Tension Over Sports Blogging - New York Times

• allonthefield

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  You can understand the tension from the professional sports point of view. Most of professional athletes don't like the media as it is, and those are guys that write for a living. When a bunch of perceived hacks get involved -- and obviously, there are bloggers that write with class, style, and skill -- you can see the fear that the clubhouses and locker rooms will be overrun by people that can make these athletes instantly famous in a bad way. For that reason, I'm not sure that limited access is such a bad thing.

  Posted 4/22/2008 [reply] [flag]

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