"Journalism" will always and forever ruffle my feathers. I feel the media has a responsibility and they drop the ball by being self serving rather than people serving.
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
Especially currently when Journalism companies have decided to chance profits more than fact, as opinions are soooo soooo much cheaper.
I wonder if they will keep the HTTR then if they go with Redwolves. I have read quite a few people saying nickname X or nickname Y has nothing to do with DC or Virginia. I laugh because what the hell do the Lakers have to do with Los Angeles, for example. If the nickname had to be relevant to the area, the Minnesota Vikings would have be the Minnesote Chokers, or Chicago Bears be the Chicago DoubleDoinks. It's just a moniker. Pick one, make the uniforms cool and not ugly and let's rock!
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
Some fans say they HAVE to keep a mascot name starting with "R" to keep HTTR... but really I don't see that as a big change HTTW.
Though if Redwolves are selected, they did talk about changing Hail to..... Howl to the Redwolves, which I thought was an improvement.
They also want to keep the fight song, but as a number of people have pointed out, the fight song was written by the wife of the possibility racist owner they're trying trying to semi-delete from their history, so that probably gone.
In traditionally red wolves are from that area.
But yeah I've thought it'd be funny if they pick Washington Rhynos. (Rinos) lol
That’s the problem with today’s “media”. Everyone wants to be first with the “scoop”, so they throw away any real reporting just to try to one up on their competition.
With computers, if you wait for anything to be verified, you will be the 1000th person to report anything.
And with the attention span (short) of people today, if the media screws it up, the people will forget about it and move onto the next big story by the next day.
So there is very little accountability for the reporter.
At least that’s how I see it.
Originally Posted by: Cheesey
As for speed, I can see it both ways.
I remember a 53 man roster cutdown IM gathering with Tom Silverstein, in which he refused to acknowledge or accept any source other than his own company or if the player/agent said it themselves in Twitter.
Which was fine for most of the picks, but getting down to the end, between his company and the other Packers following paper, fans had figured out all 53 guys left.
But Tom Silverstein almost over the top insisted, that no sources other than his company can be trusted to find out the exact 53 guys left on the main roster after release day, which just rubbed a whole bunch of people the wrong way, as he kept telling people that it's not confirmed, when in reality it was confirmed, just not confirmed by you.
And I stayed because while I was annoyed at first, it become to be like watching a train wreak, where the public was informing him what was going on and he was in complete denial.
Point being, you have to trust some of your fellow professionals, as fans did nothing more by gather the information from two professional papers following the Packers and official accounts of players or professional writers in Twitter and the fans were right, while Tom Silverstein kept demanding nothing is official until his company says it's official, which is BS too.
So I can see the speed argument and verification going both ways.