Jayson Stark lost his job Wednesday, along with about 100 of his colleagues at ESPN. Apparently subscriptions and viewership are down.
Given the lack of updates the last three days, you may have wondered if EFLN (The EFL Network) was also experiencing financial difficulties. The answer is “no… mostly.” Our subscriptions are stable, and viewership seems fine. But Paul Simon is right:
I been workin’ at the college
I consider it my day job
‘Cause it’s really not a pay job
But that’s where I am
… except it almost sounds like he says he’s been working at the “carwash.” Also, the college really IS a pay job. And I need to keep my pay job. So, yes, there is a certain financial vulnerability to the EFLN, at least for a few more years. But it hasn’t gotten any worse lately. Our business model is more robust than ESPN’s. We will not implement changes in our talent lineup this week.
Speaking of Paul Simon and his song “Rewrite”, here’s a little more from it:
Every minute after midnight
All the time I’m spending
It’s just for working on my rewrite, that’s right
Gonna turn it into cash
… except for the “turn it into cash” part, which, like I said, is why I been workin’ at the college.
EFL | ||||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB | RS | RA |
Cottage Cheese | 16 | 5 | .772 | — | 132.9 | 72.2 |
Peshastin Pears | 16 | 6 | .738 | 0.5 | 107.8 | 64.3 |
Kaline Drive | 13 | 8 | .641 | 2.8 | 91.3 | 68.3 |
Haviland Dragons | 13 | 8 | .618 | 3.2 | 130.3 | 102.4 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 12 | 8 | .588 | 4 | 95.5 | 80.0 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 11 | 9 | .532 | 5.1 | 82.3 | 77.2 |
Portland Rosebuds | 9 | 13 | .422 | 7.4 | 91.5 | 107.1 |
Old Detroit Wolverines | 8 | 12 | .406 | 7.6 | 71.9 | 87.0 |
Canberra Kangaroos | 8 | 13 | .395 | 7.9 | 82.9 | 102.6 |
D.C. Balk | 8 | 13 | .384 | 8.2 | 103.9 | 131.5 |
Thank you!
I’d no idea
That you were there
When I said help me, help me, help me, help me
Woah! Thank you
Where the roster has a breakdown
And he has to trade for prospects
While he tries to do no harm
And a race across the rooftops
When the Cottage wins the trophy
And he holds it in his arms
He’s gonna change the ending
Gonna take away the title
And stick it in his stash.
Workin’ at the college
Hasn’t got a brain cell
Left since Vietnam.”
AL East | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Baltimore Orioles | 14 | 6 | .700 | — |
New York Yankees | 12 | 7 | .632 | 1.5 |
Flint Hill Tornadoes | 12 | 8 | .588 | 2.2 |
Boston Red Sox | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.5 |
Old Detroit Wolverines | 8 | 12 | .406 | 5.9 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 6 | 14 | .300 | 8 |
NL East | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Washington Nationals | 15 | 6 | .714 | — |
Miami Marlins | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4 |
New York Mets | 8 | 12 | .400 | 6.5 |
Canberra Kangaroos | 8 | 13 | .395 | 6.7 |
D.C. Balk | 8 | 13 | .384 | 6.9 |
Atlanta Braves | 7 | 12 | .368 | 7 |
AL Central | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Detroit Tigers | 11 | 9 | .550 | — |
Chicago White Sox | 11 | 9 | .550 | — |
Cleveland Indians | 11 | 9 | .550 | — |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 11 | 9 | .532 | 0.4 |
Minnesota Twins | 10 | 11 | .476 | 1.5 |
Kansas City Royals | 7 | 14 | .333 | 4.5 |
NL Central | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Cottage Cheese | 16 | 5 | .772 | — |
Chicago Cubs | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.2 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 12 | 11 | .522 | 5.2 |
Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 12 | .455 | 6.7 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6.7 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 12 | .429 | 7.2 |
AL West | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Houston Astros | 14 | 7 | .667 | — |
Kaline Drive | 13 | 8 | .641 | 0.5 |
Haviland Dragons | 13 | 8 | .618 | 1 |
Los Angeles Angels | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4 |
Oakland A’s | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4 |
Texas Rangers | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.5 |
Seattle Mariners | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.5 |
NL West | ||||
TEAM | WINS | LOSSES | PCT. | GB |
Peshastin Pears | 16 | 6 | .738 | — |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.2 |
Colorado Rockies | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 10 | 12 | .455 | 6.2 |
Portland Rosebuds | 9 | 13 | .422 | 7 |
San Diego Padres | 9 | 14 | .391 | 7.7 |
San Francisco Giants | 6 | 14 | .300 | 9.2 |