Draft Debate: ESPN vs. NFL Network

If you follow the NFL, this weekend feels like Christmas.  The spring entry draft features loads of analysis, college stars, and Mel Kiper’s hair.  Or does it?

You tell me.  Do you prefer the NFL Network or ESPN for football coverage these days?

I’ve been pretty hard on the four-letter network recently, but I also know they have me at hello when a football broadcast is starting.  So after the Penguins crushed the Flyers to win round #1 of the NHL playoffs, I flipped over to ESPN to play their draft day coverage in the background.  Chris Berman and Steve Young were there as always.  Keyshawn Johnson and Mel Kiper flanked them. 

After five minutes of the same old coverage, I realized that another option exists these days.  I flipped over to the glorious NFL Network in fabulous HD.  Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Jon Gruden, Steve Mariucci, Mike Mayock, and more broke it down.  The coverage was like a fix for a crack addict.  Now I’m good until August. 

So let’s have it.  ESPN or NFL Network?

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Playing Hookey With Facebook In Switzerland

Imagine you’ve just sat down at your computer, steaming cup of Swiss cocoa at your side.  You punch a few keys for some Facebook fun during a nice relaxing day off work.  Then you get fired from your job.

An insurance worker for Nationale Suissehad that experience this week after calling off work with a migraine headache she said made computer work impossible.  The 30-year-old employee left work sick and later used her iPhone to access the popular social networking site.  Now she’s out of a job.

Last week blogger Blake Sunshineexplained how Facebook is the #1 social network site in 11 of Europe’s 17 countries including Switzerland.  Sunshine finished up the post about Facebook’s success by explaining (accurately) that “It is now safe to make Facebook a large part of your social media marketing strategy.” 

The sick Swiss worker may hold a different view.  Facebook:  Great for marketing, terrible when skipping work.

How Hillary Might React To Being Fired

I won’t pretend to know enough specifics of this incident to make any judgments.  As an employer, I wouldn’t be happy if an employee left work sick and was later seen gallivanting around town.  Many people have found much worse ways to get fired.  If I found out they went home and read a book or newspaper, I wouldn’t care.  Facebook wouldn’t be a big deal either except for the claim that the employee could not work in front of a computer.