After reports that college football writer Bruce Feldman was suspended by ESPN, the network says Feldman was not suspended. He’s gone to CBS.
ESPN Reacts To Bruce Feldman’s Claims, Gets Last Word In
You knew ESPN would respond in some fashion to former employee Bruce Feldman’s Thursday multimedia blitz. After Feldman tore apart the company on the Dan Patrick Show, at SI.com and at the Wall Street Journal over his suspension last month for participating in Mike Leach’s book, the college football world granted the floor to ESPN:
Nothing changes the fact that ESPN still allows Craig James to talk about college football after he hired a PR firm to get a college football coach fired, and nothing changes the growing perception that ESPN’s Longhorn Network is already affecting its coverage of the team.
Read Article >AUDIO: Bruce Feldman Crushes ESPN, Craig James On Dan Patrick Show
Bruce Feldman’s suspension at ESPN, which was never actually a suspension despite being a suspension, somehow dragged on for more than a month, with Feldman’s last ESPN-sanctioned tweet coming on July 13. Thursday, Feldman uttered, announcing he’s moved on to CBS Sports. He then went on the Dan Patrick Show to talk about the Mike Leach book that got him suspended in the first place due to its unflattering (accurate) portrayal of ESPN golden boy Craig James.
Which is the perfect setting, of course. Patrick is a fellow former ESPNer who’s had plenty of things to say about his ex-employer. Feldman teed off on ESPN and James, saying he lost faith in his longtime bosses after being the first ESPN.com hire 17 years ago.
Here’s audio of the interview, and you should go listen to it immediately, but here’s an attempt at a quick transcript. And here’s video via SportsGrid, in case you like looking at Dan Patrick:
Read Article >Bruce Feldman ‘Suspension’ A Semantics Argument That No Longer Matters
Bruce Feldman wasn’t suspended. Or maybe he was. None of us know for sure, and it will probably stay that way, with one side steadfast in the assertion ESPN put him on the sidelines and ESPN steadfast in the assertion it didn’t. And at this point, the argument has devolved into a debate about semantics, triggered by an oddly-worded press release from the WorldWide Leader.
Read the press release again, noting it says Feldman was never suspended, but will now resume his normal duties. Call it what you want, but throwing in a line about him resuming his duties clearly implies some kind of suspension -- pressing the pause button, if you will.
Read Article >Bruce Feldman Suspension Draws Anger From College Football World
Many sports personalities are furious over ESPN’s indefinite suspension of college football writer Bruce Feldman, who ESPN is essentially forcing to disappear from the internet after he participated in the writing of an autobiography of former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach. The suspension reportedly came despite the fact that Feldman had received permission to participate in the book project.
Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel is leading the charge.
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