TMA – Segment 2: The Struggle That is Sports Journalism, Jeff Pearlman Talks ESPN Layoffs

Discussing the impact of what happened at ESPN yesterday, Colin Cowherd made some interesting comments about it on Cleveland radio, who else would have been negotiating for the NBA contract when ESPN paid $1.4 billion, is the industry in an inexorable financial collapse, why are debate shows the lynchpin of TV sports programming now, why were people celebrating the layoffs on the Fan Page, abundance of people wanting to get into the industry limits the value of anyone already working in it, trying to explain the “star” phenomenon, The Cat makes an apt analogy between sports media and being voted off on American Idol, Doug explains how his contract negotiations work, has the era of iconic newscasters come and gone, best-selling author Jeff Pearlman joins the program to discuss playing basketball with The Cat and the future of sports journalism.