ESPN blasted on social media for cutting away from Stetson Bennett’s curtain call
By Adam Spencer
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ESPN has made the most of a lopsided College Football Playoff championship game, with Georgia absolutely crushing TCU.
But in the fourth quarter, when Georgia took out star QB Stetson Bennett IV to give him a curtain call, ESPN made the curious decision to cut to commercial after a few seconds.
Here was the moment that was shown on the broadcast:
Stetson Bennett gets a standing ovation leaving the field ?#NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/dsUVnmHmIH
— ESPN (@espn) January 10, 2023
Let’s just say Georgia fans weren’t too happy with the decision to be shown a Chick-fil-A commercial instead of the rest of Bennett’s special moment.
Here was some of the reaction from fans who were none too happy with the Worldwide Leader:
https://twitter.com/Legenizee/status/1612652198063636480
Really?!? ESPN cuts to commercial during Stetsons curtain call???????
— Roy Acree (@acreeroy1) January 10, 2023
@espn going to commercial during Stetsons Bennetts send off is down right disrespectful and ridiculous
— white hennessy (@matt_me_up) January 10, 2023
For the amount of love espn gave @StetsonIv you think they would want to highlight his curtain call instead of a half sentence and straight to commercial
— nick friedmann (@nsfried) January 10, 2023
@espn REALLY!!!!@StetsonIv gets his well deserved curtain call as a 2x National Champion QB and you cut to a Chic-fil-a Commercial.
— Jeff Braddy ? (@CoachJeffBraddy) January 10, 2023
Later in the quarter, ESPN again cut to commercial when Georgia was taking out its defensive stars.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
