.
"We should avoid 'news' interviews as much as possible."
“What we were doing was considering how TV coverage can best explain the beauty of Italian football. We do that continually and the basic idea is to avoid dwelling on ugly incidents.
"It’s one of the most frequently asked questions in our staff meeting town halls: When are we going to get back into hockey?"
"It’s disappointing that our broadcast partner would put our players in that position."
There’s a long-standing pattern in college sports of schools restricting access to local media, getting called out by...
