Anybody here pay any attention whatsoever to this outfit? I'm not the one to ask since the sports media to me might as well all be printed or spoken in Swahili. FTR I would gather most of the sports floozies do this and when I heard the news I asked myself why is this news.
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Anybody here pay any attention whatsoever to this outfit? I'm not the one to ask since the sports media to me might as well all be printed or spoken in Swahili. FTR I would gather most of the sports floozies do this and when I heard the news I asked myself why is this news.
Freethinker
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I wasn’t really familiar with the reporterette other than hearing the name a few times over the years. Seeing her face recently for the first time since this news broke, I thought what is the fuss over this average middle-aged woman? A quick search finds a finer lady circa whenever this photo is from.
Phall
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Not a great thread title @wile but quality subject matter. It should probably be in the "media" sub-forum instead of NFL, in my opinion.
Without doing any research to verify my memories, 'The Athletic' was founded as a bold idea: an online publication that would depend on paid subscriptions and in turn, offer dedicated coverage for each college and pro football team with one dedicated beat reporter. A lot of "venture capital" money was spent on this dream, but it didn't make any money because the general public is still adverse to paying for sports news when so much is still beamed out to them free of charge. The New York Times, another insolvent operation propped up by imaginary money, bailed out 'The Athletic' by purchasing it to replace its own Sports section.
A week or so ago, some candid pics leaked of Mike Vrabel and 'The Athletic' reporter Diana Russini in private moments, although nothing with physical affection. Vrabel has been completely silent, but Russini denied her affair before eventually resigning. Russini previously covered the Titans; Vrabel had been considered a pretty good head coach, but the female owner of the Titans fired him after a single mediocre year. Vrabel is married with kids.
Russini herself is married to a Shake Shack executive who surely has more money at stake in a divorce.
This episode re-hashed a story (which I had never heard before) that Russini and fellow female reporter Britt McHenry got into a drunken fist-fight outside a restaurant a handful of years ago when they learned they were simultaneously banging Sean McVay. Ms. McHenry seems happy that Russini is falling down, via vague social media posts.
This dynamic raises a bigger question about sports journalism in general. As a journalist, you trade for access to "inside scoops" with the acknowledgement that you will forgo neutral criticisms.
My takeaway: every single female "sports journalist" is sucking and f*cking her way into prominence. Even if it is not 100%, it is more than 0%, so why would you take any of them seriously? And why do we still see them in post-game locker rooms? The best people aren't the ones who play - it's an engineered show.
An aside: I found the Mexican channel TUDN highlights for the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid game. The color commentator was a woman and she screamed "goooooooooooal." I'm sure none of the Mexicans "voted" for this, it surely doesn't test better with any audience, but that is just the cruel, gay, cold earth we live in right now.
Without doing any research to verify my memories, 'The Athletic' was founded as a bold idea: an online publication that would depend on paid subscriptions and in turn, offer dedicated coverage for each college and pro football team with one dedicated beat reporter. A lot of "venture capital" money was spent on this dream, but it didn't make any money because the general public is still adverse to paying for sports news when so much is still beamed out to them free of charge. The New York Times, another insolvent operation propped up by imaginary money, bailed out 'The Athletic' by purchasing it to replace its own Sports section.
A week or so ago, some candid pics leaked of Mike Vrabel and 'The Athletic' reporter Diana Russini in private moments, although nothing with physical affection. Vrabel has been completely silent, but Russini denied her affair before eventually resigning. Russini previously covered the Titans; Vrabel had been considered a pretty good head coach, but the female owner of the Titans fired him after a single mediocre year. Vrabel is married with kids.
Russini herself is married to a Shake Shack executive who surely has more money at stake in a divorce.
This episode re-hashed a story (which I had never heard before) that Russini and fellow female reporter Britt McHenry got into a drunken fist-fight outside a restaurant a handful of years ago when they learned they were simultaneously banging Sean McVay. Ms. McHenry seems happy that Russini is falling down, via vague social media posts.
This dynamic raises a bigger question about sports journalism in general. As a journalist, you trade for access to "inside scoops" with the acknowledgement that you will forgo neutral criticisms.
My takeaway: every single female "sports journalist" is sucking and f*cking her way into prominence. Even if it is not 100%, it is more than 0%, so why would you take any of them seriously? And why do we still see them in post-game locker rooms? The best people aren't the ones who play - it's an engineered show.
An aside: I found the Mexican channel TUDN highlights for the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid game. The color commentator was a woman and she screamed "goooooooooooal." I'm sure none of the Mexicans "voted" for this, it surely doesn't test better with any audience, but that is just the cruel, gay, cold earth we live in right now.
I'm not a mod nor do I have an opinion on where it goes or even if it stays. I asked if anyone ever actually reads that crap since it was only a faint memory that such a thing as the Athletic existed. Also I am of the opinion that the females in sports are there for a reason to mate which meshes with their existential desire for social status. I can hardly blame them they are females after all and for society to discipline them is beyond us at this point.
