Should papers from non-World Series cities send reporters to cover the game(s)?

If you think preps are a joke, try an editor who believes Little League moves product.
I have not thought meaningfully about high school sports in many years, and for that I am infinitely glad.
And I don't think I'd dig it even if my own damned kid were playing.

 

What kind of paper was it where an editor believed Little League moves product? Was this a weekly or a daily?

By Little League, do you mean the various tournaments leading to the Little League World Series or regular league play?

 

I generally agree with most of the points made about covering high school state tournaments. In South Florida, for instance, the papers don't travel to cover the tournaments -- not even basketball or football -- unless a local team is playing. But it probably makes sense in Indiana for most papers to cover the boys' state basketball tournament because it's such a big deal there, even if a local team isn't playing.

 

Their crappy little summer all-star tournaments.
I sat in many meetings where this was being pushed as a driver of sales.

 

My experience has been that nobody ever cares about this until the sports editor's or managing editor's son gets to be about 9 years old. Then there's a lot of care for the next three or four years, then the care ends.

Same as high school, with different ages obviously.