Link Anyone else catch the silliness that is this paragraph? Forget for a second, that this is about Misi. Who its about is irrelevant for this conversation. (Which is why I didn't put this in the mains.) First the title of this article points out Misi didn't catch anyone's eye, thereby implying it was a big deal. Then the writer points out Misi's "disappearance" after the first scrimmage is something to monitor, implying it is still a big deal. Then he says not to worry about it, right before he basically implies to worry about it. Even goes on to say he, as a rookie in his first scrimmage, gets knocked down by the all-world LT, thereby implying again it is a big deal. Sigh. I know some organizations like ours are tight lipped with the press and that makes writers' jobs more difficult. What I don't understand is this passive-aggressive implication of a problem that may or may not exist yet. Since the author writes opinions and isn't a "reporter", I feel like he and others wield a power that affects these players' lives. By being our eyes and ears and ultimately our prism, it would be nice if they would wield that power a little more responsibly. By causing concern where there shouldn't be any yet, the author is no longer giving opinions on the news, but creating news. This gripe is not unique to sportswriters either. Agree? Disagree?
they have to churn out a certain word count. they also want to cover both sides so that they can say that they were right, no matter the outcome for the most part, sports writing stinks and there is probably too much of it. i bet a lot of these guys get paid good salaries to do jobs that most intelligent sports fans could do with a newspaper's resources. thats why they are so smug. they know they dont do anything special
At first, it looked like the work of Omar Kelly to me. It surprised me a little to see it was Hyde. His articles are usually better than that. Yeah, I don't know how much more I can take either. I like football but it certainly doesn't help me intellectually to read this stuff.
It would be cool if the Admins / Mods could put together a blog site or something similar to that. Have a select few write articles that actually make sense and provide an in-depth look at the game. I know we have something similar to this on the home page but I mean like a legitimate site. No forum, just articles,etc.
wouldnt we just become part of the problem of inundation, lol? we have plenty of bright people here and people willing to give some portion of their time though. we have some guys who really enjoy writing and are good at. im not sure what the stats are on actual front page views. tbh, i rarely check it out to me the perks that we cant compete with is access. the majority of these guys, imo, are only worth their salt because of their press passes and right to interview. heck, the level of writing in a lot of these entries is pretty poor for people i assume graduated journalism school
To be really honest, the problem with Sports Writers is they tend to burn out, they also tend to not know their market very well. What I mean by that is some Writers (and Sports Media types) treat each athlete and game as pieces of meat with a point spread attached. Others tend to think of themselves as "fans" but in fact burned out long ago. Still others become massively self important, "thus sayeth Bob Muckinfutz" Rare is the sports writer who can speak to the "pure fan" in a real way, meaning a Writer who appreciates pure competition that Sport, Pro or Amateur offers, and the back story behind the struggle of the Athlete to reach the pinnacle and then relate it in a real way without being delivered a sermon about the tough times or dysfunctional family distorting everything in the account. Basically if there were a Rocky or Cinderella Man today, the very first thing most sports writers would write is "came from nothing, now fighting for tens of millions!" The thought that such achievement is in and of itself a great story regardless of the money is dismissed with "it's always about the money".
