This is a very interesting article that I came across, basically explaining how sportswriters should not include politics in their columns. They are two separate subjects, and they should never be combined. They give a good example of how comparing Tiger Woods to President Obama just didn’t work. The author here is complaining that people take advantage of the popularity of sports, so they think they can place their political opinions in the sports section. This will get more views than if they placed it somewhere else. I did not agree with his one statement, however. He wrote, “Sports guys, some of them, may feel a touch embarrassed about being sportswriters. So they have to prove they’re just as serious–just as liberal, virtuous, and “engaged” with the world–as their colleagues on the news and editorial desks. You can almost hear them saying, “I may cover the NFL, but hey! I hate Bush as much as you do, I swear.”
When writing your own sports pieces, keep this in mind. Sometimes adding something because you think it’s a cool metaphor only ends up weakening your point.
October 19, 2009 at 1:05 am |
I liked this article and completely agree with the statement that politics should be left out of sports. I kind of understand how it relates to your topic of networking and branding yourself because it is sort of an example of how not to but I still think you probably could have found maybe another article to help get your point across more here. It could be a cool topic though to explore how people brand themselves through their writing.
October 20, 2009 at 7:02 pm |
You need to track down the actual articles. I’m not sure what the source of this link is, but the actual article is here: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTc4NzJkMjVkOTg1M2UyMjZlYzM0YmJiYzY4YWQzYjY=&w=MA==
Why would you regard someone reprinting an article more than the original source? Also, the reprint does not give a publication date that I could find.