Boycott ESPN Due To Hiring of Rush Limbaugh

To:  ESPN Organization and Affiliates

I hereby declare that I will refrain from watching, listening to, logging on to, reading, or gaining any information directly from ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN Magazine, and all other ESPN affiliates (including ABC Sports) until ESPN terminates the contract of Rush Limbaugh on the Sunday Night Countdown program.

Mr. Limbaugh continues to discharge venomous, vindictive, inaccurate, and erroneous statements daily against anything and everything that he has a dislike for. Giving a man such as him an additional forum unrelated to his purported expertise only serves to further insult and anger millions of football fans, and undermines the legitimate professionals (broadcasters, writers, former players) in this field, all of whom are more qualified than Mr. Limbaugh to serve in the same position.

Most of all, the mere selection of such a controversial political figure for a sports show indicates that ESPN does not value its audience, or at least highly underestimates the intelligence of much of its audience. As a commercial enterprise, ESPN stands to lose significant amounts of money for such a bizarre hiring that alienates half of its consumers. While this one move does reflect badly on the whole organization of ESPN, the company can still salvage some respect and integrity by releasing Mr. Limbaugh of his Sunday Night Countdown duties immediately.


ESPN’s announcement of the hiring can be found here:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0714/1580436.html

And you can let ESPN know what you personally think here:

http://msn.espn.go.com/sitetools/s/contact/espntv.html
or
askespntv@espn.twdc.com

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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