We didn’t have this fancy internet thingy. If you wanted news about your football team in June, you had to make it up yourself in your own head. If you wanted to listen to sports radio, you had to make sure you were in your car between 3-5 PM.

I remember using this new fangled email thing to complain to my friends about how little chargers news was out there in the offseason. We would send lengthy emails to each other commenting on different players and teams (alot like what you get here on sbnation, but not as consistent and there were only 3 or 4 of us.)

Now were getting too much chargers news? Another source and commentary on san diego sports is a bad thing?

I hear you that Posner sounds like he is commenting on something he doesn’t really understand. But I think the future of media and sports media specifically is in flux right now. The Newspaper just started really disappearing in the last year or so. BFTB has only been around for a year. A local sports web site with two “real” journalists running it and producing original content is kind of a new thing. BFTB and the rest of sbnation is really written by fans, some are very good, but none of us make our living as “journalists”. I know which I like better, but they are definately different.

Response

I guess I can understand why folks who have been participating on and writing for websites could be jealous or upset that our website got a writeup in the Sports Media column of the U-T. I’d even go so far as to say that you make some valid points, such as the fact that traditional media is way behind the curve and just now is catching on, years late. And I know that neither myself nor Chris ever expected for every single person in San Diego to like us, enjoy our broadcasting/writing/coverage, or wish us success. Some people are going to be put off by one or both of our styles, others might actively dislike what we do.

(BTW: I really like GLB and BFTB and have nothing negative to say about them. I wish them all the success in the world. I think there’s plenty of room on the WWW for all opinions, coming from all directions, and wish they would receive just as much publicity as anyone else. We are quite grateful every time that GLB links to one of our stories, podcasts or interviews. We hope BFTB will do the same during Chargers season.)

But to refer to us collectively as "failures", over and over, in a fashion that is clearly and intentionally mean-spirited, is simply inaccurate. I’m not going to bother defending myself against an attack that is just meant to hurt and offend. If you’d like to know what has happened to the radio industry and how thousands of people around the country lost their jobs in the last eight months, that’s a different story. It wasn’t personal, that’s for sure. Your post makes it personal, though, as if someone somewhere said "those two stink! Fire them!" And you laughed and clapped.

Whatever you may do for a living, sir, I sincerely hope you never have to lose your job and see the industry you have built your living in collapse around you. If that does happen and you try and make something of yourself still, I hope you don’t have to read someone mocking and belittling your efforts and calling you a failure. If you do have to read such an unfortunate thing, I hope it doesn’t sway you from staying true to what you believe and continuing to try your best.
by Craig E on Aug 3, 2009 5:40 PM PDT

I don’t really have anything to add, I just thought it should get equal play here.

Well I think Matt’s response was moreso geared toward the fact that Jay Posner was covering this as “newsworthy”. Not that he was concerned at about Chris and Craig starting their own website. But I think “failures” is an accurate word. If they really offered something that people could not get anywhere else, then they would still be on the radio. Just look at Howard Stern, etc. There is still a market for talent.