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[TurnTwo2]

Does anyone except like 4 people make money over at BR? It's not like they are on a revenue share deal like examiner, rantsports.com and fansided.

Actually if you combine the "salaries" at RS and Examiner they probably make less than the 4 people at B/R. Rant Sports...you're honestly looking at 100-200 max unless you come from B/R and already churn out 100 articles a week...then yes you can make a little bit more but still nothing really great. Although you're making 100-200 phor giving opinions and reposting things from the bigger networks or newspapers. So that's a steal.

Not to mention creating rumors out of thin air, if that makes any sense.

 

[Dawgpound17]

Does anyone except like 4 people make money over at BR? It's not like they are on a revenue share deal like examiner, rantsports.com and fansided.

Actually if you combine the "salaries" at RS and Examiner they probably make less than the 4 people at B/R. Rant Sports...you're honestly looking at 100-200 max unless you come from B/R and already churn out 100 articles a week...then yes you can make a little bit more but still nothing really great. Although you're making 100-200 phor giving opinions and reposting things from the bigger networks or newspapers. So that's a steal.

Not to mention creating rumors out of thin air, if that makes any sense.

Yes, that makes sense. Again it's a watered down version of Deadspin.

 

[Versatile]

Does anyone except like 4 people make money over at BR? It's not like they are on a revenue share deal like examiner, rantsports.com and fansided.

Actually if you combine the "salaries" at RS and Examiner they probably make less than the 4 people at B/R. Rant Sports...you're honestly looking at 100-200 max unless you come from B/R and already churn out 100 articles a week...then yes you can make a little bit more but still nothing really great. Although you're making 100-200 phor giving opinions and reposting things from the bigger networks or newspapers. So that's a steal.

Not to mention creating rumors out of thin air, if that makes any sense.

Yes, that makes sense. Again it's a watered down version of Deadspin.

You either never read Deadspin or never read Bleacher Report.

 

[TurnTwo2]

Does anyone except like 4 people make money over at BR? It's not like they are on a revenue share deal like examiner, rantsports.com and fansided.

Actually if you combine the "salaries" at RS and Examiner they probably make less than the 4 people at B/R. Rant Sports...you're honestly looking at 100-200 max unless you come from B/R and already churn out 100 articles a week...then yes you can make a little bit more but still nothing really great. Although you're making 100-200 phor giving opinions and reposting things from the bigger networks or newspapers. So that's a steal.

Not to mention creating rumors out of thin air, if that makes any sense.

Yes, that makes sense. Again it's a watered down version of Deadspin.

You either never read Deadspin or never read Bleacher Report.

I agree, I don't think you've ever read Deadspin.

I was actually talking about Rant Sports with creating rumors. Bleacher Report at least knows the difference between speculation on their own part and legitimate rumors.

 

[sportsnut]

As much as you guys enjoy the BR bash, can any of you honestly say your first time covering a pro game wasn't a little surreal? There wasn't a little rush stepping onto the dirt? Walking into the clubhouse? If the answer is no and you were unmoved, then I'm sorry about that ice water flowing through your veins. Yes, there's a professional job to do and, after a while, it all becomes very hum drum and normal. And, yes, this guy is a doofus for bragging about access and elbow rubbing, but gosh darn it all if this job isn't cool as fork sometimes.

I am not defending anyone here but would it not be a great recruiting tool for future sports reporter, columnists etc? If I was in High School or even College and read stories like the backstage pass feature stories the LA Times is doing on specific areas of the NFL. I would be more inclined to maybe jump into the field because of the cool shirt we are able to do etc. I am not talking about being a homer, but an inside look into a day of a sports reporter or A's beat reporter etc.

 

[Dawgpound17]

The Deadspin comment was meant as "it's not legitimate reporting" not saying BR=Deadspin just that really I've read both and don't consider either to be legitimate.

 

[Versatile]

The Deadspin comment was meant as "it's not legitimate reporting" not saying BR=Deadspin just that really I've read both and don't consider either to be legitimate.

To say this shows you don't read Deadspin, at least not regularly.

 

[geddymurphy]

B/R has a considerable number of paid employees now -- mostly editors. And most of them come from the same background as candidates you'd consider for assignment editor jobs in a big newsroom.

They also have an impressive training curriculum. It's like J-school on a few web pages. Cuts out a lot of nonsense and tells 19-year-olds how to act and write like pros, albeit within B/R's unique style.

The problem for the discerning reader or the experienced writer is that it's soooo SEO-oriented. And if you thought churning out two daily stories off your beat at your first 20,000-circ paper was tough, you should see how much these guys are doing each day.

Maybe most of their writers couldn't do what I do. But I couldn't do what they do. Maybe I'm just too old.

But for even the best of them, the sheer pace of work leads to sloppiness and doesn't lend itself to insightful analysis.

If they'd ease up on their writers -- particularly anyone who's capable of doing more -- and let them write for the robust platform B/R has built, they could be on to something.

But SBNation is doing that instead, particularly with its new long-form offerings.

 

[Versatile]

They may be telling the 19-year-olds how to write like pros, but it's not working.