As Dr. Bellows put it on I Dream of Jeannie: "He's (Major Anthony Nelson) done it to me again." Well, ESPN has done it again. Once again, ESPN has decided to invade someone's property, and for the life of me, I just can't figure out why. To improve the Nielsen ratings? To make a quick buck or two?
ESPN felt it was their place to air Shelley Meyer's, Florida head coach Urban Meyer's wife, phone call to paramedics after he collapsed. Why force their family to relive something of this magnitude. His wife sounded terrified, and rightfully so. I understand ESPN has a job to do in terms of reporting and getting news out. It's their job to report Meyer had been admitted to the hospital. However, they were completely out of line airing the 9-1-1 call, and providing a transcript with it.
You'd think ESPN would be more sensitive to invasion of privacy after ESPN reporter Erin Andrews had her privacy violated when some jerk videotaped her without her consent. They're no better than those crazy tabloid reporters or Kevin Scarbinsky and the other biased Birmingham sports writers for that matter. Anything that gets ratings or a profit.
Believe me, I know this isn't the first time this has happened. ESPN has a track record of this. They did the same thing when Elin Nordegren called paramedics after her mother collasped. They aired her taped phone to paramedics and provided a transcript in case viewers couldn't hear a particular word or sentence. This is only one of many reasons I'm disguisted with ESPN, the alleged "Worldwide leader in sports".
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