Read this startling piece on the Poker Players' Alliance by ESPN's Mark Kreidler and then see if you come to the same conclusion as me.Somewhere in his past, I suspect, Mr Kreidler has lost an awful lot of money at a poker game...
Daniel Negreanu's view on this sorry piece of journalism can be found here, while blogger Mean Gene gets a little more direct here.
When I call it sorry journalism, it's not Kreidler's critical stance to which I object but the factual errors on which he bases it, as summarised by Negreanu. The fact you're being an opinionated columnist rather than an objective reporter doesn't exempt you from the requirement to get your story straight.
And what does it tell us about ESPN's stance on poker? They embrace the WSOP, extend their website to include a poker page and then allow a wild pitch like Kreidler's to be fired at the game from behind their ramparts.
It tells you that the next time TV executives cut a deal with sport and gush about "partnerships" and "great fits", you're entitled to ask for a sick bag.
They take everything they possibly can and they give not one iota more than they have to.
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