ESPN Is ADMITTING They Were WRONG About Trump?! | OutKick The Show w/ Clay Travis

[@shogunjobu]

ESPN sucks, wont subscribe to them an any capacity

[@James-FrankWin]

Just get youtubetv. Stop being poor

[@shogunjobu]

@James-FrankWin I'm rich with health & happiness

[@James-FrankWin]

@ lol well I know that each year that I made more money, I was happier

[@shogunjobu]

@James-FrankWin Rockefeller

[@shogunjobu]

I got cable yalls

[@rickrazo5879]

ESPN hosting the game turned some fans away.

[@James-FrankWin]

Only poor people who can’t afford 88/month for youtubetv

[@wade-be7sz]

yep it cant be people hate ESPN..Gotta be the reason..eye roll...

[@GCtwoTHREE]

​@@James-FrankWin1st problem......Eye Pee Tee V

[@sstewart44]

If ESPN was self-aware now then they would get rid of Ryan Clark the race baiter

[@AceAcabras]

And drop Clark from Inside The NFL.

[@Richard-gw2lr]

He is the biggest race baiter there and the big black dude to his right who always cusses. He is too.

[@James-FrankWin]

@@AceAcabrasdo you think Ryan Clark is a feature or a bug

[@AceAcabras]

@ I’d say he’s a race baiter.

[@deedeesmart1374]

..and SAS.

[@chiefs816kc]

College 🏈 is dead: NIL, too long of a season, CFP games aren't on Saturday, wokeness of universities & ESPN all contributed.

[@creepycrespi8180]

espn will be the death of american sports.

[@craigboesen649]

Don’t watch

[@banks7714]

The NFL is dead, wokeness, Taylor swift, rigged games, force fed "dynasty."

[@Alan-v8r]

All you said is true.Especially the wokeness, the anthem kneeling, George Floyd posturing killed it for me.I've been tiptoeing my way back in not more than the last six months.👍

[@scottperkins8849]

Agreed

[@phukit5456]

ESPN was at it's peak with Dan Patrick and Keith Olberman. Been a slow death march,except for Olberman who feel off the cliff right after ESPN.

[@swedejohanson7739]

I used to love watching Keith Olberman on ESPN. I thought he was great, but he’s absolutely lost his mind. Celebrating people losing their homes in fires just because they have different political views is sick.

[@frederickdavidson2491]

I got rid of cable. I refuse to pay for something I do not watch.

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

When Gutfeld leads late night talk shows from a cable network...that speaks volumes.

[@matthewmesser]

It’s true. It lost that “they’re playing for the love of the game” and players aren’t loyal.

[@smhollanshead]

Clay, I like your current podcast because it includes news and sports. You do the news very well. You’re truthful and insightful, qualities sadly lacking with CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, or ABC. What’s even more impressive with your reporting is, if you make a mistake, you admit it. So, I would like it if you would keep doing the daily podcasts. If you wanted to also do long form interviews, I would tune in. Long form interviews need good guests to make the interview work. The best guests make the best interviews. The fact the College Football Playoff was exclusively on ESPN limited viewership. If these games would have been on ABC, it would have increased viewership.

[@sometimesfriendly9839]

Great point.

[@Jdoom13]

I started listening to Clay on Fox sports radio at work. He just got bigger and bigger. I love it.

[@Brunoinski]

College football has killed itself

[@2AOnlyWay]

Paid college athlete$ $$$$$$$$ was the end!!

[@GaryBurbage]

College Football: Not the same game. The culture has changed.

[@ginaj617]

Yes, it’s woke and pathetic

[@drakepeppers4137]

Agree 100%. NIL and the portal have made college football nothing more than the D league for the NFL.

[@TmoneybagsWalker]

Your gay

[@ginaj617]

@@TmoneybagsWalker sounds like you might be

[@TmoneybagsWalker]

@@ginaj617 y r u gay?

[@jamesm.6705]

Wow Clay is finally starting to understand why so many of us thought paying the players was a bad idea.

