...next caller.

Yep, we had another thread about this, and it's definitely a peril in all of this.

 

That's the nature of the business. We report as things are happening, not after they are finished... I don't see any way around this. It's like reporters covering baseball's offseason. What a nightmare. Even the best ones are wrong all the time, because people change their minds.

 

You report what's right as it stands. You cannot worry about what's going to be right tomorrow. What's accurate today is not always going to be accurate tomorrow. No getting way from that. If you want to be relevant, you have to report what's accurate right now.

 

i have to admit, i never considered the fantasy angle

you're saying that if site A beat site B by 10 minutes then the readers of site A will make fantasy deals based on the info?

but don't all these 'aggregating' sites just cherry-pick news from primary providers - so any smart fantasy player will just read the aggregating sites for news breaks - doesn't matter who breaks it

am i missing something?

 

Let's see. . .

There were four players involved in the trade
Two general managers and their respective personnel staffs
A couple of owners
Four agents

I don't suppose it's possible that they both got the story at the same time from different sources. . .

Keep in mind we're talking about a time gap here that is the equivalent of a nice, hearty shit.

Does ESPN really have to include the following graph?

"The deal was first reported by ESPN.com's Marc Stein and ESPN Insider's Chris Sheridan."

No.

But this thread does come off as kind of petty.

 

David Aldridge was on the Jim Rome radio show today, and whoever the substitute host was asked Aldridge about his scoop. Someone else reads The Big Lead and SportsJournalists.com.

 

Well, I'm kind of saying that.

I'm saying that lets say you're a regular reader of site A, and maybe have your Fantasy league with them, too. And it's set up so breaking news concerning a player of yours immediately pops up on an alert screen or whatever.

If you're using site A for your news, and others are using site B, and site A is 10 minutes or a half hour ahead, then you're going to have a leg up to make a transaction ahead of your fellow owners.

Understand, I don't want to overblow the Fantasy thing, but it is an issue these days. Such are the times we live in.

Beyond that, if you consistently find out things first on site A, you might be a more regular visitor to that site, and that translates to eyeballs, which translates to money.

And again, that's not to get into the whole professional pride thing of getting a beat. It makes it fun, plain and simple.

 

did it break while in the box?

 

It's two bulls sitting on the hill... cows don't fuck cows. Bulls fuck cows.

 

"Kind of petty" is putting it mildly for me.

 

Do you recall what was said?