What's the biggest misconception people you know have about sports journalism?

I agree that we have a cool job. The problem is we have a job where mistakes we make are public and the pay is completely out of whack.
In a way, it's worse than teachers (and my wife is one, so don't jump on me about that). Teachers do more for our society (though you could make an argument for the real watchdogs keeping the goverment in check being just as valuable) but their average pay is higher than ours and they get more time off.
Again, my wife is a teacher, so I realize they don't get three months off in the summer, but they get weekends off and certainly have easier summers than most jobs.
Per hour, their pay is WAY higher than ours.
In fact, I can't think of a lot of jobs that get paid less per-hour than the typical sports writer.

 

Agree totally. In fact, that was my common misconception earlier.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, the definitive point. This thread is clear.

 

Allen Iverson may have said it best: "I can do your job but I'll bet you you can't do mine."

 

BWAHAHAHA!!! Allen Iverson can't even talk. I'd love to see him try to write ... that would be special.

And speaking of A.I., he's really been a difference maker with the Nuggets, hasn't he? [/threadjack]

 

He may talk slang but I was there when he said it and to be honest, I understood where he was coming from to a certain extent. I might be wrong, but more people will read an Allen Iverson by-lined story than yours.

 

I'll bet Iverson can do my job just as bad as I can do his though.

 

That's probably, and sadly, correct.

 

Well, Jenn Sterger does have a column for SI.com, so I suppose that's a progression toward A.I.