ESPN cuts RGIII & Ponder

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I thought RGIII was fun to listen to in the booth. That's where he should be and for college (not NFL) games.

 

RG3 will land on his feet. Great personality and fun on tv.

 

ESPN will dump anyone if they don't play ball with the accountants. RG3 was good.

 

In my opinion this is addition by subtraction, I thought he was absolutely unbearable.

 

HTF do they keep Beth Mowins but dump those two.

 

I liked RG3, reminded me of the JP Sports days.

 

Curious as to the real story, they still have to pay the putz so I don’t see how this saves money like they’ve claimed

 

Not a fan of RG3 or Ponder… but both were far and away better than Beth Mowins

 

RG3 was funny as hell as an announcer. He is a loss to me

 

ESPN would also use RG3 for their NCAA track coverage.
He actually competed for Baylor his first year there- he enrolled in January and did track that semester.
I think he was 4th nationally in the low hurdles- something like that. Amazing athlete.

He definitely livened up the coverage.

 

Agreed, while he has a certain charisma it quickly wears thin, and what he actually says does little to enlighten or advance the commentary.

He could be entertaining at times, but more as a distraction than an addition.

 

I can see that. Personally I like his kind of humorous approach but I can where others would be. But as far as addition goes, to me, none of them really add anything except Gary Danielson and occasionally Kirk Herbstreit.

 

Look for Kirk Herbstriet to get the axe soon.
He recently publicly stated that men do not belong in Women's sports.
That is a big no no to do at ESPN.

 

Always liked RGIII. Don't remember seeing Ponder (or at least it didn't leave an impression). Only thing I know about him was he's a semi and has a hot GF/wife.

 

I think that Sam Ponder is the hot wife. Hubs is the Nole.

 

I really can’t listen to or watch Stephen A. It’s quickly obvious with him that he knows nothing about sports that he, ahem, comments on.

He is to commentary what Beth Mowins is to announcing.