ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

[HorticullyBuck]

We gotta take the Power back Ohio!

 

[buckeyebri]

Unless I misread the article, the Ohio Supreme Court had OSU give them, and not ESP!N, copies of the records to review.

I never stated anything relative to who gets the information. None of this wastes the courts time without ESPiN making the request, hence my blackboard. It is just a pompous and arrogant request by ESPiN....

As a parent of a college student, I can't understand why the courts did not throw this request out. Even I can't get information about my child from the college. And, I pay for her to go.....

 

[BB73]

As a parent of a college student, I can't understand why the courts did not throw this request out. Even I can't get information about my child from the college. And, I pay for her to go.....

I'm thinking that statement isn't completely accurate, because you can probably find the tuition balance rather easily. Finding out anything else, that's another story.

 

[buckeyebri]

I'm thinking that statement isn't completely accurate, because you can probably find the tuition balance rather easily. Finding out anything else, that's another story.

Sure, they will absolutely let you know what you owe...they won't give you any access or information regarding the academic progress of your child. This is why I don't see where ESPiN gets off with their request...

 

[MaliBuckeye]

Sure, they will absolutely let you know what you owe...they won't give you any access or information regarding the academic progress of your child. This is why I don't see where ESPiN gets off with their request...

I'm guessing because they're saying Sarniak is not a parent, and that the conversations do not have to do with academic progress.

Given that these are submitted to the Ohio Supreme Court, I'm sure that precedent will be strongly considered.

 

[neilmj]

If you don't know how to log in to your kid's buckeyelink and you're paying for their tuition, you should probably change something.

 

[MaliBuckeye]

If you don't know how to log in to your kid's buckeyelink and you're paying for their tuition, you should probably change something.

That's a whole 'nother interesting discussion. For instance- can you imagine the "children of the 60's and 70's" allowing their parents to have as much access and influence over their college lives as we now think should be normal? And yet, in many cases, it's these folks who are strengthening these ties in their relationship with their kids.

 

[buckiprof]

That's a whole 'nother interesting discussion. For instance- can you imagine the "children of the 60's and 70's" allowing their parents to have as much access and influence over their college lives as we now think should be normal? And yet, in many cases, it's these folks who are strengthening these ties in their relationship with their kids.

Yeah, there are way too many of these nowadays.

 

[Onebuckfan]

Yeah, there are way too many of these nowadays.

Probably because that everyone knows that the college students from the 60's and 70's were the most enlightened generation this nation ever produced..and just want to keep their children controll..err focused..

 

[buckeyebri]

If you don't know how to log in to your kid's buckeyelink and you're paying for their tuition, you should probably change something.

I have no issues getting into my kids account, I have complete access as she gives it to us.

My point is that if she didn't the University wouldn't give us the access to her personal information that they have, being she is over 18. So, why should ESPiN feel that the University should give them access to information that they wouldn't provide a parent. Utilizing a "freedom of the press" type of argument to achieve their access, is disingenuous at best.

 

[MaxBuck]

The press takes the position that they are entitled to see every piece of information ever filed on any person, and they'll take you to court to get it if you don't cough it up immediately.

Then they'll turn around and write editorials decrying the loss of privacy in modern US society.

 

[knapplc]

An article from the Columbia Journalism Review (Columbia University) analyzing ESPN's coverage of the current landscape of college football and their role in the changes that are taking place:

ESPN Obscures Its Own Role in the Conference Realignment Mess

If you cover college sports for ESPN, you've got a real problem right now.

The biggest story these days is the conference realignment that?s bringing tectonic shifts to the NCAA landscape, ending century-old rivalries, and setting longtime partners at each others' throats.

Problem is, ESPN itself is at the heart of why this is happening. Its Longhorn Network deal with the University of Texas kicked off the mess, sending Texas A&M to the SEC because they're so mad about the deal, which gives Texas $300 million over twenty years, puts a conference game on the network, and wants to show high school games and highlights (ever seen a ticked-off Aggie? It's not pretty). The idea of a school-only network played a role last year in sending the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the Big Ten. That helped lead Colorado to leave for the Pac-12 and left the Big 12 near death, having lost a quarter of its members, including two premier ones. The instability in the Big 12 and movement toward superconferences surely played a part in the ACC's recent raiding of the Big East's Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

The near-destruction of the Big 12 sent Oklahoma scurrying to the Pac-12 in the hopes of finding stability in the west with Oklahoma State, Texas, and Texas Tech (don't ask me why OU, my alma mater, still wants to be in a league with UT, but that's another story). On Tuesday, the Pac-12 said no thanks, in no small part because it was "appalled" at Texas, which insisted on retaining its $300 million TV deal with ESPN.

How has ESPN covered its own role in the fiasco this week? Poorly.

It goes on to show excerpts from recent (as of last week) articles from ESPN "journalists" which completely ignore ESPN's role in this situation.

Nothing groundbreaking, but it's nice to see someone else noticing this BS.

 

[NFBuck]

e!spn will ultimately be responsible for the destruction of amateur athletics. All of this conference bull[Mark May] is further ruining my interest in what was once my favorite sport by far. It's [Mark May]. Destroying the best parts of cfb for the $$$.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

e!spn will ultimately be responsible for the destruction of amateur athletics. All of this conference bull[Mark May] is further ruining my interest in what was once my favorite sport by far. It's [Mark May]. Destroying the best parts of cfb for the $$$.

Don't worry. ESPN will eventually be destroyed by all of the professional leagues and college conferences starting their own networks, thereby cutting out the middleman. ESPN will be stuck with World Series of Poker and Australian rules football.

 

[knapplc]

Don't worry. ESPN will eventually be destroyed by all of the professional leagues and college conferences starting their own networks, thereby cutting out the middleman. ESPN will be stuck with World Series of Poker and Australian rules football.

I can only hope this is true. They embody everything that is wrong with amateur athletics.