[@jimmykelly4138]

To fix this nil mess fast, no money is paid to the player until they graduate with a degree

[@rodneysmith603]

ESPN sucks. I dont pay for it, and thats not changing. I miss the days when all you needed was an antenna and you could watch it on Fox, CBS, ABC, or NBC. Those days are gone. And before people call me a boomer. Im 35. Lol I'm sick of all this streaming shit. It's just morphed into what we used to call cable. Im not paying for 10 different services. Bye.

[@topangagirl128]

Completely agree. Viewership is down because they want you to pay for 5 or 6 streaming services in order to follow any league. Result is I no longer follow every game. ESPN sucks!

[@James-FrankWin]

Grow up and get youtubetv. It’s 88/month. If you can’t afford that, get a job

[@jessf153]

@@James-FrankWin not every game is on you tube tv either. You still need several apps to watch all of the games.

[@James-FrankWin]

@@jessf153 no one here is complaining that the kennesaw state vs New Mexico State game is on espn plus. People are SPECIFICALLY talking about the semi finals and national championships. Which are on espn. Your point is not valid, not again

[@alcole8833]

If player mobility is causing diminished interest in college football, it also plays a part in declining NBA viewership, i.e., few teams have a core group of players to root for over a period of years.

[@Alexshzrd]

This is why the people love OKC

[@Super_Flea]

ESPN desperately trying to stay relevant is the only thing happening.

[@randyware9645]

YOU'RE RIGHT CLAY, I DONT GET IN TO RECRUITING LIKE I USED TO, BECAUSE THEY WILL PROBABLY LEAVE AFTER THEIR FIRST YEAR

[@James-FrankWin]

Most do not leave after their first season. Most don’t leave after their second. Please leave proper caps lock use

[@McMinderbinder]

The problem with CNN is that everyone knows that they lie 24/7/365, and changing to a podcast format won't change that.

[@drakepeppers4137]

College football was the last great sport, then along came NIL and the transfer portal. Now it's just the D League for the NFL. All allegiances fell away and so did what made college football great, that feeling that it's YOUR team and they were kinda YOUR kids. No more.

[@smhollanshead]

I’m going with the Bills over Kansas City and the Redskins over the Eagles. So, it’s a Bills verses Redskins Super Bowl. As you can see by the team names, I’m old school.

[@jamesdegon2768]

A Chiefs vs Redskins Superbowl would be the 1st Native American themed Game !!! Brilliant script !!

[@JohnGoldfarb]

I hope your right. Will the NFL allow that????

[@texasscifi3431]

I am rooting for the redskins vs bills as well. Cowboys vs Commanders has ruined our traditions

[@Transporter_Not_Statham]

Rematch with Wash-Buf

[@rockydelisio6452]

Simulcast on ABC Don't have it competing with the NFL playoffs. (Have the season and playoffs start/end earlier) Having it on Inauguration Day / MLK Day was also a bad move.

[@goinwheelin]

The game shouldn’t be on a Monday. Period. Also it shouldn’t be only on ESPN. They F-ing suck. It should be nationally televised on New Year’s Day like it used to be.

[@sniper60605]

I think this year in particular, there are a lot of people that don’t care for Ohio State or Notre Dame even if they are college football fans. Also, they continue to put the national championship game on a Monday night, in a dome. It makes for such a sterile environment. That game, should be on a Saturday, late afternoon. Yes I know they want the money. Money isn’t everything. I love college football. I hate the championship game on a Monday night!!!

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

well boo freaking hoo, dont want those two teams in the NCG, beat them. if you love the sport, you respect the teams that made it, even if youre not a fan.

[@sniper60605]

@ Easy bro. I didn’t say that I care either way but, let’s face facts, there are a lot of people across the country that don’t like either of those two teams.

[@quincyhoward2222]

College football is broken because of transfer portal, players not staying with the schools they committed to, the NIL system is broken and need some type of structure.

[@matthewv6210]

The game was on inauguration day/evening and there was no SEC school in the game, so basically the entire deep red SEC territory was more interested in the inauguration than a game that had none of their teams playing.

