Comments on: Bloggers in the Mavs Locker Room ?

By: Chattarati, a Chattanooga blog » A Vacuum by Choice, Not by Form

Chattarati, a Chattanooga blog » A Vacuum by Choice, Not by Form — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:01:06 +0000

[...] over citizen journalism and the larger lexicon of social media. Most recently, he referenced a once-controversial post by Mark Cuban on the non-existent barriers of entry to blogging: The barriers to entry for bloggers [...]

By: Blogs Killing the Newspaper Star « PR Campaigns - The blog

Blogs Killing the Newspaper Star « PR Campaigns - The blog — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:41:42 +0000

[...] of sports journalism? I hope not. A few years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, allowed bloggers to have press credentials for press conferences and games. He didn’t allow for them to be the locker room after the game, [...]

By: SUSIE

SUSIE — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:06:10 +0000

i am a professional blogger and writter, i would LOVE to get into that locker room and let those guys see a reel woman. i started bloging last week and i can tell ya that it is a tuff job. and i would aprecheate if you could tell mr cuban im single and i am better lookin in person than those pictures on my website.

By: MrReflex

MrReflex — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:02:29 +0000

Hi Mark,
first of all I like your style, but on this one I disagree. For international fans it is just hard to get the dallas moring printed newspaper and I am reading this particular DMN-Blog every day – what about international fans like the dirk powered german fanbase – who is 90% informed trough the Internet and is furthermore not able to watch the games – also not on pay TV – Mark? A German Fan

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:55:18 +0000

I love the post-modern types who think they can apply different rules to everyone else but themselves. You say there are no standards for accuracy in blogs as you write a blog. So is that an accurate statement? I guess we can\’t know – it was just a blog post.

By: Michael Beck

Michael Beck — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:11:24 +0000

I come away from this \"ban\" feeling like I, as a blogger, just had someone stand up for me. For that, I say thank you!

I agree 100%, a blogger is a blogger is a blogger. As much as I would love the credentials to be in the locker room of my local sports team, there are just way too many of us bloggers these days to make it fair or feasible.

Rock on, Mark. Rock on.

By: Tito Vaselina

Tito Vaselina — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:00:36 +0000

Im actually fine with this point of view. Us fans, bloggers, etc want to get as close to the players as we can. This imposes pressure on those that work in the media to do the same. However, we fail to consider THE PLAYERS! Would you want to be bombarded with a TON of interviews after playing a highly competitive game? Now multiply that by 82 games!

I blog, but as a blogger we can\’t take ourselves too seriously in thinking were right up there with the Stewart Scotts or Mark Steins (of ESPN) when were just in our PJs writing posts bout what we think is cool, rght, wrong or otherwise.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:05:53 +0000

Congratulation to the NBA for forcing bloggers back into the locker room. Please note ONLY NBA sanctioned media should be in the locker room since there are after all security issues that need to be taken into account..

Seem to me that Mark has turned into Jerry Jones… Nothing more than a petulant child who wines if he doesn\’t get his way.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:54:09 +0000

That\’s great, I don\’t think it would be a good idea to allow bloggers in the locker room, because then just about anyone could get in. I for example could set up a blog site and beging blogging about the Mavs, and get in. What would stop any and everybody from doing the same just so they could meet the guys. I have been a Mavs fan since my first game back in middle school.
I see the problem with letting them all in, our high school girls coaches office space (about 3 offices) was almost that the size of what the locker room looks to be, and with me in there year round (I was manager for 3 of the sports), plus the 4-6 coaches at any given moment, we barely had space to breath, much less talk. I applaud the consideration.

By: Crystal Carroll

Crystal Carroll — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:17:35 +0000

I actually agree with Mark here, not only do I write a blog but I also work for a newspaper. There is a vast difference between the way a story is written even by those who do so professionally. You are looking at it from a more personal view many times, looking at the comments you can\'t say in print and brining your take on what is happening with a flare that can be read by your average joe with a short attention span.
In print, you are more factual and base your stories on what is considered to be more of the who, what, when, where and why of the events you are covering. There typically, especially in larger media, isn\'t room for personality. Print media a lot of time archives their official stories online under the umbrella of blogging but it isn\'t really blogging.
To those who are airing out their vices be it for a paycheck or not, if it is a personal blog, you are told up front no online only media is credentialed at games. Why would the curtain of a newspaper be the validation for the same thing to be allowed? If you are doing the archiving of your factual stories online I can see why you would be credentialed, but otherwise why would you be outside of the box all together?
It is like with everything else, each newspaper is now just trying to keep up with the advertising jonses, and while it is providing a service to readers, don\'t fool yourselves, trust me it isn\'t done with the intentions of brining mass media to more people, it is about making a larger bottom dollar. And in this case, the DMN along with who knows how many other media outlets is doing so at the expense of others by over cluttering and thinking they are once again above and beyond the rules and regulations.