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The Bill Simmons Podcast (1 Viewer)
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I googled this with my eyes rolling a bit, because a lot of hacks have had their knives out for Simmons the last few days over some relatively innocuous stuff, and Abbott has his own issues with being overly smug. This article had plenty of the petty stuff I expected, but also some pretty incredible and damning observations that don’t really surprise me at all.
Long Ball Larry
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Long Ball Larry
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henry abbott, founder of truehoop, which came under the ESPN brand in 2007, did not care for his interactions with Bill Simmons or the way that Bill was coddled and feared by ESPN staffers. and he found bill to be too led by his emotions.
abbott is coming out with this stuff now, seemingly, because there was an article published recently about the lack of diversity at the Ringer and under Bill's leadership in general over the years. for instance, The Rewatchables podcast used to have a lot of different guest hosts on of a variety of races, and now is usually just bill and 2 other white guys. bill defended this move by saying it's not an open mic night, i guess meaning that he wanted a specific, "professional" sound to the podcast (or something like that).
Long Ball Larry
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i think that it less that he is racist and i guess more that he has not promoted diversity at the ringer and it is getting less diverse. and then i guess people got mad that russillo was praising Simmons for his supposedly diverse group. but it does seem fairly overblown, because i think that grantland was pretty diverse and maybe right now he hasn't done as much to promote diversity in the staff, but i'm not sure that he really has to be. seems like more of an internal struggle that suddenly got put on blast publicly.
Ilov80s
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I think it's a story because of his reaction comment. When the issue of diversity came up, he should have touted his history employing minorities and then admitted that there is still room to grow in the area. What not to do was make a condescending remark dismissing the issue.
facook
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Good Posting Judge said:
Pretty sure some of us have used that reference to him in this very thread. He's the perfect example of an only child, Abbott is spot on.
Good Posting Judge
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I don't know if nepotism is necessarily racist? But not a great look if you're giving your own kids podcasts and saying it's not open mic night.
jhib
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Somebody was obviously butthurt that he wasn't included in the show.
mr. furley
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feels like it was Czaban who said of Marshawn Lynch, "of course i want you to talk so i can rip you for it! that's good content!"
of course Simmons wanted Lebron to take a fan's suggestion and do what Kobe had already done previously... he wanted the content. it's not damning, it's sports media content and it makes money
Good Posting Judge
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Long Ball Larry
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William j simmons?
Zow
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I noticed that, too. I know he and ESPN had a huge falling out so wonder which one demanded that be how his name is listed.
pantherclub
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What is funny is that during that falling out Simmons was 100% in the right. He called Goddell a liar on his podcast and that is what sent the Espn brass specifically the cokehead john skipper into a tizzy. If espn had any sense they would have given simmons a wide berth and just left him alone to do his own thing. ESPN nixed a podcast with then senator obama. How effing dumb were they?
https://deadspin.com/deadspin-classic-espn-nixes-bill-simmons-barack-obama-5889576
RUSF18
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Simmons got suspended because, as he was making his comments about Goodell, he said that he knew ESPN would have a problem with it and challenged them to discipline him.
"I really hope somebody calls me or emails me and says I'm in trouble for anything I say about Roger Goodell. Because if one person says that to me, I'm going public. You leave me alone. The commissioner's a liar and I get to talk about that on my podcast. Thank you. … Please, call me and say I'm in trouble. I dare you."
So they did.
Joe Summer
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William J. Simmons was the founder of the resurrected KKK from the 1920s. I'm sure there's no connection.
facook
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pantherclub
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RUSF18
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Doesn't matter. How would your boss/company react if you went on a rant and dared them to discipline you during a Zoom meeting tomorrow?
Now imagine you did that to the general public, allowing all your clients and customers to hear it.
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SFBayDuck
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Racist? Maybe. Needlessly tying something he likes back to a Boston sports figure or team? Par for the course.
That being said I haven't listened to this episode yet so I don't have the context. And if Twitter is good at anything it's ripping things right out of context.
rockaction
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Don't we want the truth about Gooddell rather than the analysis of the power play and powers-at-be in a stupid corporate industry "news" product? I dunno, just seems like a stupid way to look at things in the grand scheme of it.
Sounds more like fodder for a daytime show than anything else. "Oooh. He said this. So she did this. And he did this. Ooh. Groan." [insert lovemaking scene with guy named Victor]
Sounds more like fodder for a daytime show than anything else. "Oooh. He said this. So she did this. And he did this. Ooh. Groan." [insert lovemaking scene with guy named Victor]
facook
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I've actually enjoyed the last several Cousin Sal episodes, but if you've enjoyed hating what a terrible parent Simmons is, this week's Parent Corner is an all timer. The epitome of not guiding your child, not leading your child, just sort of....being around your child.
Also Cousin Sal's story is hilarious (but also kind of fits into the above).
Also Cousin Sal's story is hilarious (but also kind of fits into the above).
facook
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I actually think he is COMPLETELY unaware of self. I don't think it's shtick. I think HE thinks he's normal. And he's a psychopath.
lardonastick
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The one good thing left on BS Podcast (Cousin Sal on Monday) has been ruined by adding the guy who SPEAKS IN ALL CAPS AND CAN'T REGULATE THE VOLUME OF HIS VOICE. :unsubscribe:
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Brony
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You forgot to mention the 20 pieces of gum that must be in his mouth.
Does anyone enjoy him?
I am still hanging on but I have gone to listening to most of his pods to just the Cousin Sal pods.
Capella
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facook
Footballguy
No.
House is the only person on The ***RINGER!!!*** podcast network that is more of an insufferable doosh than the founder. I am pretty sure he has his own podcast talking about betting on golf. Can you imagine?
Zow
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Capella
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Zow
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I thought Drunk House was kinda funny.
Also, hard to believe this is the same guy:
J. Richard House is a Principal of Palisades Capital Advisors.
Previously, he was the head of the corporate finance and restructuring group at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal corporation that guaranteespayment of basic pension benefits earned by 44 million American workers and retirees participating in over 27,500 private-sector defined benefit pension plans.
As head of corporate finance & restructuring, Joseph led a group of approximately 80 financial analysts, actuaries and attorneys on all matters relating to risks to the federal pension insurance program posed by distressed companies and/or companies with significantly underfunded pension plans. Josephoversaw the group’s monitoring and management of risk through institutional tracking of the largest pension exposures, as well as the department’s handling of hundreds of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases, assessing the likelihood of insurable events and pursuing strategies for maximizing creditor recoveries on behalf of PBGC, where warranted. While at PBGC, Joseph was integrally involved in several of the most prominent industrial, manufacturing and transportation restructurings of the past decade, including United Airlines, US Airways, Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, Delphi Auto Parts, General Motors and Chrysler.
Joseph has almost 20 years of experience as a lawyer and advocate in the areas of employee benefits, labor and corporate reorganizations. Before joining PBGC in 2002, Joseph represented single and multiemployer pension and retiree health care plans, and the companies that sponsored such plans, as a private-practice attorney with Washington D.C. law firms.
Joseph received an AB in English (concentration in Philosophy) from the College of the Holy Cross and a Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America.
GroveDiesel
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It’s been about 8 years since I got out of the pension industry, but it was pretty widely known/believed that the PBGC was grossly underestimating liabilities and that they weren’t even close to being able to cover what they were supposed to cover. A lot of those restructurings were awful financially.Zow said:
facook
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facook
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Good Posting Judge
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He's going to (edit: drunkenly) hydroplane a Tesla into a tree and kill his girlfriend in a few years, isn't he?
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