re: The Advocate Sports Section Has Gone To Crap ........

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i was kind of backhanding that comment in there

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i know you were .. my reply was tongue and cheek ..

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i was alluding to the fact that one of the reasons papers suck is because circulation is down. why pay money to read what happened yesterday, when you can log on to the internet and read what happened one minute ago for free - ??

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well .. the vast majority of people that read and buy newspapers are your 50+ crowd that is not computer savvy and a lot them don't use the internet .. so the paper still has a viable market there .. also .. the circulars and coupons for the women as well as a lot of the advertisements don't transfer well online .. at one time, the sports section drove advocate sales .. thanks to the internet, that can no longer be the case ..

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the circulars and coupons for the women

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wow.

kinda turned you on there ?

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The writers are leaving because they can work for online only sites without BS print deadlines...it wouldn't matter if they beefed up their online content...they still have print deadlines, and it would suck having that looming over you all the time as a writer.

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not to mention, you can do 90% of your work from your home office and not have an actual office or douchebag editor to physically report to everyday ..

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and it would suck having that looming over you all the time as a writer.

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Well I would imagine you would always have deadlines. They probably still have to edit the content you are posting on the internet before it is posted. I think it is more of a money thing, like they can't afford those dudes anymore.

if you took every literate american over the age of 21, we'd prolly be amazed at how low the percentage is of them having consistent, internet access .. this is why papers will be around for a little while longer ..

I am not having a very strong afternoon posting.

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The writers are leaving because they can work for online only sites without BS print deadlines...it wouldn't matter if they beefed up their online content...they still have print deadlines, and it would suck having that looming over you all the time as a writer.

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Yeah, 500 to 1,500 word sports coverage essays due every other day or so, game recaps, post-game interviews, practice coverages, and opinion fluff pieces, with per diems and pressbox amenities to attend ballgames for a national powerhouse program, has to be a pressure-filled and back-breaking gig.

Now, as for owning your own blogsites and/or making good coin freelancing for USA Today or Sporting News,etc..possibly being a superior gig in pay and/or time constraints, it may well be, I don't know.

But, being a sportswriter, even if underpaid for some or many of them, must still be a job that many would trade for, on many levels?

And yes, today's Advocate Sports page, sucks in contrast to the one I read as a kid from 1977 to say 1990, when they won national and regional awards yearly.

Here's hoping Rabalais' page is up soon, and Dubois resurfaces locally. Also wishing Steinle and Hanagriff were on radio or in print more often locally.