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It's customary to offer to blow the visiting team's captain.

Just a gesture of goodwill.
 
Ask questions in a Canadian accent so that the players will better understand you.
 
1-10. Don't show up.
Go back to school. Find an honest profession that will compensate you fairly. Find a growth industry. Oil. Telecommunications. Government. Any will do. When the editor calls, simply say: "I appreciate your confidence in me, but at some point in the future I would like to be able to feed myself and my children. I just can't see myself living in Horse**** Horn, forever."
 
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fishwrapper said:
1-10. Don't show up.
Go back to school. Find an honest profession that will compensate you fairly. Find a growth industry. Oil. Telecommunications. Government. Any will do. When the editor calls, simply say: "I appreciate your confidence in me, but at some point in the future I would like to be able to feed myself and my children. I just can't see myself living in Horse**** Horn, forever."

Wow. Bitter much?
 
Not bitter. I've been able to make a go at it. And a real good living.
I just see the direction this ship is sailing. I've seen too many friends/colleagues "voluntarily" and "involuntarily separated" in the past 10 years.
It's called "perspective, " not "bitter."
 
Sadly, it has become a ****ty business.

Wasn't always that way, but it is now. I'd strongly discourage anybody I cared about from getting into it.

(Is this where I need all the disclaimers? I work for a major paper, and I have a terrific situaton by today's standards, but it is the most ineptly run business I know. The leaders of this industry make Rich Kotite look like Bill Walsh.)
 
I'm still trying to figure out how I can get a gig covering virgins.
 
Smasher_Sloan said:
So the original poster never reported back? Someone must have pantsed him.

I think he may have stood on the logo. Think they'll ever find the body?
 
Zeke12 said:
It's customary to offer to blow the visiting team's captain.

Just a gesture of goodwill.
maybe the person hasn't reported back because there were multiple captains.
 
Make sure your virgin does not hang loose like sleeve of wizard
 
Enjoy the access, general affability of the players, and pleasant interviews, because they'll only be far worse in other pro sports.
 
slipshod said:
Enjoy the access, general affability of the players, and pleasant interviews, because they'll only be far worse in other pro sports.
sorry to correct, but you forgot the "pro sports." the word activity probably would have worked better.
 
The Good Doctor said:
Smasher_Sloan said:
So the original poster never reported back? Someone must have pantsed him.

I think he may have stood on the logo. Think they'll ever find the body?

Probably said, "Talk about ... " in post-game news conference.
 

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