{"id":121731,"date":"2024-11-03T21:49:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121731"},"modified":"2024-11-03T21:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T14:49:48","slug":"espns-report-on-players-wanting-to-play-for-commanders-omits-that-bob-myers-works-for-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121731","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s report on players wanting to play for Commanders omits that Bob Myers works for ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Saturday, an early-edition <i>Sunday Splash!<\/i> article landed from ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Citing unnamed sources, the item from Adam Schefter declared that unnamed players <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/42154288\/sources-players-want-traded-commanders-deadline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">want to be traded to the Commanders<\/a><\/span>. Here\u2019s the key sentence: \u201cIn recent weeks, there have been players who privately stated or told their agents that they want to be traded to the Commanders, league sources told ESPN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OK, so how many? Two would be technically enough to make that statement true.<\/p>\n<p>As one executive with another team asked PFT, \u201cDoesn\u2019t this feel like a weird article?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely unusual. Why isn\u2019t there a report that players want to be traded to the 7-0 Chiefs? Or the 6-1 Lions? And while I\u2019m possibly not remembering it, I can\u2019t recall many (or any) occasions when a report emerged in the final days of the trade deadline in any prior year that players wanted to be traded to any one specific team because of the team itself. <\/p>\n<p>Usually, a player from a non-contender wants to go to any contender. Sometimes, a player wants to be reunited with a teammate or a coach. Rarely if ever do one or more players want to get to one specific team in one specific trading cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The deeper purpose of the report arguably resides in this line: \u201cBut even if the Commanders can\u2019t complete any trades by the deadline, the fact that certain players would like to land in Washington bodes well for the franchise in free agency and in years to come, league sources told ESPN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parse that sentence. League sources said that unnamed players wanting to be traded to the Commanders \u201cbodes well for the franchise\u201d? That\u2019s not fact, it\u2019s opinion. And it\u2019s not the kind of opinion that should receive the benefit of anonymous sourcing. That\u2019s true in this case, for one very important reason.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the fact that this is a prime example of the <i>quid pro quo<\/i> behavior that keeps Schefter at the front of the line for text messages about Washington-related transactions five minutes before they\u2019re announced, the article fails to include an important disclaimer. Bob Myers, a former NBA executive who has become a key contributor to the attempt to turn the previously embattled franchise around, works for ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Myers\u2019s employment by the same company that employs Schefter had anything to do with Schefter\u2019s Commanders promo couched as actual reporting is one thing. The fact that Myers and Schefter both work for ESPN is another. <\/p>\n<p>That fact should have been disclosed. And it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '206053216266379',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/espns-report-on-players-wanting-to-play-for-commanders-omits-that-bob-myers-works-for-espn\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, an early-edition Sunday Splash! article landed from ESPN. 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