Sandomir: Press Boxes Become an Afterthought...

I agree that a lot of info wouldn't get out there (and not like I'd be happy about it). I'm just trying to relate how the casual fan might take it (the hardcore fan wants every piece of info from every source).

 

I have wondered many times why this hasn't happened many years before now. I've sat every place, high and low, far and near for all kinds of events. It's nice to sit in the prime locations of a press row at midcourt or the 50 yardline but I sincerely don't expect it when I think about all the money those same seats could be earning them. As far as I'm concerned, I still have a job to do no matter where I sit or what the circumstances are and I'm going to do the best I can because it's my name that will go on that story.

The whiney nature of this story is downright disgusting. No reporter is above it like he appears to think. We've been treated pretty nicely. Maybe its time to pay the piper. I don't blame them for moving us. I'd do the same thing if it were my team and my stadium and my seats to sell.

 

The reasons are low pay, shitty hours, and my own lack of passion for the biz -- not seating arrangements.

Glad you read stories where the writers make use of their positions relative to the action. I wish those writers wrote the stories I usually read.

 

Ever the optimist, shotglass . . . . . .

This is coming. Don't kid yourself.

 

I'd say shotglass is being a realist and you an unrealist.

 

Tell Sandomir no one cares. Most fans hate sportswriters. Blame the messenger is a common theme in contemporary America. Blame the media.

 

Really? It seems like at least once or twice a month with the local NBA team, I'll read a gamer that includes something the coach told the players during a timeout, or some back-and-forth between a coach and a referee, or a player venting his frustration on the bench or something. Good like getting that kind of depth and color from the rafters.

 

I wish the writers I read used their access that way.

 

Maybe you don't read that because they no longer have the access.

 

Perhaps now, but not always.

 

Just because some don't take advantage of certain access doesn't mean that nobody will notice if we lose that access. That's like saying, "Who cares if you can't interview players anymore. They seldom give a good quote anyway."
While the second part is true, there are plenty of times you get good quotes from players, and it would be a serve handicap to us to lose that access.