[@Jdoom13]

Great point about how intense the competition online is versus TV

[@seabassthegreat7544]

Why not make it so that when a player commits to a school, its a 2 year commitment? That way (ideally) only half your team is eleigible to hit the portal each off season but you also dont have to sit out a year when you transfer (which i thought was a dumb rule). It would make coaches lives easier as well

[@hollihawk1]

They've already strangled the golden goose..... they just won't realize it for a few more years.

[@keitheyestone6006]

This is what I want. 8 team college playoff. NO BYES!!! Just take the 1-8 final raked teams. If they happen to be all SEC/ Big 10 so be it. Other conf. get better! Start season in Aug. Don’t play more than 2 non-conf games. SEC can’t play non-conf in the middle of the season. 1 non conf game has to be from a Power 5 conf. Play championship game Jan 1.

[@Jdoom13]

Clay, definitely do some more podcast. We would love it.

[@TurdFerguson524]

Clay hit the nail on the head. NIL has made College Football the triple A league for the NFL. And just like he said no one gets super stoked to watch minor league games. Unless there’s a particular prospect you’re real excited about, no one cares about it.

[@hollihawk1]

Why would anyone be surprised? This was inevitable.

[@TurdFerguson524]

@ it’s a double edged sword too. I don’t blame collegiate athletes at all for being paid. If I can buy a players jersey or buy a video game with their name they should get paid for it. But it’s ruined the sport.

[@Mark-uj4qj]

College ratings are down because the playoff games are on pay TV. The NFL televises games on network TV.

[@James-FrankWin]

If you can’t afford KZbin tv for 88/month, you should be working nonstop to stop being poor

[@Mark-uj4qj]

@@James-FrankWin $88 KZbin + $107 for Wi-Fi + $15 sports fee in Washington State. Some people young, old, handicapped ... don't have the ability or opportunity to work non-stop.

[@theokombo1759]

Buffalo over DC would be poetic

[@LweissTTU]

With NIL, transfer portal, and realignment, many fans are disenchanted with college football. While we love our own alma mater, we don’t much care about anyone else. Especially schools in the sec, big 10, or Notre Dame I didn’t watch the playoffs, aka the invitational

[@TheSoccerDon]

Clay...I think you may be overthinking it. I was more interested in watching Trump Inauguration than 2 teams I personally am not a fan of. I even forgot the game was on. :/

[@sometimesfriendly9839]

I thought Notre Dame would be huge ratings bonus for the CFP Championship game.

[@vinasel96]

It will me a looooooooooooooong time to trust ESPN again. Long live outkick!!

[@jimmyrussell8834]

Plenty of blame to go around on the ratings..The game would have had more viewers if it was on broadcast TV. Also, causal fans have lost interest over the years, because many are dropping cable all together. People are tired of paying extra. Used to be over the air, and ESPN, and now you need cable plus Big10 or SEC network, you might need Netflix, Paramount, or Peacock. People are tired of being bilked for every last dollar!

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

To illustrate one of Clay's points. When Mecole Hardman's rookie contract was up KC let him go free agent, the Jets didnt use him, and the Chiefs got him back. This has happened twice with this same player. He has as many SB rings as Mahomes and Kelce and Jones. Was he the superstar? no, but he was productive. It seems the only loyalty any of these teams care about are the fans.

[@ginaj617]

We appreciate you, Clay….. just being a straight shooter… I’m telling you , when there’s no agenda and it’s just truth being told how can you not respect that? You deserve success. 💯

[@PaulBergeron-w3o]

I agree with everything you said about the players changing teams to much and why they select a team. I also feel college is more regional in fan base even though with realignment it is still at its core a regional sport. Going head to head with nfl playoff did not help either. Figure out how to be done in Jan 1 like it should. As far as I remember Jan. 1 was college ‘s day alone we need that back.

[@JonathanNation]

Long form is all I really like ... go deep, explore ... the more with the winners and successful people you have access to the better.

[@bk22544]

This is an easy fix…student athletes can transfer one time without having to sit out a year. If they do it more than once, old rules of eligibility apply.

