SIAP: ESPN President Resigns
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/18/media/john-skipper-espn-resigns/index.h…
While many suffer with addiction (including a ton in my family), it still never ceases to amaze me in how many "high-functioning addicts" there are out there. President of ESPN and an addict? Wow. Let's hope he gets help...
December 18th, 2017 at 11:30 AM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
Probably a "low-key" meltdown. We always hear about the "drunk dirving with a hooker and three illegal aliens" meltdowns, but most are of the "slight OD at home" or "wife finally had enough" or "fell asleep in front of a room of 6 year olds" variety...
December 18th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
The hooker and the aliens are no big deal, but the dirving is really disgusting.
December 18th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
He calls it "Tuesday."
December 18th, 2017 at 1:01 PM ^
I don't drink and drive.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
not driving, pal.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
guilty as charged. Nothing better than having some drinks and dirving without pants on.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:42 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
I would give it a day or two though before closing the book on it.
December 18th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
Who upvotes these obvious troll accounts?
December 18th, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
Can we just cave that account before he gets to 100?
December 18th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 2:35 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^
You shut up.
December 18th, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
Look into your mirror
December 18th, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
Have fun in Bolivia again
December 19th, 2017 at 11:22 AM ^
How about the next person that says "Bolivia" gets banned. It's just not funny.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:17 PM ^
This would be a prime example of an attempt to start a tiresome personal argument with little relevance to the discussion topic.
December 18th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
Reports came out in the news last week that there have been a number of female staff members filing complaints that ESPN is a "pit of sexism, hostility toward women," that there's a huge "locker room culture," etc.
This could be related to that.
December 18th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
I posted about this a little earlier with links to some articles, also. See my comment here:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/siap-espn-president-resigns#comment-4826443
December 18th, 2017 at 1:48 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
Unless the substance abuse is centered on Cialis and "Mexican Horny Goat"???
December 18th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
This was pretty well covered in the book "These guys have all the fun" a few years ago
December 18th, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^
I always heard that, even way back in the day, that ESPN was a hellish place to work for women. No surprise, really - the place is crawling with dumb, entitled ex-jocks. Even nerds like Tirico have had creepy groping/harassment allegations against them. With the exception of the few dudes at NFL Network, the sports world has been curiously untouched by the #MeToo stuff so far . But you KNOW there is some shit going down in that industry. That wave could hit harder than the one about to slam Capitol Hill.
December 18th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
of Disney Media Networks. Wishing the best for him and his family along with recovery.
December 18th, 2017 at 3:11 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 12:06 PM ^
They don't make a strong enough buzz . . .
December 18th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 1:17 PM ^
Purdue almost single handedly created the opioid crisis. And they lied to the FDA for years. It's a crying shame that it is an problem that was entirely preventable and IT IS A CORPORATE CREATED EPIDEMIC. All that trash about Mexico and China is all bullshit - this is a problem that was homegrown in America's corporate boardrooms. And there's been little accountability for it.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
There is; however, a health insurance crisis.
People are in pain and vicodin is cheap. Surgery is expensive, especially for people making less than $100k per year.
Twelve years ago I had surgery on my shoulder for tendonitis and bone spurs. It cost me nothing out of pocket. The surgeon told me at the time that I'd need to have the other shoulder done eventually because of the shape of my bone. I didn't really give it much thought at the time because that shoulder felt fine.
Well now it doesn't. And that same surgery is looking like it is going to cost me between 7-10k. And that's on top of the 5k in premiums I pay each year.
So guess who's not having surgery until his kid finishes college.
tl;dr - Fix the health insurance system and the opioid "crisis" will fix itself.
December 18th, 2017 at 1:56 PM ^
There is most certainly an ongoing and real opioid crisis, with or without a fix to the health care system.
December 18th, 2017 at 3:16 PM ^
than opiods each year. Why aren't we talking about the alcohol crisis?
