Comments on: CBS Chairman Redstone not a fan of MMA http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Sat, 26 May 2012 01:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: jason hughes http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25720 jason hughes Sat, 03 May 2008 22:34:15 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25720 i went a little overboard with that ufc strikeforce comment, but i still believe dw is holding ufc back, the truth is redstone came out on his own to make the comment and was not interviewed by a class act mma journalist so he seems to be out dated in his thought process, and two and a half men , a show which i love could be deemed a little raunchy by a lot of people is the #1 show on his network , i wonder if he wants to pull the plug on that. i went a little overboard with that ufc strikeforce comment, but i still believe dw is holding ufc back, the truth is redstone came out on his own to make the comment and was not interviewed by a class act mma journalist so he seems to be out dated in his thought process, and two and a half men , a show which i love could be deemed a little raunchy by a lot of people is the #1 show on his network , i wonder if he wants to pull the plug on that.

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]]> By: jason hughes http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25700 jason hughes Sat, 03 May 2008 06:43:48 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25700 ufc fighters need to cut there losses and get in strikeforce as soon as possible , i havent heard any nbc heads bashing mma and if it wernt for dana being a total prick who is probably just as hard to deal with they would already have a contrct with a major network. ufc fighters need to cut there losses and get in strikeforce as soon as possible , i havent heard any nbc heads bashing mma and if it wernt for dana being a total prick who is probably just as hard to deal with they would already have a contrct with a major network.

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]]> By: GB http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25651 GB Fri, 02 May 2008 16:58:41 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25651 Two words for Sumner Redstone: Tila Tequila. Go talk about being "socially responsible" somewhere else. Pretending to be an advocate of quality programming after all these years is the height of hypocrisy for Redstone. Two words for Sumner Redstone: Tila Tequila. Go talk about being “socially responsible” somewhere else. Pretending to be an advocate of quality programming after all these years is the height of hypocrisy for Redstone.

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]]> By: Mike Wolfe http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25648 Mike Wolfe Fri, 02 May 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25648 Erik W. The empirical data supports my point. Take a look at the Nielsen ratings for September 2007 through April 27, 2008 at tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/01/season-to-date-broadcast-net-ratings-through-april-27/3562 CBS trails ABC and NBC in the 18-34 demographic, and all three trail Fox by a wide margin. In the 18-49 demographic, CBS trails ABC, and all of the major networks trail Fox. Across all demographics, all three (CBS, ABC and NBC) trail Fox. I reiterate: "He'd get along better with my grandad than with anybody in the 18-30 demographic." Erik W.

The empirical data supports my point. Take a look at the Nielsen ratings for September 2007 through April 27, 2008 at

tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/01/season-to-date-broadcast-net-ratings-through-april-27/3562

CBS trails ABC and NBC in the 18-34 demographic, and all three trail Fox by a wide margin. In the 18-49 demographic, CBS trails ABC, and all of the major networks trail Fox. Across all demographics, all three (CBS, ABC and NBC) trail Fox. I reiterate: “He’d get along better with my grandad than with anybody in the 18-30 demographic.”

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]]> By: Erik W. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25646 Erik W. Fri, 02 May 2008 15:45:49 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25646 "Just thinkin’ out loud here, but maybe part of the reason CBS has lousy ratings is because they have 84 year olds making business decisions." CBS has the top overall ratings of any network. I don't get the ire here. So he's not a fan. He's entitled to that opinion. He's not calling it human cock fighting, he's not ordering it pulled from the schedule, he's not overriding Moonves' decision. He just said he's not a fan. Big deal. “Just thinkin’ out loud here, but maybe part of the reason CBS has lousy ratings is because they have 84 year olds making business decisions.”

CBS has the top overall ratings of any network.

I don’t get the ire here. So he’s not a fan. He’s entitled to that opinion. He’s not calling it human cock fighting, he’s not ordering it pulled from the schedule, he’s not overriding Moonves’ decision. He just said he’s not a fan.

Big deal.

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]]> By: D http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25643 D Fri, 02 May 2008 15:22:05 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25643 At least he called it a sport. The Fox Sports comment pisses me off more. Didn't they air Pride for a couple of years!? Ignorance from the sports bigwigs (and I'm talking about ESPN correspondents, etc.) is more annoying to me than the ramblings of some 80-year-old. At least he called it a sport. The Fox Sports comment pisses me off more. Didn’t they air Pride for a couple of years!? Ignorance from the sports bigwigs (and I’m talking about ESPN correspondents, etc.) is more annoying to me than the ramblings of some 80-year-old.

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]]> By: mike wolfe http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25637 mike wolfe Fri, 02 May 2008 14:44:49 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25637 Just thinkin' out loud here, but maybe part of the reason CBS has lousy ratings is because they have 84 year olds making business decisions. Don't know any edgy octogenarians. Think he follows any sports other than baseball? Don't get me wrong; he's probably a great guy. It's just that he'd get along better with my grandad than with anybody in 18-30 demographic. Just thinkin’ out loud here, but maybe part of the reason CBS has lousy ratings is because they have 84 year olds making business decisions. Don’t know any edgy octogenarians. Think he follows any sports other than baseball? Don’t get me wrong; he’s probably a great guy. It’s just that he’d get along better with my grandad than with anybody in 18-30 demographic.

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]]> By: woooburn http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25631 woooburn Fri, 02 May 2008 13:42:01 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25631 "In 1979, at the age of 56, Sumner survived a Boston hotel fire by hanging onto a third story ledge with one arm while badly burned over most of his body" this guy can say whatever he wants. i dont mess with the undead “In 1979, at the age of 56, Sumner survived a Boston hotel fire by hanging onto a third story ledge with one arm while badly burned over most of his body”

this guy can say whatever he wants. i dont mess with the undead

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]]> By: Patrick http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/comment-page-1/#comment-25624 Patrick Fri, 02 May 2008 10:45:36 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/05/02/cbs-chairman-redstone-not-a-fan-of-mma/#comment-25624 I'll post here exactly what I posted on another site: Sumner has no room to say anything, his channels (MTV and BET are owned by Viacom, BET has Iron Ring on it btw, good job Sumner Redstone, way to know your own shit) promote alcoholism, substance abuse, glorify treating women as objects, and make peoples brains generally cry out in agony after about 5 minutes of air time. He’s out of touch, archaic, old, antiquated, (insert other adjectives here). Mixed Martial Arts is a legitimate sport and a rising global phenomenon right now, it’s drawing in people just as any other sport would and it’s doing amazing business in the process. The Fox Sports comment is ridiculous as well, Fox is currently negotiating to try to get MMA contracts up and running of its own. All of this is political posturing and double talk from old men in their golden plated bathrooms. It’s bullshit and honestly shouldn’t be given an ounce of thought. For such old guys, they certainly need to grow up. I’ll post here exactly what I posted on another site:

Sumner has no room to say anything, his channels (MTV and BET are owned by Viacom, BET has Iron Ring on it btw, good job Sumner Redstone, way to know your own shit) promote alcoholism, substance abuse, glorify treating women as objects, and make peoples brains generally cry out in agony after about 5 minutes of air time.

He’s out of touch, archaic, old, antiquated, (insert other adjectives here).

Mixed Martial Arts is a legitimate sport and a rising global phenomenon right now, it’s drawing in people just as any other sport would and it’s doing amazing business in the process.

The Fox Sports comment is ridiculous as well, Fox is currently negotiating to try to get MMA contracts up and running of its own. All of this is political posturing and double talk from old men in their golden plated bathrooms. It’s bullshit and honestly shouldn’t be given an ounce of thought.

For such old guys, they certainly need to grow up.

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