re: ESPN: Did the SEC force them to turn-around their anti-Jesus stance?

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they are concerned over this one line: "We celebrate the birth of Jesus and the season of giving, bringing hope to the many children, parents and families that we serve."

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That's it? Really... That's it?

Maybe the non-Christians should stop being so damn sensitive.

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ETA: ESPN now represents the SEC in some regard ... and they need to remember who we are as a whole. If they are going to rep us, their policies need to take into consideration our outlooks and views moreso than the northeast's on all matters where OUR network is concerned IMHO.

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Uh... how... what?

Not everyone in the south is Christian. Not everyone who is a fan of an SEC school is a Christian. Not everyone who is going to be paying for and watching this network is a Christian. (Just as everyone in the North is not a godless heathen as you seem to want to portray them...) So why is it so easy to dismiss them?

ESPN pushed publicly for Florida in 2006, LSU in 2007, Florida in 08...and Bama in 2011 and even this year for Iron Bowl II...

I don't believe in Jesus. I don't want your Jesus signs in my yard. But I don't care what ESPN does or doesn't allow.

Lemme know when they air an ad celebrating Muhammad's birth.

My feelings about Jesus are similar to my feelings about Alabama football. Jesus is great, it's just the people who say they love Jesus that I don't tend to like.

This country was founded on Christian principles...It's sad the world leader in sports is too scared to run a Jesus add

I think I'm going to stop watching till the SEC Network comes on board

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Come on, if that offends you, you need help. ESPN has an oversensitive policy and it won't hurt anything to air an ad for a children's hospital.

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I agree it shouldn't offend you, but it shouldn't offend you if they chose not to air it because of that. There is power in advertisement, and if a company chooses to be completely neutral, I don't think that should offend you. There are lots of Jews and Muslims out there, and over the course of the holidays, if you saw an ad about some Muslim thing on ESPN over and over again, I don't think you would like it. I know I wouldn't. I have a buddy returning from Afghanistan for the last time, and I'm sure he doesn't want to have to have Islamic religious reminders blasted at him when all he wants to do is watch football...

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because they are concerned over this one line: "We celebrate the birth of Jesus and the season of giving, bringing hope to the many children, parents and families that we serve."

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maybe they rejected the ad for factual inaccuracy?

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Uh... how... what?

Not everyone in the south is Christian. Not everyone who is a fan of an SEC school is a Christian. Not everyone who is going to be paying for and watching this network is a Christian. (Just as everyone in the North is not a godless heathen as you seem to want to portray them...) So why is it so easy to dismiss them?

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No one is dismissing the devil worshipers, heathens, witches, et al., I'm just saying let them run their own ads on their own merits.

I'm also saying that, from a marketing perspective, you do not piss off the majority in favor of the minority ... a minority which, BTW, is far less likely to subscribe to the SEC network than the majority.

The SEC Network should expect to draw the majority of its subscribers from affluent, dedicated, SEC fans. anti-Jesus people tend to be more leechy, they tend to want to feed off of others ... they don't pay for things like Jesus people do.