LeBatard is one of the most consistent, entertaining voices at ESPN. Suspending him would only confirm and reinforce everything he said. 

100%. Any policy--either intentionally applied or unintentionally--that removes something that so clearly drives so much attention to their product is a failure of a policy. 

Best line:

Really, you just need to look at his background to see where this stuff comes from:

My first thought was “WTF were they thinking?!”

who’d have thought a game with 100% deus vult aesthetic and 4% community moderation, on the PC, would attract this crowd.

please . . . i literally almost just died

The table has turned.

I coach little league baseball and softball. Currently, there is a drastic umpire shortage in our area because this type of behavior has become the norm. It’s not worth the stress and risk of possibly being attacked for $60. These idiots think that a bad call in a little league game is going to cost their kid a…

Sure, but a lot of us aren’t trying to make hard and fast rules about where the line is. I’m pretty OK with deciding how I feel about things on a case by case basis,

jesus fuck at the losers in here who are piling on Gadsby “she’s not funny lulz lulz look at how contrary I am.”

I never doubted her commitment to Sparkle Motion. 

That’s 12 parsecs, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder.

She’s just mad because she can’t do Kessel run in less than 13 parsecs.

What a silly and pretentious comment. I hope you were doing a bit. 

That was a bold move by Abueva. Let’s see if it pays off.

You buried the lede: there actually is an ESPN “the Cinco”?

i tuned in purely to be prepared to effectively hot take it on the internet and ended up completely sold

I’ll never forget after watching that first episode thinking, “That was amazing but there’s no way they can keep up that quality throughout the season given that it’s on NBC.” But they did... for 3 seasons... ON NBC!

Maybe if they smiled more.