Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Friday, March 26, 2010


Chet Simmons, the founder of ABC Sports and its veritable successor ESPN, has died. Without knowing much of him we can say by starting these two behemoths he had more impact than any other TV executive ever had on sport. In that he personifies good and bad -- the good being his outlets greatly professionalized and improved its TV coverage, the bad in that his and others' creations came to overwhelm the sports they cover, although that owes to many other things, not least cable. Couch potatoes everywhere owe a great debt to the man even as they've expanded their waistlines.

(Via the Crainiacs)

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