It didn’t take too long for ex-ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd to lob some criticism at the worldwide leader in sports. Cowherd, known for his propensity to discuss sports gambling, took aim at ESPN for ditching their “cover alerts” for NCAA football.
ESPN was briefly running alerts on their ticker when college football teams would cover their point spread, but have stopped running them. Cowherd said this is part of the restrictive, Disney culture that refuses to acknowledge the popularity of sports gambling.
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“Sports gambling isn’t going anywhere but ESPN is in a very odd place with this because they wanted to buy Draft Kings. This company [FOX] owns 10 percent of Draft Kings. ESPN wanted to own 10 percent of Draft Kings. They made a bid for it and Disney said ‘No you don’t,’” Cowherd said.
“When you think of Disney you think of Lion King, you think of Frozen, Dancing With The Stars and you think Pocahontas. Their morning show Mike and Mike, we used to call it Mickey and Mickey.”
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Cowherd went on to explain that gambling is part of the fabric of America, and Disney’s aversion to sports gambling is misguided.
“Our schools in this country are overwhelmingly paid for by state lotteries. If our kids are getting education based on lotteries, which by the way have a 98 percent hold, meaning you have no chance to win a lottery, sports gambling, you have a 50 percent chance to win if you do reasonable homework. So I think it’s funny what we consider dirty gambling and safe gambling.”
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