Cortland may be a little less crowded next summer.
ESPN president John Skipper has told producers the cable giant needs to spend less time talking about Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow.
“I said, ‘Guys, we didn’t handle this very well.’ Going to training camp wasn’t a problem. We just stayed on it relentlessly and too long,” Skipper told Sports Business Journal.
ESPN sent anchors and reporters to Cortland this past summer to cover Jets training camp, and have continued to talk about Tebow significantly despite the fact he has been a non-factor on the field.
Skipper said he was bothered when former ESPN college basketball analyst and radio host Doug Gottlieb went on the “Dan Patrick Show” and said he was “told specifically, ‘You can’t talk enough Tebow.’ ”
“I didn’t love that,” Skipper said. “I want people to think about what works for the next 10 minutes might not be the best thing for us for three years. That one hit home with me.”