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Random Thoughts – June 22nd


ESPN's My Wish Series Is Returning...But What Happens If Kids Start Wishing To Be On My Wish?

ESPN's My Wish series is returning to the Worldwide Leader soon. Looks like I need to start stocking up on tissues.

Last year, ESPN worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to make ten sports-related wishes come true. Each My Wish segment was featured on SportsCenter and basically reduced ESPN's entire audience to a bunch of blubbering, sniffling crybabies.

The Tedy Bruschi-Andrew Geracoulis one. Dear God. I've seen it a dozen bruschitimes and every single viewing I'm Dick Vermeil. And don't even attempt to read the stories on the Make-A-Wish website. You'll be crying like a pregnant woman watching The Notebook.

Obviously the My Wish series is a wonderful concept. But since I'm sort of a dickhead, I have to ask this question:

What happens if Make-A-Wish kids wish to be on My Wish?

Does Make-A-Wish have some sort of policy on this? What would happen if 50 kids wished to be on My Wish? Would ESPN turn down 40 sick kids whose stories just weren't tragic enough? Would ESPN Deportes have to pick up some of the slack and force sick kids wishing to spend the day with Shaq to hang out with some guy from Boca Juniors? Would ESPN be forced to involve the likes Woody Paige and Skip Bayless and would that in turn lead to some of the kids wishing to get sicker so that they wouldn't be able to leave the hospital?

— Mike Lindall, 12:17 pm | permalink | 12 comments