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re: SI: SEC teams to use Sam as a recruiting negative
Posted on 2/11/14 at 3:35 pm to sbrian3915
Posted on 2/11/14 at 3:35 pm to sbrian3915
Any article that uses anonymous sources as the basis of the article are all subject to suspicion imo. Especially in today's world of sensationalist journalism.
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Posted on 2/11/14 at 4:38 pm to sbrian3915
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but seriously, can you imagine Saban or Miles or any coach going into a living room and saying, "Don't go to Missouri because Michael Sam was gay. They protect their players and you don't want that. You want to go to a school who will not protect you."
No, I cannot imagine it and cannot imagine them or any other SEC head coach tolerating that in their assistants.
Honestly, having lived in the Northeast most of my life, I have to say that this article probably reflects the usual Northeastern attitude towards the South as being a backwards, bigoted, hopelessly homophobic place.
It certainly takes longer for social change to occur in the South and there certainly is plenty of homophobia still, but not nearly to the extent that most people in New York or California imagine there is.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 5:32 pm to sbrian3915
What a bullshite hackish article. SI needs to start naming these "assistants" and anonymous sources in their articles. Name names and let them stake their own reputations on what they are SUPPOSEDLY saying. Anybody can say anything with these anonymous sources. Any journalist can lie their asses off with these "anonymous sources" to fit whatever kind of narrative they're trying to perpetuate. Unless the media stops doing this (in Sam's case it has been overwhelmingly SI) they are doing nothing but perpetuating a smear campaign against Michael Sam.
I think some of this has to do with SI not getting the scoop (Sam's camp chose ESPN and the NYT).
I think some of this has to do with SI not getting the scoop (Sam's camp chose ESPN and the NYT).
Posted on 2/11/14 at 5:46 pm to sbrian3915
Missing the forest for the trees. No one needs to negatively recruit vs Mizzou
Posted on 2/11/14 at 6:30 pm to sbrian3915
This is a ridiculous story to get clicks. No university nowadays would dare try that tactic -- all it takes is one recruit spurning them for another program and then going public with the fact that the other university's coaches tried that tactic to create one hell of a shitstorm...one that would likely end in firings.
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