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ESPN Mobile Forgets My Favorite Teams

I'm a sports junkie, so when if I'm too busy to watch the game, I want a quick and easy way to check the latest scores involving my favorite teams.

Naturally, when I discovered the favorite teams feature on ESPN mobile, I thought it was a great concept: Fans can customize an entire page to track the scores of all their college and pro teams. The entire process SHOULD only take three steps

1. Sign in to your espn.com account. (I was already a registered user).
2. Tap the Favorite Teams tab.
3. Browse and add your favorite  teams.

ESPN sorts the teams by the sport and division. For example: I tapped NCAA Football-ACC- and FSU Seminoles.

Other teams in my group included the Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Duke Blue Devils and my alma mater's football team- the Samford Bulldogs.

After I saved my favorites, I figured it would come in handy when FSU played Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl last Saturday.

I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. A few days later, when I tapped favorite teams, NONE of the teams were listed.

Initially, I thought itwas just a one-time glitch. Nope. Even after I went through the entire process and saved my teams a SECOND time, the teams still didn't appear. 

Afer a third attempt,Samford and Duke were the only teams it recalled, but  it recalled Duke football- not basketball. Honestly, does anybody really want to track Duke football? I bet the head coach avoids any reminders of their most recent game.

 

For a company that claims to be the worldwide leader in sports, ESPN has a long way to go before its the worldwide leader in sports apps.

AFLAC CEO Boosts Company's Image with Humility

In the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, corporate CEO's don't have the best reputation with the American public. I believe it's unfair to lump every CEO into one category, but the court of public opinion is heavily influenced by every news report of a CEO taking the easy way out of a dire situation with a "golden parachute" of compensation.

While many of us live from paycheck to paycheck, it’s infuriating to hear some of the outrageous figures CEOs are earning. That’s why Daniel Amos, the CEO of AFLAC, is being hailed as an exemplary leader. AFLAC's policies, including say on pay, portray Amos as an executive who is in touch with his workers, rather than the stereotypical, money-grabbing character we've become accustomed to visualizing.

 Last night, Amos was a guest on Mike Huckabee's weekly TV show on Fox News, and Amos explained why he didn't receive a $13 million dollar bonus. AFLAC uses a “Say on Pay program”, where AFLAC's investors vote on the figure they think the top five executives should earn. AFLAC's reasoning? If times are tough for their employees and investors, times should be tough for them as well. Amos told the USA Today he would refuse any “golden parachute” offer that bCEOs were receiving during the banking crisis last fall.

If they don't think I'm doing a good job, they don't have to worry about paying me off.

Amos' stance is more than a paradigm shift, it’s also a great strategy to bolster AFLAC's image. For all the personal income Amos lost from his possible bonus, he's virtually raised millions more in positive, free publicity from major news coverage.

AFLAC CEO Boosts Company's Image with Humility

In the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, corporate CEO's don't have the best reputation with the American public. I believe it's unfair to lump every CEO into one category, but the court of public opinion is heavily influenced by every news report of a CEO taking the easy way out of a dire situation with a "golden parachute" of compensation.

While many of us live from paycheck to paycheck, it’s infuriating to hear some of the outrageous figures CEOs are earning. That’s why Daniel Amos, the CEO of AFLAC, is being hailed as an exemplary leader. AFLAC's policies, including say on pay, portray Amos as an executive who is in touch with his workers, rather than the stereotypical, money-grabbing character we've become accustomed to visualizing.

 Last night, Amos was a guest on Mike Huckabee's weekly TV show on Fox News, and Amos explained why he didn't receive a $13 million dollar bonus. AFLAC uses a “Say on Pay program”, where AFLAC's investors vote on the figure they think the top five executives should earn. AFLAC's reasoning? If times are tough for their employees and investors, times should be tough for them as well. Amos told the USA Today he would refuse any “golden parachute” offer that bCEOs were receiving during the banking crisis last fall.

If they don't think I'm doing a good job, they don't have to worry about paying me off.

Amos' stance is more than a paradigm shift, it’s also a great strategy to bolster AFLAC's image. For all the personal income Amos lost from his possible bonus, he's virtually raised millions more in positive, free publicity from major news coverage.

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