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1/5 Thoughtful discussion about media access in sports today in the @PovichCenter webinar. @JimmyRobertsNBC asked @roxscott of USA Today about money:“It keeps me up at http://night.You think about all that we saved (Super Bowl week) in having people write from home, off...
2/5 these Zoom calls.We had really strong coverage, but it’s just not the same. I fear that when someone looks at the bottom line, they will say ‘look how much you did from home.’They’ll start to question.We’ll have to defend that. It’s my job to explain why we need to be there.”
3/5 . @NotthefakeSVP added: “You lose the conduit to, the connectivity to the stories & the people that are in the sports.” @ProfBlackistone told of the news editor who urged him to “go out & put some blood & flesh on the bones of that story. Right now all we’re doing is giving
4/5 the bones of the story.We need to be there to get the blood & flesh of the game, the heartbeat of the game.The people who run sports want us there.They miss out & the audience misses out if we don’t figure out a way to get back as close as possible to that human interaction.”
5/5 . @JimmyRobertsNBC followed with: “There is a constituency out there that is more than happy to keep the media at arm’s length. I don’t think it’s so much the leagues...there are a number of players or athletes that are happy for the limited access. It’s short-sighted.”
