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Preach.

I agree carms, this is an excellent article, and sums up how man Irish fans feel about the spineless media dinks.

Check out the comments for this post, very good stuff as well.

That was strong. Very, very strong. Out-freakin-standing work.

I don't disagree with the general point of this blog.
The media is crap and the media does tend to run with the easy story, which is (in most cases) the one about Charlie Weis or Notre Dame.

With that said, I can't imagine anyone who is in a position to do anything about it is reading this blog. And It's never going to change, so all this little bitch session accomplishes is bringing more attention to the subject. It makes Notre Dame fans look like whiny bitches.

I would contend that not giving the talking heads in the media any more press would be a better and more effective method of dealing with this situation.

The sad fact is, you would probably trade this blog for a shot to be a real "media talking head" in a heartbeat. You'd get your press pass to sit in a media box and all this writing you do wouldn't just be for your own personal benefit and the benefit of the folks at NDLNA who comprise the entire blog audience.

And you know what, the minute you strapped the credential to your shirt pocket, you'd be talking about the same exact shit your crucifying the media for in this blog piece.

I'm no media apologist and It does suck that Notre Dame gets labeled "arrogant" for putting education first... but for the love of God, quit your bitching and write something worth reading. As it stands now, you just make yourself look like yet another disgruntled blogger who wishes he could work for NBC or ESPN but doesn't have the formal education or the wherewithal to go do it. So instead you just railroad the media every day on your free blog.

Bitter much?

Dear NDIrish50:

I love how bitter commenters (like yourself) always assume that those of us who blog for free on a subject we are passionate about must be (1) secretly covetous of a job in the paid media, (2) totally without principles, (3) lack the education or talent to get a job as a "real" journalist.

I can't speak for "The Rock", but as a member of the Notre Dame blogging community I can speak for myself. I blog for free, usually about Notre Dame football. I do it because I love the University and the game, because I enjoy the challenge, and because it provides a fun creative outlet. Sure, it would be fun to be on TV getting paid to spout nonsense like the guys at ESPN, but I don't secretly covet a job as a sports hack for the South Bend Tribune or the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The fact is, I couldn't afford the pay cut.

As for our willingness to sell our integrity for a press pass, I think you miss the point. Any idiot with a keyboard could write conventional, politically correct tripe by the gigabyte for some corporate megalith. But we bloggers would rather write what we really feel and believe FOR FREE than compromise ourselves for a little coin.

And finally, there's our education and wherewithal. The last bastion of the blog critic. Precisely how educated does one need to be to write about sports professionally? Have you read a sports page, or any sports publication, recently? Sure, there are some stars who can really write. But most of the work out there is GARBAGE. A degree in "communications" or "journalism" is nothing to write home about (pun intended). Again, I can't speak for The Rock, but I wish I could have had all the free party time in college that the journalism majors had. Instead, I was busting my ass trying to get an aerospace engineering degree (which I followed up with a law degree). As a lawyer, I actually do get paid to write professionally. In fact, I get paid very well to convince important decision makers that my client's opinions should be theirs too. Real world writing, not fluff like football.

So maybe you agree with us. Maybe you don't. Maybe you don't have the balls to form an opinion of your own. But please stop with the "bloggers are bitter, envious, untalented hacks with no integrity" bullshit. Not only is it misinformed, it's so damn tiresome.

Irony is ironic, no?

ndirish50 does what accuses others of doing, spreading bitterness in a blog format. Perhaps he should get an education and job as a talking head? I have no idea why such a miserable soul would assume so many negative things about people he doesn't know or obviously understand; I do know that's not a smart way to live a happy life and can only make him feel worse about himself in the long run.

To complete the irony, I just left over a decade as a talking head a year ago to pursue my real passions. I enjoy blogging because it lets me express myself unencumbered by ratings or corporate loyalties.

I'm not sure why angry people like ndirish50 want to tear others down, I can only assume its for the same reason writers and talking heads want to tear Notre Dame down for little reason. It makes them feel, for a moment, as if they're superior. Which is rather sad.

Enjoyed reading your post OCDomer, don't take it too seriously. After doing this for some time, you realize that some people respond because they're truly unhappy with themselves and there's nothing you or I can do about that.

Rock,

You're probably right that I shouldn't take it too seriously. But it was good for post at OCDomer too!

Keep up the great work.

ndirish50,

It's called a hobby. Try one.

Holy cripes! This may be the most serious running commentary on a NDLNA comments section thus far.

I didn't read the article so I can't throw in my two CENTS