Letting SIDs cover their own schools

I consider using the PR flaks for the local pros the same as SIDs doing it for schools, so:

Central Pennsylvania has three pro franchises: The Harrisburg Senators (AA baseball), the Hershey Bears (AHL) and the Harrisburg City Islanders (USL PRO).

The local paper does this for all three franchises. It might throw a staffer out there if it's a playoff game, although I'm not sure they'd even do that anymore.

I am not a fan of the practice.

This is true. But it's less true with every passing year, and I'm not just talking about news organizations. More of the "I won't touch a computer" people die off, and we're getting closer and closer to the point where that group will be such a minority that they simply will not be catered to. It's going to be, "You don't use the Internet? Well, then you don't get the information."

 

Sorry, Dan. Nothing personal against you or your job. Hell, I'd much rather be an SID these days.

 

I appreciate SIDs and what they do as much as the next guy. But they can't be surprised that we would cast a wary eye on newspapers using them to do what used to be in-house work.

You know ... like design hubs.

 

Oh, I don't blame you for being wary. Just respect and appreciate what we're trying to do for us , and yes, for your side of the fence.

 

It's not as though you're going to say no, Dan, and I wouldn't expect you to. Your job is to get your school's "word" out there.

But through no fault of your own, it's allowing newspapers to continue to cut staffs. Sports information departments are not the cause, but in a small way, it's having an affect.

 

"Flaks"? Really?

 

Uh, you look up flack in the dictionary and the definition is public relations agent.

 

I'm really not sure. I often confuse flack, flak and Roberta Flack.

 

And Joe Flacco.

 

Oh, are we talking about the spelling? I thought he took offense to the term.

 

M

And there are legitimate definitions to faggot and fudge packer as well....

 

Not the same thing at all. Webster notes that faggot is offensive. Flack is like calling a writer a scribe.