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Chicago media and WNBA

BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
I've noticed an interesting and understandable advocacy of women's sports by the media covering them the last few years. I get it--to get the increased coverage you desire for the sports, you need to advocate why--but it does stray a bit into an ethical gray area. But in terms of ethical gray areas strayed into over the last however many years, it registers very low on my list of concerns. And there have been some pretty good exposes written about the NWHL and NWSL by these advocates.
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How many of those same people brought up that few covered the NWSL, yet reported the scandal involving Paul Riley, the now-former coach of the North Carolina Courage?

The NWSL was doing fine and growing in bits and spurts - it has easily outlived its two women's professional predecessors - but nothing approached the level of the scandal story.
 
Big day in sports yesterday, Sunday NFL Football, Home team loses, Packers win in OT, huge shootout between Chargers and Browns. MLB playoffs Boston needs extra innings to win.
Sports Front page includes WNBA game 1 between teams not from the circulation area and USMNT losing in World Cup qualifier.

I wish National and Political coverage would be so paternalistic as the sports department and tell us what we need to know, not what we want to know.
 
If I'm reading this correctly, the Chicago Sky had media availability on a Saturday afternoon in October in the third-largest market with a million teams to follow.

No... no... NO.

Schedule it on:
Tuesday, 1-3 p.m.
Wednesday, 1-3 p.m.

Mondays re-cap the weekend's games for the pros and those are often days where sports departments are on skeleton staffing.
Assuming Tuesdays are still "off days" for NFL. THERE is your day.
 
exmediahack said:
If I'm reading this correctly, the Chicago Sky had media availability on a Saturday afternoon in October in the third-largest market with a million teams to follow.

No... no... NO.

Schedule it on:
Tuesday, 1-3 p.m.
Wednesday, 1-3 p.m.

Mondays re-cap the weekend's games for the pros and those are often days where sports departments are on skeleton staffing.
Assuming Tuesdays are still "off days" for NFL. THERE is your day.
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From the looks of it, the availability was for Game 3 of their playoff series on Sunday and they had played on the road Thursday, so they had to do it Saturday. It wasn't a normal in-season availability.
 
After the last game of the finals?!? What's the stance on that from the league apologist at the start of this thread?
 
The Mercury has wanted more media attention for all of its existence. This playoff run they finally got what they wanted.

I am more than happy to go back to the status quo.
 
From AP:
The Phoenix players declined to come to the postgame press conference. The door to their locker room was broken and a person familiar with the incident said at least one of the team's players was responsible. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
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Does the Republic travel with the Mercury?
 
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