Jason Calacanis came out seething against ESPN.com on his blog tonight. The reason? ESPN.com’s blocking of certain ISPs who refuse to pay their premium demands. This (while not exactly new), like most everything else ESPN.com does, is ridiculous.

I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: the people behind ESPN.com are idiots, greedy idiots. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that if they could just get rid of content all together and simply provide ads knowing people would still for some reason come to the site, they would do it in a heartbeat – in fact, I’m fairly certain they’re looking into a way to do just that (ESPN.com’s MSNBC.com recap brought to you by Men’s Wearhouse…Jason Bay led off the Rogaine 5th with a Levitra double that hit the Mitchum mark in Circuit City left-center…).

Calacanis suggests that he may switch to a competitor to get all of his sporting news going forward; I would implore others to do the same. Check out sites like Ballhype, Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, and even CNNSI.

I’ve been trying to avoid using ESPN.com as much as possible over the past 6 months, though admittedly, it’s quite hard. Their exclusive content is in some cases simply too good. They know this – and this is why we have our current problem where they can dictate to everyone on the Internet how, where, when, and IF they’ll get access to the content. ESPN.com needs their own chapter in the Net Neutrality debates.

I’m glad someone else besides me is getting pissed off at ESPN.com’s shady, greedy ways for a change. Knowing them, if they were to apologize to the sports fans, they’d do it in a pop-up window and have it be a sponsored apology.

Again, you can read more on why I hate ESPN.com here and here and here and here.