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[Moderator1]

What do we know about financial advising?!?!



Arkansas Beat Writer to Leave Newspaper Biz
Scott Cain, one of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's lead Razorbacks writers is leaving the newspaper business to be a financial adviser.
Cain is the No. 1 on Basketball and No. 2 on football and has been at the paper for nearly 11 years. Cain has also served as the lead football writer.
Cain is a Baylor grad and a member of the Mizzou mafia having worked at the Daily Tribune in Columbia.
The column talking about the departure is here...http://www.wholehogsports.com/adg/194078/
No word on who will take over the beat, if it will be an internal promotion or if they will go outside the paper, but one suspects with football nearly here, the paper will move quickly to fill the position.
Cain is a quality guy and one of the best beat writers in the SEC.
He'll be missed.

 

[Mighty_Wingman]

That's a new one.

Good luck to Scott.

 

[Bill Horton]

One of the nicest, most reasonable and rational guys in the business.

 

[Moland Spring]

Wow. A shocker. For those who never got the chance to work with (or against) Scott, that's too bad. He was one of the nicest, fairest, and most professional reporters around. Like many here, I will miss hanging out with him.

 

[chazp]

Scott, If you're reading this, please advise your customers not to buy stock in newspaper companies. They'll thank you.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I never met Scott Cain, but know several people who know him and have worked with him. To a man, they compliment him to embarrassing lengths.

My best wishes to him.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

My sister owns her own financial planning business, and my dad still works in a very similar field.
I see what they pull, and trust me, the thought has crossed my mind once or twice.

Question, though: does having worked at the Columbia Tribune really make you part of The Mafia? Where's MizzouGrad when you need him?

 

[Editude]

Former colleague quit in mid-career to become a financial adviser. One of his clients is the former Mrs. Editude.

 

[Jack_Kerouac]

Former colleague quit in mid-career to become a financial adviser. One of his clients is the former Mrs. Editude.

Was she paying him with more than just a cut of her portfolio? Is that what led her to become the former Mrs. Editude?

 

[OJ1414]

I'll echo what everyone else has said about Scott, one of the nicest guys you could ever know and very good at his job. I'm sure he'll succeed at BoA but it's definitely a loss for journalism.

 

[Mountainburg]

I'll echo what everyone else has said about Scott, one of the nicest guys you could ever know and very good at his job. I'm sure he'll succeed at BoA but it's definitely a loss for journalism.

Exactly, OJ.

The thing about Scott - and he proved this with his decision to leave - was that his focus was family first, all the way. It didn't matter to him what beat he was covering or where he was working...he wanted more time with his wife and kids.

There are a lot of people who pay lip service to that sort of thing. It's refreshing to see someone who walks the walk. Ultimately, without a home base, what are you left with?

The guy racked up awards by the truckload and had the respect of just about everybody covering the SEC. But being a good husband and father meant more.

How refreshing.

 

[Moderator1]

Indeed. And before anyone else says it, thanks for posting Scott!

I'm being a wiseass. Don't anybody else be one.

 

[RustyHampton]

This sucks for our business but sounds like a good deal for Scott, who is a fine reporter and better person.

As a side note, former Orlando Sentinel assistant sports editor Jim Grove is a financial planner in Jackson, Miss., so Scott's not the only one to make this kind of move. But it is rare.

 

[John]

Oddly enough, I was a financial planner (I worked for my dad at Merrill Lynch) before I became a sports writer.

There are many, many days when I question my decision to leave.

 

[Write-brained]

I have a friend who left this business to become a tae kwon do instructor.

He's now back in the business.

 

[FuerteJ]

I never knew Scott, but heard his praises the past three years whilst covering an SEC beat. I wish him the best of luck and admire him for putting family as high up on his list as he does.

 

[More hideous than Ben Seaver]

I got to work with Scott a few times, though thankfully I never in a capacity where I had to compete against him. He is one of the best beat writers I know, and a really nice guy to boot. I wish him nothing but the best in the future.

That having been said, covering Arkansas - especially Arkansas football - is just brutal, particularly with all that's happened around the program the last year-plus. Until they find a replacement AD for Broyles and Nutt leaves/gets fired, it's liable to stay that way.

 

[Moderator1]

Is Nutt nuts?

 

[spaceman]

Moddy, are you ok?

You're atypically full of joie de vivre on this thread.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Another one of the best college writers around leaving...