Save the fact that a large percentage of the sports watching population absolutely despises ESPN.
Yeah, but this didn't really seem any different than ESPN. It was the same crap, just different stooges.
Fox Sports Live last night was just Best Damn Sports Show Period 2.0. Just no Tom Arnold. And that already failed to be a successful alternative the first time they tried this with the Fox Sports Nets.
I haven't watched much of NBC Sports Network, I guess I don't even know if they have a "SportsCenter" alternative, and I have no idea where you even find the new CBS Sports thing.
I think the best-case scenario for anti-ESPN is now that FS1 and NBCSN are bidding aggressively and the rights are so outrageous, ESPN/ABC can't strangle hold all of the valuable live events. FS1 and NBCSN are going to have to build themselves off of their live coverage.
If they stick to only live sports and then hard sports news (a la way old school SportsCenter), great. But honestly First Take is First Take is FS Live. It's going to suck no matter who the stooges are.