football tab cover photo

If you do any photo with players from multiple schools do it on a Sunday.

 

We're planning on using the lesbian cheerleader angle this August. We'll have one cheerleader from two schools who are pretty big rivals in our area standing and kissing each other. A second way we're considering approaching it, is to shot the photo in a stall of a football lockerroom, in a cheap attempt to cash in on the incident in the bar a few years back with two Carolina Panther cheerleaders.We're expecting the male readership of our paper to shyrocket after the tab hits the stands.

 

Yeah, we did that last year, so that's why I needed ideas for a new cover.

 

DO NOT DO THIS. It may create a wonderful news story for your paper and your competitors, but does it seem worth it? Plus, it's a felony in all 50 states.

 

but get 'em good and liquored up first

 

You've got to play favorites sometime. Look for the best kid, best story, best angle, something. If you shy away from doing something because it will piss people off, you are in the wrong business.

 

Not if the star player is a Bengal. That's self-defense.

 

But if the player is a Bengal, isn't it racial profiling? I think I heard that somewhere.
Anyway, thanks again for the ideas, being at a one-person desk, I don't have anywhere to go for ideas.

 

We had a star receiver in our coverage area who was being chased by every D-IA school around. I got together with my photog and we came up with a brilliant idea to make it look like a video game cover. Each team we covered got a star player of theirs depicted in a football pose (a lineman down in a three-point stance, a quarterback ready to lob a pass, etc.) with a cool background that made it look like a Playstation game cover. It worked out rather well and I got a lot of kudos on it.

In other words, a star player is good, but try to jazz it up.

 

If you're bringing players from nine teams together, ponder how you're going to fit them all in the frame. Especially linemen.

 

i've always wanted to do offensive lineman eating at an IHOP.

 

I've always wanted to do "The Art of Freezing a Kicker at the End of Regulation."