NCAA Tourney coverage and the economy

I'm anxious to see if AP steps up its coverage. This would be a great time for the organization to shine.

 

Actually, a lot of readers are stupid, too. Just read the comments to almost any story posted online.

 

It would be nice to put out a product that readers would want and should, in my world at least, attract advertisers. No wonder advertising dollars are on the decline and the recession is masking it.

If a newspaper made a big deal about going all out on coverage, shouldn't there be enough advertisers who want their business associated with the coverage of a good team that would make traveling pay off?

 

I take it the AP is ramping back on coverage as well? Is that why there is no Texas-Minnesota preview yet? Is that why there is no art of the Longhorns on the wire?

 

Seriously.

This is on the Texas digest:

Shit. I guess the Longhorns earning a spot in the tournament and playing Thursday wasn't known at the Texas AP until recently.


Edit: Three hours later it is finally across.

 

I don't think that AP gets it Angola. This is when it can really show off its talent. But as usual, they are failing miserably.

 

In the past, I had to room with three other people on a road trip in a decent hotel.

One room. Two small beds and a roll-away. Absolute nightmare getting ready the next day. Barely enough space to be in the same room together.

Never again.

If the company doesn't want to spend the money to put us in decent living conditions (two to a room), go ahead and save the money. Spend it on a stringer.

I'll stay home, write about baseball, softball and spring football instead and eat and sleep in my own house. No problem.

It's a double standard that's needs to change. Doubt you'll ever see the publisher, executive editor and managing editor shacking up in the same crummy hotel room for a conference.

Yet sports guys do it all the time, even four to a room, because "well, that's the sacrifice we need to make to get the job done."

Well, you get what you pay for.

That's not the only reason we are where we are, but those kind of sacrifices haven't really helped much in the long run. It's only delaying the inevitable.

 

I've never shared a room with anyone while on a company road trip and never will. I take that back ... college. But that's it.

This isn't a common practice at most major papers. Yet. Thank God.

 

We know, we know, GlenQuagmire is clearly a homophobe......

 

I was under the impression that if our team advances further and we start sending more than one person then we would indeed be asked to share. However, when that has happened in the past, a compromise was met and they allowed for a two bedroom, two-bath suite at a Residence Inn. It was obviously more expensive than a single room, but less expensive than two regular rooms. A good compromise. You maintain a sense of privacy with a bedroom and a bathroom and you share a common area for socializing and planning. Win-win in those situations.

And if you want to fart or bring home a hooker, well, go right ahead. Just shut your door.

 

Well luckily for your shop you cover SEC teams and none of them are going to be hanging around long enough for you to have your irrational homophobic fears to come to fruition............

 

I don't really have a problem under that scenario. I'm glad you'll get that freedom.

Your newspaper/company obviously wants to treat its employees properly. I wish more did so.