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I was going to write an article about this, but then I realized it would be less of an article and more of me just whining about stuff, so here's my big thing that I just have to rant about:
I read stuff like The Mid-Majority a lot. I'm a big fan of Kyle Whelliston and his Feinstein-esque style of you-are-there journalism, something I think has influenced me greatly and something I aspire to be as I hope to one day do book-length writing in the realm of sports.
Here's my one true dig on Whelliston, however, and this is the source of my frustration: he has dedicated a good website to mid-major basketball, and the ideals that it promotes, but falls victim to the kind of sectionalized thinking that I believe is hurting sports.
For example, Whelliston has done more and more updates featuring the CAA on his website, and recognized the A-10 as a "money" or "power" conference. Past performance would dictate that the A-10 is anything but a "money/power" conference, but his mindset is very east-coast, something that allows his writing to unintentionally pass off as fact. In other words, the A-10 is power because it just is, and the Valley is not (for example). His frequent nods towards the CAA are merely the reason I started noticing this.
I'm ranting and I know it, but I am just sending this out as an open call to the dozens (hopefully more, and I'm doing my best to make that change) of readers of this site: don't let me do this. If you feel like my writing is becoming slanted, please PLEASE let me know.
Or maybe I'm just ranting about something that's not even a problem. Is that possible?
I read stuff like The Mid-Majority a lot. I'm a big fan of Kyle Whelliston and his Feinstein-esque style of you-are-there journalism, something I think has influenced me greatly and something I aspire to be as I hope to one day do book-length writing in the realm of sports.
Here's my one true dig on Whelliston, however, and this is the source of my frustration: he has dedicated a good website to mid-major basketball, and the ideals that it promotes, but falls victim to the kind of sectionalized thinking that I believe is hurting sports.
For example, Whelliston has done more and more updates featuring the CAA on his website, and recognized the A-10 as a "money" or "power" conference. Past performance would dictate that the A-10 is anything but a "money/power" conference, but his mindset is very east-coast, something that allows his writing to unintentionally pass off as fact. In other words, the A-10 is power because it just is, and the Valley is not (for example). His frequent nods towards the CAA are merely the reason I started noticing this.
I'm ranting and I know it, but I am just sending this out as an open call to the dozens (hopefully more, and I'm doing my best to make that change) of readers of this site: don't let me do this. If you feel like my writing is becoming slanted, please PLEASE let me know.
Or maybe I'm just ranting about something that's not even a problem. Is that possible?
sorry, I don't know what keeps coming over me.
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