Yeah, I doubt there is much downside to them doing this. There are probably only a handful of people who are thinking "well, that does it, no more ESPN if they don't support Trump." In the meantime, like you said, they pick up a bunch of media mentions because of this decision.
They dont care about those comments, right now is good PR to shit on Trump so is worth the hassle. Not that i disapprove.
Building good publicity off of bad publicity, it's the American dream.
Yeah, I doubt there is much downside to them doing this. There are probably only a handful of people who are thinking "well, that does it, no more ESPN if they don't support Trump." In the meantime, like you said, they pick up a bunch of media mentions because of this decision.