tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post471650524726597477..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: On Rick Reilly, Big Daddy Drew and the Demise of the Newspaper Sports ColumnistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-77967357178380104752008-04-14T16:59:00.000-04:002008-04-14T16:59:00.000-04:00But how have the bloggers who went mainstream fare...But how have the bloggers who went mainstream fared? I can't remember the last time I read an MJD column on Yahoo!, honestly, and ESPN is currently a joke, no matter how many fresh, former bloggers they bring in. The point I'm making is this: if AOL were to recognize the value of talent among the 'good' bloggers and hire Blogger X to replace Jim Armstrong because he's an old hack, would AOL allow Blogger X to continue to refine this brand of sports analysis via dick jokes, or would Blogger X eventually gain enough access that he would lapse into discretion and/or favor?<BR/>Also, even as a 'professional sports journalist' you maintain a loyal following because of your longstanding Quickie, so it doesn't matter if it's on Page 2, blogspot or on SN. However, we want Ufford and BDD and FJM to entertain us and, sometimes more so, the commenters on their posts to make us laugh, but to expect them to hold down a 'real' job while they do it is asking too much. Isn't that, ostensibly, one of the original premises of what these blogs are about? According to BDD's column it is: No access, no favor, no discretion; just shared experience.<BR/><BR/>/dick jokesigszillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986746435159785667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-31490617744362128762008-04-14T16:06:00.000-04:002008-04-14T16:06:00.000-04:00I was JUST having that discussion over the weekend...I was JUST having that discussion over the weekend: Tread lightly? They've already slipped!<BR/><BR/>Most of the "leaders" have had the good fortune to stumble into "mainstream" gigs -- Yahoo, Sporting News, ESPN, SportsLine, Fox, SI, Fanhouse... hell, even Deadspin counts as "mainstream," to the extent that Will can pay bloggers to contribute to the site.<BR/><BR/>By any "market economy" reading, their void should already be filled by younger, hungrier (and more talented) bloggers. But that really hasn't happened. Oh, sure, there are a million more sports blogs than there were 18 months ago, but very few have found traction that allows their editors claim "filling a vacuum."<BR/><BR/>I don't have any answers, really (I do, but they're just theories that need more fleshing out), but my question is: Why is that happening?Dan Shanoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126386161198401693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-25562195713453164212008-04-14T14:15:00.000-04:002008-04-14T14:15:00.000-04:00Great points, all. But I'll reiterate my point fro...Great points, all. But I'll reiterate my point from the New Year's post. The 'leaders' in the sports blogosphere should tread lightly, lest they slip through the thin ice into the vacuum created by the old-school columnists.sigszillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986746435159785667noreply@blogger.com