ESPN's 32% ratings crash - layoffs happening

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

The fans drove the Tebow coverage. Period. End of story. The MEDIA drove the Sam story. Big difference. Huge difference. Say what you want about Tebow, he's a polarizing character, but ESPN covered him because they knew people followed Tebow and whatever he was doing in the NFL.

I gotta disagree. Both came about and where driven the same way. Tebow didn't just become the story it was because of the fans and then ESPN just happened to follow along. There was a day that ESPN did a count and Tebow was said on the network like 65 times in an hour.

You can't have watched ESPN during the Tebow hype and not seen that ESPN was loving it and pushing it as hard as possible.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

I gotta disagree. Both came about and where driven the same way. Tebow didn't just become the story it was because of the fans and then ESPN just happened to follow along. There was a day that ESPN did a count and Tebow was said on the network like 65 times in an hour.

You can't have watched ESPN during the Tebow hype and not seen that ESPN was loving it and pushing it as hard as possible.

No one would have known about Sam had the media not made a big deal about him being the first openly gay player to go into the NFL. Tebow, arguably, is one of the best known college football players of all time. He won 2 national championships and was in contention for the Heisman trophy (which he won) every year he played. Tebow was a big football story.