December 18th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
Shut up, Commie Hatter. America has the best health care system in the world. Just look how long our richest citizens live, dumbass! And have you SEEN the boobs on that old lady down the street?? She is 75, but has the breasts of a 36 year old. Plus, my grandpa is 77 and walks around with a perma-boner.
'Merica Medicine RULEZ!!!
December 18th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
Wrong. Watch the 60 Minutes bit from last night on McKesson. Read about how Purdue lied to FDA about the addictive qualities of oxy when it is crushed and snorted. Read up on the pill mills in small towns in WV that order insanely large amounts of this stuff - enough for entire hospitals in major cities.
Part of the problem is that people who do go to the doctor get prescribed and overprescribed medications that are insanely dangerous and shouldn't even be on the fucking market. Do you know how many people who do have insurance developed an addiciton to this shit after they went to the fucking doctor? So on second thought, yeah maybe insurance is the problem. It's not helping in some cases, at least.
A buddy of mine died like six weeks ago - the details of his death are murky but he had addiction troubles for years so we think it was opioid-related. He had a good job and health insurance. It's not a health insurance problem. We have to recognize this and call it what it is.
December 18th, 2017 at 3:27 PM ^
But opiates are safe and effective medicine when they're taken as directed. Like most things, if you take too much you're going to have a bad time.
Until science figures out a way to relieve pain without the risk of addiction or overdose, people are going to take whatever is available to make them feel better.
And for the record, I'm not an opiate addict. I get by on motrin, tylenol, and certain other more natural pain relievers.
December 18th, 2017 at 4:08 PM ^
Ever take the meds as described? For most people, taking the meds as directed on the label could very easily lead to a dependency. Check out what it did to this poor kid.
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/star-athlete-%E2%86%92-injury-%E2%86%92-o…;
And for a Michigan connection:
A 2013 study at the University of Michigan found “adolescent participants in high-injury sports had 50 percent higher odds of non-medical use of prescription opioids than adolescents who did not participate in these types of sports.” A more recent study found that 12th graders who played ice hockey had “substantially higher” odds of non-medical opioid or heroin use.
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“What we see a lot, over and over again, is people getting injured and they go to the doctor and they’re prescribed pills and that’s the start of their addiction,” Castillo says. “It’s very connected to sports.”
I mean, this is not the only reason for this, but damn it sucks that people's lives are getting ruined from routine injuries.
I took painkillers for various injuries over the years but decided that I would rather deal with the pain. And I thought the Rx was WAY more than I would ever need. And I would only take them if I was seriously hurting. My cousin blew his knee out years ago (before he became a doctor). and took painkillers as prescribed/directed and finally asked the doctor if he could stop taking them and was like 'thank god - I can't stand this'. He didn't know. And he became a doctor. He's lucky he didn't get hooked. He says that the way they prescribe them is seriously dangerous.
December 18th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
Doctors need to learn the word "no" and discuss other means of pain control.
December 18th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
It would be interesting to know how much opioid use has to do with people managing pain by avoiding the health care they cannot afford. But there are two other sources of opioids (or at least the opioid crisis) that don't have anything to do with that:
- Overprescription of opioids for people who either have had surgery or don't need surgery but can get pills just because of reporting that they're in pain; and
- Unregulated "pain clinics" that flooded the midwest (especially Ohio) with pills with no other purpose than to get people high and make money. Then when those phony clinics were finally regulated, people were hooked, and turned to black tar heroin that appeared around the same time.
December 18th, 2017 at 3:22 PM ^
that overprescribing and pill mills have contributed to the problem, I just don't know if it's the main driver. A lack of effective alternative medicines also plays a role. Opiates are popular because they're effective and they don't have many serious side effects (addiction notwithstanding).
They shut down a bunch of pill mills in Florida a few years ago. Guess what happened? People started overdosing on heroin left and right because their supply of regulated and tested pharmaceutical grade opiates was suddenly cut off.
Then again, I think most drugs should be available OTC to any adult that wants them.
And rehab should be free.
December 18th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
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