IGotQuestions
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sorry for getting the thread off track.
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Johnny Dangerously said:From that column:
Based on voices, however, from inside the Oklahoma State football compound (no, not fans), there was not one thing in that column about a benched quarterback that was not true. The facts were right.
Whether the facts were correct or not doesn't mean you run that column --- not that rumors and rumblings and rumblings and rumors should count as "facts" anyway. Not everything you know about the inside of a football program and it's players is for public consumption. Most is. Not all. But there is a balance. There has to be. Unless of course you want to Pish off the program, fan base, the readership and the entire state, then by all means have at it and write columns like this one.ADifferentOkie said:Johnny Dangerously said:From that column:
Based on voices, however, from inside the Oklahoma State football compound (no, not fans), there was not one thing in that column about a benched quarterback that was not true. The facts were right.
I made that same point about a week ago.
I'm telling you, the facts were correct.
IGotQuestions said:one of my personal pet peeves is the popular notion among coaches and athletes that sports writers are either nerds who are jealous of athletes or were fringe athletes themselves not quite good enough to be bigger stars. It's been my experience that about half of the reporters I've run into in this profession were actually pretty darn good at a sport in high school or college (intramural).
chilidog75 said:Whether the facts were correct or not doesn't mean you run that column --- not that rumors and rumblings and rumblings and rumors should count as "facts" anyway. Not everything you know about the inside of a football program and it's players is for public consumption. Most is. Not all. But there is a balance. There has to be. Unless of course you want to Pish off the program, fan base, the readership and the entire state, then by all means have at it and write columns like this one.
In Cold Blood said:The SI list is criticizing their on-field performance, not their character, as the Ok. State column did when it essentially called him a pussy.