I sometimes forget how important we are ...

[ColbertNation]

I think the consensus is that people shouldn't do stuff just to get their names in the paper.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Her daughter sounds like a whiny bench. She probably wasn't any good anyway ...

And I get a kick out of parents who claim their kids, who probably haven't opened a damn newspaper since they have been born, were "upset" about a write-up.

Good one.

I also loved being told that I screwed up some kid's scrapbook by not putting him the headline/photo/lede/in the agate when he/she finished 30th in an event.

And why would you want a scrapbook of something you obviously suck at anyway?

 

[jakewriter82]

Her daughter sounds like a whiny bench. She probably wasn't any good anyway ...

And I get a kick out of parents who claim their kids, who probably haven't opened a damn newspaper since they have been born, were "upset" about a write-up.

Good one.

I also loved being told that I screwed up some kid's scrapbook by not putting him the headline/photo/lede/in the agate when he/she finished 30th in an event.

And why would you want a scrapbook of something you obviously suck at anyway?

That's a very good question I often ask myself here where it seems like EVERY parent has a scrap book they're keeping. What gets me is when parents get upset at me when my stats aren't in line with the other paper's stats, no matter if mine are the actual ones or not.
It's not my fault when the other paper can't keep a scorebook correctly.

 

[Songbird]

Had a parent call today to complain that our coverage of the conference track meet was too one-sided, and that her daughter was so upset by this that she doesn't want to run track next year.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I seem to remember a time when athletes played sports because they liked to play sports.
But I'm going to accept my new responsibility, and I vow to take it seriously. Because it appears that without us, there would be no use for high school sports.

I got a terse e-mail today from the mother of a trackie. Good times.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I got a (anonymous VM) call this week from a guy who asked if we were showing some racial bias because we run a lot more coverage of NASCAR than of the NBA.

Conversely, we run more coverage of the NBA than of the NHL. I dunno what that means – bias against Canadians?

 

[Tom Petty]

Her daughter sounds like a whiny bench. She probably wasn't any good anyway ...

And I get a kick out of parents who claim their kids, who probably haven't opened a damn newspaper since they have been born, were "upset" about a write-up.

Good one.

I also loved being told that I screwed up some kid's scrapbook by not putting him the headline/photo/lede/in the agate when he/she finished 30th in an event.

And why would you want a scrapbook of something you obviously suck at anyway?

i dunno, but boots keeps his clips in spite of that fact.

 

[DanOregon]

heck, just offer the Mom a chance to guarantee coverage _ "pay for play" if you know what I mean. Pretty soon parents will be covering the high school beat anyway with "user-generated content"

What we have to look forward to:
"My daughter finished third in the 400, but did so with a PB of 1:09.21. The other two girls, Jane and Cindy, finished first and second, respectively...."

 

[Tom Petty]

heck, just offer the Mom a chance to guarantee coverage _ "pay for play" if you know what I mean. Pretty soon parents will be covering the high school beat anyway with "user-generated content"

What we have to look forward to:
"My daughter finished third in the 400, but did so with a PB of 1:09.21. The other two girls, Jane and Cindy, finished first and second, respectively...."

you give them waaaaaay too much credit for having a grasp of the english language.

 

[Write-brained]

Every poll I've ever seen says kids don't read newspapers.

 

[WSKY]

I'm not gonna lie, when I'm out on the beat I'm up front with these little snot-nosed shirts. I tell them, 'You wanna get some ink, well, I got a kid and he needs some diapers.' $20 gets you a graph, $40 gets you two graphs. But if you want in the lede or headline, mommy better be close by with the checkbook. For $150, I'll get your mediocre-at-best son/daughter on the front cover ...

 

[Write-brained]

I'm not gonna lie, when I'm out on the beat I'm up front with these little snot-nosed shirts. I tell them, 'You wanna get some ink, well, I got a kid and he needs some diapers.' $20 gets you a graph, $40 gets you two graphs. But if you want in the lede or headline, mommy better be close by with the checkbook. For $150, I'll get your mediocre-at-best son/daughter on the front cover ...

One would think then that you could afford the rainbow stars without your wife bitchin' ...

 

[DanOregon]

Jokes aside, I was covering a baseball game a few years back and after the game one of the players came up to me to thank me for a "Prep of the Week" feature I did on him during basketball season. He shook my hand and said that article helped him get into Columbia, where he played hoops. That remains one of my fondest memories of covering sports, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't get a little bit misty thinking about it. That kid could play too.