Comments on: SOURCES: And the Limits of Respectability https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/ A Notre Dame Football Blog Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 By: TERRY https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258891 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258891 In reply to Moons.

You are more than welcome grasshopper.

]]> By: Moons https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258890 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258890 In reply to TERRY.

TERRY – As my bio notes, I am a Southerner. We are not known for our grammar. Thank you for reading and for the grammar reminder, kind sir.

]]> By: Moons https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258889 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258889 In reply to Joshua Vowles.

Praise from Caesar! Thanks my man. Appreciate it….especially the meat.

]]> By: TERRY https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258888 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258888 Terry here – Thanks for the good words. Much appreciated.

BTW – I said it as WELL as anyone could, not as good as anyone could.

]]> By: Ryan Ritter https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258887 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:58:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258887 I disagree on one thing: I believe that the majority of the reporters the in the recruiting/premium space know quite well that most of what they are putting out is educated guesswork. I would go further and say their “educated” part of the guess has more to do with their experiences in being on the beat rather than what their sources tell them.

What I do agree with is the overall point in that things seem to have gotten out of hand. Rumors are broken as news for the subscription paying audience. Worse is that it seems some posters on some of these boards then try to pass themselves off as experts with sources. It just becomes one giant cluster.

If I were to compare it to anything, it would be the subscription-based pro wrestling “dirtsheets”. People pay to be in the loop for rumors. The crazy part about this is that people are pretty well aware that these rumors end up being true at about a coin-flip rate, but still want in on the information. It’s weird, even as a huge wrestling fan I don’t understand it.

When this same desire translates to amateur athletes and teenagers, it can fall into the disgusting far too often when discretion goes by the wayside.

Great post, sir. Really hoping this spurs some good discussion. Obviously, this is something I feel rather strongly about.

]]> By: Joshua Vowles https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2016/02/23/sources-and-the-limits-of-respectability/#comment-258886 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:53:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=33260#comment-258886 Gold stars and giant plates of red meat to you Moons. Well said.

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