We’ve avoided the whole Ben Roethlisberger case, along with the ESPN twist, for several days.
We really haven’t done it intentionally; we’ve had a few story ideas, but we’ve just never made it down that far on our running list of things to write.
As a result, we haven’t said anything about, for example, ESPN executive John Walsh’s mini damage-control media tour with Dan Patrick and Mike Francesa.
But we couldn’t ignore this one.
Dale Hansen reportedly quit his job at ESPN Radio’s Dallas affiliate after he was told during his show to ix-nay on the Oethlisberger-ray discussions.
As the Big Lead points out, it’s possible that Hansen’s decision was influenced in part by the fact that he had been working without a contract for six months. Still, Hansen is (to our knowledge) the only person to vote with his feet as a result of the mother ship’s inexplicable decision not to mention the Roethlisberger case.
It’s ESPN’s loss, in our view. He’s been a hero in these parts ever since we first saw his rant against the Cowboys’ decision last year to acquire Pacman Jones.
