Quote:On Wednesday, ESPN gathered up all their employees at its home base in Bristol, Connecticut for a two-hour summit to iron out a few things for the upcoming year. According to Worldwide leader’s press release, the meeting was about two main topics: 1. ESPN is fine. 2. Stick to sports.

Almost two months ago, ESPN put out new social media guidelines, following the comments from Jemele Hill about President Donald Trump being a White Supremacist, and it had to do with limiting who can break news on Twitter as well as political posts on social media sites.

Here’s what the employees were told at the Summit:

“ESPN is a journalistic organization – not a political organization. We should do nothing to undermine that position,” he said. “ESPN’s focus is sports. By-and-large we are not experts on politics, healthcare policies, terrorism, commerce – that’s not what we do.

“Our audience is not looking for our opinions on the general news of the day,” he added. “And believe me, I get it. It can sometimes be difficult to control impulses or ignore trolls, but that’s what we’re called to do for each other.”

ESPN has seen a drastic drop in subscriptions and ratings over the past two years as people have been turned off by the constant reminders of the real world when all they want to hear about is sports and sports related topics.