Bob Costas: Decision to Give Caitlyn Jenner ESPY Award a ‘Crass Exploitation Play’
by Josh Feldman | 5:03 pm, June 8th, 2015


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bob-costas-decision-to-give-caitlyn-jenner-espy-award-a-crass-exploitation-play/

Caitlyn Jenner is being honored by ESPN with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the upcoming ESPYs, a move that has been met with much controversy. There was a hoax about Jenner getting the award over an Iraq war vet, but people are still upset at Jenner receiving the award over more deserving people, despite Jenner being a very famous sports name who’s being heralded for her courage to publicly transition.

Bob Costas is one of those critics, saying on The Dan Patrick Show today that while he wishes Jenner “all the happiness in the world” and is encouraged by how much more tolerant America has become, he’s not on board with the decision.

“Awarding the Arthur Ashe award to Caitlyn Jenner is just a crass exploitation play,” Costas said. “It’s a tabloid play. In the broad world of sports, I’m pretty sure they could have found –– and this is not anything against Caitlyn Jenner – –I’m pretty sure they could have found someone who was much closer to actively involved in sports who would have been deserving of what that ward represents.”

And while he didn’t deny it took courage for Caitlyn Jenner to come out, he believes ESPN made the decision for the “gawker factor” and could have found more deserving candidates.

Watch the video below, via NBCSN: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bob-costas-decision-to-give-caitlyn-jenner-espy-award-a-crass-exploitation-play/#ooid=QxazJrdToItcCr1nRLOrY8eI1cjA9VLK



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Considering the ppl it's upsetting I'm all for it. Fuck everyone who's mad about it. They're wrong and I enjoy seeing them squirm and whine.

Giving Jenner - Bruce or otherwise the Arthur Ashe Courage Award is like giving the award to Steve Young Athlete of the Year for his play on the football filed over 10 years ago. The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is a sport-oriented award, even though it's not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". Someone in the current realm of sports life or that impacted sports or the community on some level.

Yeah, there have been other people that have received the award but they still impacted community of sport on some level. Even Nelson Mandela.

Still, I understand the notion that ESPN is just grabbing for the attention.


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The award has been given to others who have been retired from sports for decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe_Courage_Award

For rating and sensationalism.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe_Courage_Award

Arthur Ashe Courage Award
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe for Courage Award) is an award that is part of the ESPY Awards. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". Often these transcendent figures are also athletes who have been at the top of their sport, such as Mohammed Ali, Dean Smith, Cathy Freeman.

List of recipients
Year Recipients
1993 Jim Valvano (Award Video and Speech)
1994 Steve Palermo
1995 Howard Cosell
1996 Loretta Claiborne
1997 Muhammad Ali
1998 Dean Smith
1999 Billie Jean King
2000 Dave Sanders (posthumously)
2001 Cathy Freeman
2002 Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick (posthumously)
2003 Pat Tillman and Kevin Tillman
2004 George Weah
2005 Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren
2006 Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani
2007 Trevor Ringland and David Cullen from Peace Players International
2008 Tommie Smith and John Carlos
2009 Nelson Mandela
2010 Family of Ed Thomas
2011 Dewey Bozella
2012 Pat Summitt (Award Video and Speech)
2013 Robin Roberts
2014 Michael Sam
2015 Caitlyn Jenner

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Your position and Costas's and not entirely irreconcilable. To me it can be both, I can be happy Jenner is being honored but also acknowledge the less honorable side of the show. Let's put it this way, would they give an ACTIVE transgendered athlete this award? They have had opportunities and they have probably not even considered it. There would be controversy and a real face of someone who wasn't nearly as prominent or privileged. They wouldn't touch her with a 50-foot pole. Here they have someone who is safely removed from competition and a second-moment celebrity, so they are taking the low-hanging fruit. Think ESPN is progressive? LOL, look at the knuckle draggers they employ and pay the big bucks to.

The question was "Is Costas right?"

