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It opens up a can of worms. What else is ESPN asking the coaches to do during games? And how does the network relay this message to the coaches? Through Michele Tafoya?
NFL conspiracy theorists, who have long claimed that the league is fixed, suddenly have a bit more ammunition.
The real news here, of course, is that ESPN asked the coaches to take the timeouts in the first place. I, for one, never knew that a network could exert control over a game. Maybe I’m na?ve. Perhaps coaches and NFL personnel have known this for years, and Fisher just broke some code by saying it out loud.
ProfootballTalk is reporting that ESPN, which televises Monday Night Football, asked Tennessee Titans coach,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Jeff Fisher, to take timeouts late in garbage time of last night’s Titans’ rout over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The reason: the cable network apparently needed to squeeze in a few more ads. (Fisher talked about it in his post-game press conference.)
Regardless, isn’t it a little strange?
UPDATE: Football Outsiders’ Doug Farrar just posted this tweet that says Fisher was just joking. Maybe he was. But look at the video again. Fisher doesn’t crack a smile. Backpedaling?
According to Fisher,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ESPN also asked Jaguars coach, Jack Del Rio, to do the same, even though there were only a few moments left in a game that the Titans were winning 23-3. Del Rio complied with the request (Fisher didn’t). Del Rio’s clock-stopping allowed? Titans running back Chris Johnson to scamper for a 35-yard touchdown, a meaningless score in a rather meaningless game.
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