Perspective Perhaps Regarding Stuart Scott and ESPN

It is truly sad when a 49 year old man passes away. Such is the case with Stuart Scott, the ESPN sports performer. Please keep in mind it is the fact he died and not the scathing criticism of him that follows, which is the sad thing.

Now is it the most classy thing on my part to recall Scott as one of the most annoying, “style over substance,” often factually incorrect, sports reporters among the plethora of such at the monolith ESPN?

Likely not, but after one too many, unanimously positive reviews of his life, and the fact it was not Gandhi, Martin Luther King nor Jonas Salk, who died here, that I had to respond.

First of all it is ESPN, that above all is the object of my criticism. They have become all too powerful and their charts/demographics and penchant for their “E” which is entertainment, has always riled me, the “S” for Sports (and even schmuck for caring) fan.

In Scott, they found and encouraged a reporter who gave twice as much “schtick,” for lack of a better word, than reports.

I found him beyond annoying, and even more than I want this type of reporting to cease, I wish Scott was not deceased so early and here to read it.

Surely in a better place, Scott might just suggest I looked for “style points” myself with “cease” and “deceased.”

Thus, though I do not back pedal in my criticism of Scott and certainly ESPN, perhaps there is some middle ground. My kudos to Scott for affecting so many people, including me.

Died too young–wish he were still around to consider my criticisms