Your answer was "No."

are you unfamiliar w/the phrase 'so what' when used as a question?

i don't really care.

let's get to it:

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=12825421&mesg_id=12825421&page=#12825468

Howard Cosell 10 years after he retired, Tommie Smith and John Carlos 40 years after they made waves, some guys who were on United 93.

There is a well-established history of this award going to people not "actively involved in sports".

Nobody gave any fucks about this award at any point in time over the last 20+ years. The fucks given have nothing to do with the actual award but what it is recognizing

Caitlyn is a grown-ass woman who ain't stupid. If she feels exploited let her speak on it. Let her reject the award or use the platform to challenge ESPN. That's HER fight. She don't need her daddy coming her rescue in the form of Bob Costas or anyone allegedly objecting on her behalf for her own good. Like she doesn't know what's good for her on this issue.

As the fuck if!

I've seen people incorporate patriotism in some of their objections. That's good, right? They're not talking about how she shouldn't be celebrated, they just think that the REAL heroes should be celebrated first.

Nelson Mandela winning the award was a cheap publicity push for the upcoming release of Invictus later that fall. Warner Brothers got a slew of free advertising and prestige for their big Clint-directed film, and ESPN got to exploitatively tie a worldwide hero loosely into its awards show for ratings. There were unquestionably people more directly tied to the world of sports than Mandela that year who deserved to be rewarded for courage.

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The question was if ESPN is exploiting the Cailtyn Jenner situation despite the fact that Jenner has been away from sports for a while.

Note that I didn't say no. I just said Costas must have been equally furious about the exploitation of Nelson Mandela, who was even *less* related to sports.

Or, you know, Costas is mad for a different reason. Those are really the only two options.

Nor was he mad. He just gave an opinion, so stop trying to add gas to a homemade fire.


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GODDAM YES HES RIGHT..its bullshit...

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i gotta agree with call it anything above, though i agree with costas that espn is also just trying to ride this for a buck.

Well I mean...it is for some. But that's another topic.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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"Jesus is my Lord and Savior. And if you believe in him, he can be your's too."

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

It's all for publicity. Every last one. Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, and *especially* the Espys.

So anyone who complains about *this* award for *this* awards show *this* year for *this* recipient? Yeah, you're doing it for other reasons that aren't related to an award show. Period.

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>Yeah, you're doing it
>for other reasons that aren't related to an award show.
>Period.

Sports is pure entertainment, this is all entertainment. Caitlyn is pimping them out as well, with her reality show "I am Cait" coming out, mutual pimping going on, hahah

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/entertainment/feat-bruce-jenner-car-accident-lawsuit/

http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/01/bruce-jenner-crash-lawsuit-wrongful-death-car-accident-kim-howe/

Will this wrongful death lawsuit be mentioned at the espy's

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There may very well be people more deserving like Lauren Hill, but if this award wasn't going to Jenner and just some other person who's not a big news story, most people wouldn't give a shit about her not winning, or even notice.

it reminds me of Obama winning the nobel peace prize. even if he wasn't deserving of it, people only actually cared about in in the context of 'fuck him'

>There may very well be people more deserving like Lauren
>Hill, but if this award wasn't going to Jenner and just some
>other person who's not a big news story, most people wouldn't
>give a shit about her not winning, or even notice.
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>it reminds me of Obama winning the nobel peace prize. even if
>he wasn't deserving of it, people only actually cared about in
>in the context of 'fuck him'

and it got like 4 replies. But the Caitlyn Jenner cover shoot post went triple plat...mostly by bammas disgusted by it.

i think it's great that people are recognizing her, but if people really want to honor the memory of this amazing girl who they didn't hear of until last thursday, they should do what they can to get behind her cause instead of just bitching about bruce jenner. I don't know much about Lauren Hill, but i doubt her goal had anything to do with becomeing meme for tearing down another human being.

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Mostly because the answer is apparent.

so much politics involved.

if he would have become a big ass star, they would have felt both pressure and impetus to consider him. as it i bet he didnt get a look

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In yiur opinion, Will we ever go back to a time when this kind of stuff was frowned upon?

Or are you destined to take L after L the rest of your life? Lmao

Have a hug

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