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What Tennessee, Penn State, and Florida State all have in common...
Posted on 2/25/16 at 8:39 am
Posted on 2/25/16 at 8:39 am
What connects all of them, and what creates an environment in which Athletic Departments/Universities feel they can commit or allow egregious behavior to occur without fear of facing backlash, is the fact that their local media aren't journalists, they are fans who refuse to question anything.
Tennessee, Florida State, and Penn State beat writers, are notorious for being unapologetic fans of the programs they cover, and you cannot objectively cover a team if you are a fan. In all of these cases, no questions were asked, nobody was pressed, and the toxic culture surrounding each school was ignored because the local media was willing to be fed bullshite and never question a single thing. In all such cases, it took national news organizations to uncover the problems that were pervasive and obvious to anyone who wanted to see it.
I understand why coaches would want friendly media, but if you love your school, as a fan you should want objective eyes on your school at all times to keep people honest. Institutions held unchecked are at a higher risk for corruption and embarrassment without it.
Tennessee, Florida State, and Penn State beat writers, are notorious for being unapologetic fans of the programs they cover, and you cannot objectively cover a team if you are a fan. In all of these cases, no questions were asked, nobody was pressed, and the toxic culture surrounding each school was ignored because the local media was willing to be fed bullshite and never question a single thing. In all such cases, it took national news organizations to uncover the problems that were pervasive and obvious to anyone who wanted to see it.
I understand why coaches would want friendly media, but if you love your school, as a fan you should want objective eyes on your school at all times to keep people honest. Institutions held unchecked are at a higher risk for corruption and embarrassment without it.
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Posted on 2/25/16 at 8:42 am to Grovewater
I think you can add LSU to that list as well
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:41 am to Grovewater
No one even knew about Sandusky in the media because Shultz and Gary were masters of covering stuff up. It was a failure in the office, not the community.
And we don't exactly have world-class journalists working in Centre County anyway. The local news is a very depressing thing to watch
And we don't exactly have world-class journalists working in Centre County anyway. The local news is a very depressing thing to watch
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:44 am to Grovewater
John Adams. GTFO with the homerism charge. Rucker is no friend either. 
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:45 am to Prof
I think Rucker was the one Marshall Henderson rustled so badly. I seem to remember him getting pretty worked up on twitter.
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:48 am to PAGator
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No one even knew about Sandusky in the media because Shultz and Gary were masters of covering stuff up. It was a failure in the office, not the community.
And we don't exactly have world-class journalists working in Centre County anyway. The local news is a very depressing thing to watch
Wasn't that woman who ended up doing most of the work on the Sandusky case from some paper outside of Happy Valley? It always seemed like the local media was half-assing it to me. Plus, that place was basically a JoePa cult.
edit: Yep LINK
This post was edited on 2/25/16 at 9:49 am
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:48 am to SwayzeBalla
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What connects all of them, and what creates an environment in which Athletic Departments/Universities feel they can commit or allow egregious behavior to occur without fear of facing backlash, is the fact that their local media aren't journalists, they are fans who refuse to question anything.
Tennessee, Florida State, and Penn State beat writers, are notorious for being unapologetic fans of the programs they cover, and you cannot objectively cover a team if you are a fan. In all of these cases, no questions were asked, nobody was pressed, and the toxic culture surrounding each school was ignored because the local media was willing to be fed bullshite and never question a single thing. In all such cases, it took national news organizations to uncover the problems that were pervasive and obvious to anyone who wanted to see it.
I understand why coaches would want friendly media, but if you love your school, as a fan you should want objective eyes on your school at all times to keep people honest. Institutions held unchecked are at a higher risk for corruption and embarrassment without it.
I guess those schools just need a shite load Christ and Spice. That ought to fix them!!
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:50 am to thefloydian
No one really knew what was going on until charges were filed, and at that time, everyone knew.
Centre Daily was doing work on it but no one probably read it. They still even have a tab for it
Centre Daily was doing work on it but no one probably read it. They still even have a tab for it
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:53 am to Grovewater
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In all of these cases, no questions were asked, nobody was pressed, and the toxic culture surrounding each school was ignored because the local media was willing to be fed bullshite and never question a single thing.
I don't know about Knoxville, but I don't think you can say this about the Tennessean.
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:55 am to Grovewater
You, sir, at least in the case of the Tennessee media, don't know what in the hell you're talking about.
Posted on 2/25/16 at 9:56 am to BamaGradinTn
I don't think the media can really be blamed at all- seems like a weird stance to take. I simply find members of the media incompetent, not with malicious intent or anything
Posted on 2/25/16 at 10:11 am to jem77
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Christ and Spice
Saban's kryptonite
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