OT: Bill Simmons to ESPN,"I dare you to suspend me." ESPN responds by suspending him

[Expert]

He would but that is at least 3 suspensions by that media group that has been bull . I have not heard full podcast yet.

1. SAS - a loud mouth hack, but he was absolutely right about women instigating SOME of the violence and even if Janay Rice was saving her "gravy train" she admitted her role in the incident ...even if Ray is s .

2. Max Kellerman - gets suspended for telling a story on their local show about how he kicked his wife after she had kicked him many moons ago. Are you serious?

3. Maybe Simmons foolishly baited the ESPN execs but I am pretty sur ethe NFL partnership with MNF is a big reason for that suspension.

I get you cant just do or say whatever you want when you work for ESPN or as an NBA owner. But I hate the way they pander to the court of public opinion and suspend their talent for sharing theirs.

They should stick to the sport part, drop the tabloid journalism shtick.

[Dex]

at Simmons actually daring ESPN to suspend him at the end of his podcast.. I thought that was just a joke. thinking he's bigger than the company

This.

I really don't mind Simmons and think that, as a journalist, calling out the corrupt commissioner of the NFL should be directly within his professional purview. If he had kept it at that, he probably would've gotten away with it.

You've got to be an idiot to publicly blast your own company and your own bosses to national media, and not expect to get some for it. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

[Killakobe81]

This.

I really don't mind Simmons and think that, as a journalist, calling out the corrupt commissioner of the NFL should be directly within his professional purview. If he had kept it at that, he probably would've gotten away with it.

You've got to be an idiot to publicly blast your own company and your own bosses to national media, and not expect to get some for it. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

I admit listening to it, versus just reading the transcript he provoked his bosses and that can be considered insubordination.But he was blasting Goodell who does not work for his company and is just a business partner of ESPN. Still was stupid but you cannot say he blasted his own company he simply dared them to reprimand him and they did. Will be curious to see his response.

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They should stick to the sport part, drop the tabloid journalism shtick.

There ain't no $ in that, no traction. Symbolism over substance sells, big.

[AlexJones]

the funniest thing is reading about the liberal media trying to spin the story as "ESPN is choosing to protect their NFL contarct over stopping domestic abuse". I haven't had a great laugh like this in a while. First off, how the is ESPN going to stop a worldwide issue like domestic violence? And why the do people think ESPN is protective of Goodell when their other personalities are regularly bashing him and getting away with it? Simmons got suspended because he's a ing smartass tool that showed up his boss and the rest of the company by acting above 'em.

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the funniest thing is reading about the liberal media trying to spin the story as "ESPN is choosing to protect their NFL contarct over stopping domestic abuse". I haven't had a great laugh like this in a while. First off, how the is ESPN going to stop a worldwide issue like domestic violence? And why the do people think ESPN is protective of Goodell when their other personalities are regularly bashing him and getting away with it? Simmons got suspended because he's a ing smartass tool that showed up his boss and the rest of the company by acting above 'em.

+ because it keeps Goodell on the simmer setting as ESPN/Media strategizes how to get him swingin' next to the lynched Sterling.

You in' , you.

[The Gemini Method]

At least he had the brazen ways to even say something...just the norm of puppets protecting Gooddell. Grantland is far superior to anything written on ESPN...at the very least.