ESPN out of line

by Zack Vank on Dec 8, 2007 12:51 PM PST

Stumbled upon this an hour or so ago on Yardbarker, which then linked to the original article by a Boston area sports blog...

http://www.bostonsportz.com/blog/2007/12/8/yet-another-reason-to-boycott-espn.html

It seems that ESPN is hosting a poll question with a few anti-Boston possibilities for fans to pick from. One of them is if fans want to see Garnett blow out his knee this weekend. Whether or not this is meant humorously, it crosses a major line that is normally respected by all major sports news outlets and journalists, namely, you do not in any way intimate that you want a player to suffer any injury, let alone one as horrendous as a blown knee.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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That's really messed up

Why would anyone want to deprive the world of watching Kevin Garnett play basketball? That's just messed up.

Here's the thing though, this is kind of stupid:

So, right now I am calling on everyone out there to once and for all BOYCOTT ESPN -- comment below if you're with me. The only thing that matters in Bristol is cash -- let's send them a message.

It's not like ESPN's Board of Directors got together and said, "Let's say something really jacked up about K.G.. BWOOOHAHAHAHAH".

It's most very likely that some low-level hack is in charge of the Sports Nation poll and some slightly-less-low-level hack is in charge of approving it.

I'm sure ESPN will issue a vehement apology and, if necessary, will fire said low-level hacks. What would a boycott prove?

This ONLY makes sense if ESPN refuses to apologize and issues a statement defending the joke as "good natured" and "taken out of context" as well as accusing K.G. of being "over-sensitive" and "paranoid". Then we can boycott.

But should we expect any other reaction in 2007, The Year of the Overreaction?