Can we avoid becoming part of the story here?

[TwoGloves]

A couple of years ago we had a photog kick a ball that was still in play. No goal though.

 

[Ace]

I don't think it's necessary to describe all the goals in such detail, but this was such an unusual goal, it seems to be worth the description. I've never seen anything like this happen, so it seems newsworthy.

By stating is matter-of-factly like that, though, you are saying the officials screwed up, are you not?

So if you write that, don't be surprised to hear from someone complaining that you are making fun of the officials. Probably the mother of one of the guys who worked the game.

Yes, I would be. And yes, they did. I could see it from midfield and my photog confirmed it after. The ref actually even asked her if it hit her. She said yes, he said he didn't see it and let the call stand (the ref in question ignored me as I tried to ask him about it and walked away after the game).

I'm on pretty good footing with the facts, so I can handle any phone calls I might receive about it.

As long as you know. I've had writers write what they saw in a game and were surprised to find that others disagreed with their interpretations and it made for very messy corrections.

Not saying you are wrong or anything, though.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Jesus, where was the ref? The linesman?

Were they hired from the WWF?

The ref was knocked out by an errant soccer ball and all hell broke loose!

 

[Chi City 81]

Jesus, where was the ref? The linesman?

Were they hired from the WWF?

The ref was knocked out by an errant soccer ball and all hell broke loose!

Good God! It's Bumfork High's music!

 

[bigpern23]

I don't think it's necessary to describe all the goals in such detail, but this was such an unusual goal, it seems to be worth the description. I've never seen anything like this happen, so it seems newsworthy.

By stating is matter-of-factly like that, though, you are saying the officials screwed up, are you not?

So if you write that, don't be surprised to hear from someone complaining that you are making fun of the officials. Probably the mother of one of the guys who worked the game.

Yes, I would be. And yes, they did. I could see it from midfield and my photog confirmed it after. The ref actually even asked her if it hit her. She said yes, he said he didn't see it and let the call stand (the ref in question ignored me as I tried to ask him about it and walked away after the game).

I'm on pretty good footing with the facts, so I can handle any phone calls I might receive about it.

As long as you know. I've had writers write what they saw in a game and were surprised to find that others disagreed with their interpretations and it made for very messy corrections.

Not saying you are wrong or anything, though.

No, you're right. I wouldn't write it as fact if I wasn't sure. I thought I saw the ball bounce off my photog, and she later said it did bounce off her leg and back into the field of play. Not much room for error there (I hope )

 

[dooley_womack1]

Jesus, where was the ref? The linesman?

Were they hired from the WWF?

The ref was knocked out by an errant soccer ball and all hell broke loose!

Good God! It's Bumfork High's music!

"Stop the music!!"

 

[Songbird]

Cheaters!

 

[sartrean]

Agree with awriter, but ...
If the game was a blowout is it really necessary to describe all of the goals in such detail?

ship dude, that incident would be my lede. Soccer's freaking boring enough, and I'd like to show all those dipships out there that we put ourselves in the line of fire by covering their little brats' sporting events that mean very little in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Point of Order]

Jesus, where was the ref? The linesman?

Were they hired from the WWF?

Ref was right there. It's mind-boggling that he missed it, really.

fork the blowout soccer gamer. I wanna read a story about how this all went down.

 

[Crimson Tide]

Well, if they played the game in a steel cage, they wouldn't have to worry about the ball going out of bounds.

 

[lone star scribe]

Just to get the details straight in my mind, Bigpern, but did the ball bounce off your photog because it was traveling fast and she couldn't get out of the way, or was she being helpful and stopped the ball so the players could retrieve it? I ask because she should leave the ball alone and do her job, unless it was a matter of not being able to get out of the way. (Even soccer linesmen don't make an effort to stop or retrieve balls to avoid the appearance of helping one team over the other. And they're supposed to be watching the action on the field.)

But after confirming that the ball hit her, I'd mention the goal, probably along the lines of, "Everything went wrong for the East Overshoe soccer team last night. Even a photographer got an ashist in the x-x blowout by West Soccer Power."

If the refs missed it that badly, they need to be called out on it. Next time, it might be a crucial goal.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Before you mention anything about the incident in a story, you need to call marketing and ask them whether you should refer to the photographer as the "Bumbletown Daily Blurb Action Cam" or the "Bumbletown Daily Blurb Eye On Sports Action Cam".