Comments on: Hey Chad, get a blog! http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 31 May 2012 15:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erik Lane http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6020 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6020 You make great sense and I commend you on trying to help him out with some good advice.

]]> By: Randy Staats http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6021 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6021 Great advice! Your second to last paragraph sums up what I love about blogs:

You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals, or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.

]]> By: Kyle Bunch http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6022 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6022 I wonder how long it’s going to be before more media personalities and entertainers (and yes, I’m lumping pro athletes into that category) start catching on to all things blog.

You’re spot on here–this is a perfect example of how someone like a Chad Pennington could use a blog to tell THEIR side, circumventing the inaccuracies and inefficiencies of the press, whether it’s the relentless N.Y. sportsmedia, or the non-stop prying eyes of the Los Angeles tabloid journalistas.

Rock On.

]]> By: Luis http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6023 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6023 i’m curious how many athletes, or entertainers, or owners! have their own blog, its always cool to read more about that person & in a sense get to know them, their writings will make fans like them or maybe even hate them more….can you imagine of artest had a blog to vent after what happened, that would have been an interesting read. if anybody can list some links of athletes/artist/owners with their own blogs pass them on…mark does any mavs have their own blog? can you talk any of them into it?
-luis
http://www.dallaspartyrental.com

]]> By: Nuno http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6024 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6024 I think there might be some player agents out there just cringing at the prospect of having their clients freely discussing their issues in a public forum. I can think of quite a few atheletes in every major sport capable of embarrasing himself.

I did appreciate how Chad dealt with the media, but his fight is being fought on the opponents field, the media.

]]> By: David http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6025 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6025 I think you should start up a weblog service for athletes (and maybe other famous people). I know there are some (especially in the music industry) that already run blogs but i think more individuals would, if given an easier medium to use to create one. The ones i have seen previously are usually on an ‘official’ or company site. If you could give readers one place to go to lookup stars and athletes i think it would get a lot of attention!

]]> By: Abel http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6026 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6026 I also agree… although the mass media wont like getting their info right then and there in the locker room right after a game. but then thats the time that players may make rash statements that they will soon regret.

i kinda think its unfair to an extent for a athlete of any kind to go out there and battle for 2-3 hours or so and then expect to answer to the media while the adrenaline is still flowing… not the best timing for some.

maybe Ely Manning should start a blog and he can tell us how he regrets not going to the Chargers! man was that an all around bad decision on his part…

Abel
http://www.LifeAtF8.com

]]> By: soggy http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6027 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6027 I’m a huge NY Jets fan, and have just become a huge Mav’s fan. Thank you for the great advice for our QB, I hope he takes you up on your offer. Now, where can I find a DQ? Hmmmm…. :)

]]> By: Tara sue http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6028 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6028 In the Greensboro community there is a great debate with local journalists over the role of traditional media as it seeks to suck the value and the management out of our blogosphere.

Your post was right on time. Thank you for the inspiration.

]]> By: Phill Hallam-Baker http://blogmaverick.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6029 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/12/21/hey-chad-get-a-blog/#comment-6029 Its a little known fact that one of the major goals of the Web was to put the power of the press in the hands of ordinary people.

Back in 1992 I was pretty pissed with the fact that Rupert Murdoch, an Australian had by his own account been able to choose the government of the UK. When Tim showed me the Web a few months later it was obvious that this was a way that we could in time even out the playing field.

I was in contact with the Clinton-Gore ’92 Internet campaign which consisted of dumping press releases into Usenet. So I sold them on the idea which later became Whitehouse.gov.

The idea was not to replace the press, it was to stop them from lying and getting away with it. The press was considerably more honest during the 2004 campaign than in 2000, which does not say much but it is a start. When the Internet first hit the mainstream in ’95 there used to be smug comments from pundits about whether ordinary people could handle unfiltered news. Of course they can, its the ignorant lying pundits that are toxic.

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