Jay Bilas Wanted People Sober for the Draft
FanHouse —
Filed under: NCAA Basketball Media Watch, NBA Draft, NBA Media Watch, NBA Prospects, Featured Stories, The WordDuring the NBA Draft last week, Jay Bilas took pains to avoid using his favorite words when talking about the draftees: "long" and "upside." It wasn't because the folks at ESPN told him that his overuse of the words had become annoying and tiresome. No. He just wanted to keep people from getting too tanked that night ($). I am aware of the drinking games that are based upon the use of such terms, and I did my level best to reduce binge drinking across the country. We all ...
Jay Bilas, ESPN Attempt To Combat Binge Drinking During NBA Draft
FanIQ Blog —
You may have noticed that ESPN's NBA Draft coverage was slightly less annoying than usual. While that was due in large part to Stephen A. Smith being moved off the main set to simply conduct interviews, it also had a large part to do with a focus on not repeating the same player descriptions that wear on you come late 1st round.
There's also a good change you noticed these changes because you weren't as drunk. Jay Bilas said he made a concerted efforts to avoid the typical descriptive terms such as "long" and "upside." Please note this is part of the double secret ESPN Insider, so if you don't hear from me for a ...