[@pcl360media]

“Final Four” is trademarked by the NCAA for only basketball (as are the lame terms Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen). The OSU-Texas and ND-PSU games were the CFP Semifinals.

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

the NCAA football problem is based on this, DECADES of media bias, NIL and the transfer portal. It lacks the parity of the NFL. Parity is the key. and college coaches being the highest paid public employees in states leaves a bad taste in a lot of peoples' mouths. Money is runing all college sports, not just football.

[@markp.7165]

College fans often watch their team play and that is it. They don't watch other schools with the same passion (134 FBS Schools) especially teams in a different conference play. So when the CFP got going if their team wasn't in it which is highly unlikely then they either don't watch or watch a little. As the field got narrowed down the people watching got narrowed down as well. I mean how many people in Southern Cal or South Florida care who wins between ND and OSU? Second, the game is on a Monday night. People have to work, that alone costs the game viewers. Hard to have a watch party on Monday night.

[@Sacto1654]

The solution: put the semifinals and finals on ABC. Since ABC is an over-air broadcast network, this means substantially higher viewership for these games.

[@jameswitt645]

Bane said, "Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding."

[@billpowley5882]

Then ESPN better get new staff on TV. They also suck.

[@JJ-bz4bq]

They weren’t wrong, they lied. There’s a difference.

[@thunderingthelightning]

ESPN needs a BOOBGATE rescue right now right Clay?

[@marksinger8096]

If Greg Gutfeld left his show and the 5 fox would struggle

[@AnnieRodrigues-i2d]

I'm in florida can any1 tell wat radio station clay is on.

[@briggsb1]

I think the transfer portal and N.I.L. has turned a lot of people off

[@jppalm3944]

FOX is no prize. Paul Ryan on board of directors.

[@ponderingitall]

Have NOT watched the NFL in years. The Refs are ridiculous, but I quit after DeflateGate. What nonsense.

[@leifnielson6849]

I loved the playoffs

[@ameliaschenk]

With 12 team playoff, there’s only really going to be a few good games and the rest blowouts.

[@TonyR-u6h]

Shame, oh Fox, for letting Joy Taylor get away with her bullshit

[@adammckee3496]

I don't need ESPN to be conservative sports news. We have you for that. I just want ESPN to return to what they were in the 80s. Non-political sports.

[@njbobf]

I don't know if CNN would not be able to Pierce, Megan, Jennings et. al or they'd be afraid to or are too ideological to do so. Not sure those folks would take a deal unless there was a lot, and a mean a lot of money, and large latitude in creativity.

[@michaelmcnaughton6640]

No Clay, just give it a minute. You will get more casual fans of these Uni’s as they are more involved. It’s one year, they will get more involved as they, or other universities that aren’t the SEC all the time, understand that they will have a shot. Give it more than one year.

[@jppalm3944]

Nobody knows where games are on.

[@randyware9645]

Is alabama a prize pick state ?

[@Sasquatch424]

No

[@42322]

I think putting a pay wall between potential fans and the games hurts their growth of the league. .

[@James-FrankWin]

Stop being poor, youtubetv cost 88/month. You can do it buddy

[@Alan-v8r]

Anything new or exciting with PresTrump gets top priority over any sports related item.

[@predatorsilver]

It was 1992 when Redskins won Superbowl!

[@marksinger8096]

Truth tellers are interesting

[@beast9511]

It wasn’t an accident. It 100% was on purpose.

[@UnknownUnknown-tu3be]

Love ya Clay, but you were off your game on Piers

[@salvatoremartino9643]

Uhhh because not everyone went to college so...

[@MICKIEP3251]

you nail it with the nil it will destroy the game espn is a big problem!!

[@mwilliam331]

College football is mostly regional

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

national championship game aired on subscription tv. if it were they pros, it could be defended. college, not so much. taxes pay for the schools.

[@astewar3]

NIL should be converted to if players stay throughout college career to the school they sign with. This is required to make all college football more about education and the school not a minor league for the NFL.

[@Doug41160]

If all sports goes to streaming, i will give up on all sports!!

[@shawnbrooks5293]

Clay giveing way to much credit to ESPN.

