03-13-2008, 02:04 PM
I've been hearing that the student section at ETSU games this past year was disapointing compared to years past.
Generally, that's a subjective arguement, but if we could accept it for a minute I want to propose a reason why that might be.
Has anyone noticed the East Tennesseean, despite usually devoting two whole pages to sports, generally prints nothing but a press release from etsubucs.com?
This despite the fact ETSU students are demanding more sports coverage. A letter to the editor scolds the East Tennesseean for not giving enough priority to the women's basketball team.
The East Tennesseean caught some criticism last year for not supporting the revival of football wholeheartedly. The thing is that opposing football's revival, though not an opinion I agree with, is a legitimate editorial stance.
And they didn't actively take that stance. There were letters to the editor and columns both pro and con in the East Tennesseean.
Regardless, doesn't anyone want to be a sportswriter at ETSU? And couldn't some of the lack of support from the students be attributed to this?
Generally, that's a subjective arguement, but if we could accept it for a minute I want to propose a reason why that might be.
Has anyone noticed the East Tennesseean, despite usually devoting two whole pages to sports, generally prints nothing but a press release from etsubucs.com?
This despite the fact ETSU students are demanding more sports coverage. A letter to the editor scolds the East Tennesseean for not giving enough priority to the women's basketball team.
The East Tennesseean caught some criticism last year for not supporting the revival of football wholeheartedly. The thing is that opposing football's revival, though not an opinion I agree with, is a legitimate editorial stance.
And they didn't actively take that stance. There were letters to the editor and columns both pro and con in the East Tennesseean.
Regardless, doesn't anyone want to be a sportswriter at ETSU? And couldn't some of the lack of support from the students be attributed to this?