|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
unleasHell
Franchise Player
Joined: 16 Apr 2001
Posts: 11591
Location: Stay Thirsty my Friends
|
 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
ESPN has been Diney-ized...
Why not have the broadcasters dress as Disney characters?
Goofy does Golf
Donald Duck does Football
Mickey does Baseball
Mini does Tennis
I'd watch that...!
_________________
“Always remember... Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.” |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
audioaxes
Franchise Player
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Posts: 12573
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Basketball Fan wrote: | http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/15/ex-espn-president-says-he-resigned-because-his-cocaine-dealer-extorted-him/
| Quote: | Ex-ESPN president says he resigned because his cocaine dealer extorted him
In December, ESPN President John Skipper announced his resignation, citing a substance addiction. Skipper now says it wasn’t the addiction that forced him to resign, but rather an unsavory character he used as a source for cocaine, who began extorting him.
Skipper tells the Hollywood Reporter that after having used cocaine for years and always managing to keep it separate from his job, he mixed up with the wrong drug dealer, and that person threatened to do damage to him and to his company.
“It turned out I wasn’t careful this time,” Skipper said. “They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk, and this exposure would put my professional life at risk as well.”
Skipper said he wished he could have gone on temporary leave from ESPN, rather than resigning, but as he talked to Disney CEO Bob Iger about his predicament he quickly came to the conclusion that he was going to have to leave permanently.
“When I discussed it with Bob, he and I agreed that I had placed the company in an untenable position and as a result, I should resign,” Skipper said.
And so Skipper resigned from what he calls “the best job in sports on the planet.” |
|
Yes the dealer should get prosecuted for extortion but from just reading the summary Skipper doesnt sound the least bit remorseful for using coke. There's pretty much no job you wont be fired from for doing that stuff no matter how well you claim to keep it separate from your work life.
_________________
(bleep) Kawhi |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jodeke
Retired Number
Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 67625
Location: In a world where admitting to not knowing something is considered a great way to learn.
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| audioaxes wrote: | | Basketball Fan wrote: | http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/15/ex-espn-president-says-he-resigned-because-his-cocaine-dealer-extorted-him/
| Quote: | Ex-ESPN president says he resigned because his cocaine dealer extorted him
In December, ESPN President John Skipper announced his resignation, citing a substance addiction. Skipper now says it wasn’t the addiction that forced him to resign, but rather an unsavory character he used as a source for cocaine, who began extorting him.
Skipper tells the Hollywood Reporter that after having used cocaine for years and always managing to keep it separate from his job, he mixed up with the wrong drug dealer, and that person threatened to do damage to him and to his company.
“It turned out I wasn’t careful this time,” Skipper said. “They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk, and this exposure would put my professional life at risk as well.”
Skipper said he wished he could have gone on temporary leave from ESPN, rather than resigning, but as he talked to Disney CEO Bob Iger about his predicament he quickly came to the conclusion that he was going to have to leave permanently.
“When I discussed it with Bob, he and I agreed that I had placed the company in an untenable position and as a result, I should resign,” Skipper said.
And so Skipper resigned from what he calls “the best job in sports on the planet.” |
|
Yes the dealer should get prosecuted for extortion but from just reading the summary Skipper doesnt sound the least bit remorseful for using coke. There's pretty much no job you wont be fired from for doing that stuff no matter how well you claim to keep it separate from your work life. |
Really? This sounds remorseful to me. | Quote: | "I come to this public disclosure with embarrassment, trepidation and a feeling of having let others I care about down.
"As I deal with this issue and what it means to me and my family, I ask for appropriate privacy and a little understanding. |
_________________
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