[@andynoutah1234]

Jack Carr

[@sunkid118]

Worshipping money doesn’t sound good

[@_Jax_55]

Well, tons of people just won't watch ESPN. Most of the games sucked with blowouts. No dedication by the players to the school. Get rid of the conference championship and possibly week 13 of CFB. Start the playoffs 2nd or 3rd Saturday of December so the National Championship game can be closer to New Years Day.

[@jessf153]

My hubs wanted to watch the game BUT it was only on ESPN, he won’t pay for it. So he doesn’t watch

[@leeposton1664]

I don’t think it was the playoff that was the problem. I think it was the way the committee from Michigan seeded everyone. You had teams in there that didn’t belong. And the matchups were just ridiculous. Furthermore, I detest Ohio State. But even I can appreciate they by far had the toughest road. And that should not have been that way. Just poor bracketology

[@christophernaples1315]

I would submit to YOU that playoff system is a joke..lame ass money grab ,a tournament that includes, 3 different levals of talent ,like single a double a triple a and majors

[@douglasfoster2215]

Hey I'm comment number ONE ! I'm here to say Trump is the man the myth the GOAT.

[@garyMitchell-ne4nd]

Kelly Clay Travis picks i don't think so Mama June has a better record

[@StuartCollins-n9e]

Too little too late ESPN. You’ve destroyed college football, by making the playoffs a pay to watch. College football isn’t supposed to be a business, like the NFL. Now you money boys have made it one, in cahoots with the NCAA. I say BOYCOTT ESPN.

[@ameliaschenk]

Recruiting is hurting college football, recruiting, signing day isn’t the same, we all know boosters are buying players. I’m ok with them making some money but college sports should have a cap on what they can earn.

[@tonyg76]

Yuck, terrible idea. I do not want to see Vance, Trump or any other politician picking football games. Keep it to the sports people not politicians and celebrities.

[@MB-ed2qj]

F ESPN

[@slayerreign1120]

I believe 34 million people watched Oregon Ohio state, you know the number don't say I believe you're not smart.

[@shawnbrooks5293]

2 issues I see with the CFB playoffs 1: there is to much time between games. 7 days apart is plenty of time. More days loses the momentum. 2: this championship featured 2 of the most disliked programs in CFB

[@GothamCityStills]

Totally agree

[@superturtle61177]

Clay is so naive. He has been pushing his "ESPN is going to steer towards the middle" take for years and been wrong every time. Face it Clay, this leadership is what it is. There will be no changes as long as the same people are in charge.

[@EdByrns]

The game would g n if nobody got aid anything that's truth n I know they shuldbe aid but not as much as they get

[@Designsy-wl9nr]

Too long. CF should end the week after new years

[@slayerreign1120]

Why do you say I believe yesterday afternoon? And I think the final number was 22.1 million? You know the numbers don't say you believe so you look smart.

[@BuddyG]

Do agree... CNN's personalities suck so much. They need to give scott jennings a show or they will continue to decline in ratings...

[@joeyfourpaws5594]

Trump inauguration got terrible rating. Did you mention that?

[@GothamCityStills]

CFP was absolutely abysmal. Dreadful football. And at the end of the day who really cares? Was not intriguing in the least.

[@pinpointpinpoint6017]

Monday night is the absolutely worst night for a championship game. College basketball has done this for years and won't make a simple adjustment to Friday night. Ratings and viewership would go through the roof. The NFL is next in line for not making that product's pinnacle game to a much better night also. Move it from the outdated Sunday to a much, much better Saturday night! The comments of minor league products do not apply to the sport of professional hockey, and that is fact!!! The step below the nhl has attendance figures that are just that, only a step below. A very small step. Noteworthy are the Hershey Bears and Cleveland monsters. In fact, the step below that (AA) hockey has a good core of die hards, too, that prefer the double A product's much cheaper dollar cost. I agree with the College football championship game being far to late on the calendar. To me, the Thanksgiving weekend would be a far better 1st round playoff venue and reducing the regular season to 11 games from 12. This would enable the championship to be decided closer to new years day.