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(10-30-2018 07:21 PM)Tribal Wrote:  I like it

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We didn't get the same response on Instagram!

(10-30-2018 07:44 PM)WMSportsBlog Wrote:  

(10-30-2018 07:21 PM)Tribal Wrote:  I like it

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We didn't get the same response on Instagram!

Wow, yikes - yeah guys, please keep doing what you’re doing! We’d all love to see more coverage of all W&M sports, but I for one, really appreciate your hobby, and don’t think it’s your responsibility to write about anything other than what you want to and have time to write about.

Separately, I’d love to see analysis and write-ups on the women’s team so I can track them better. Who wants to grab that torch and run with it? I’ll support them too!

holy **** I think the entire women's basketball team commented on that post.

(10-30-2018 07:59 PM)ColonelEbirt Wrote:  

(10-30-2018 07:44 PM)WMSportsBlog Wrote:  

(10-30-2018 07:21 PM)Tribal Wrote:  I like it

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We didn't get the same response on Instagram!

Wow, yikes - yeah guys, please keep doing what you’re doing! We’d all love to see more coverage of all W&M sports, but I for one, really appreciate your hobby, and don’t think it’s your responsibility to write about anything other than what you want to and have time to write about.

Separately, I’d love to see analysis and write-ups on the women’s team so I can track them better. Who wants to grab that torch and run with it? I’ll support them too!

+1

Thanks for your work.

(10-30-2018 07:44 PM)WMSportsBlog Wrote:  

(10-30-2018 07:21 PM)Tribal Wrote:  I like it

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We didn't get the same response on Instagram!

That's called getting your peepee slapped. Ha ha. Good luck with that.

I love how your audience kept putting "have the time" in quotes. You aren't significant until your disapprovals outweigh your favorable responses.

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Jealous much? Sounds like theyd love to sit for some interviews by you!

Seriously though, are any of these women interested in working with you guys? Many women in sports journalism nowadays. Might see if one of them wants to give it a try.

apparently Title IX now applies to fan attention. When will Title IX apply to ability to dunk the ball?

I think some of those comments began as a good faith effort to request more coverage for women's sports, but it seems to have devolved into a struggle session. Sports other than football and men's basketball, even men's sports, don't get much attention. And this is with the already low baseline for "attention" used to describe interest in William and Mary athletics. Not only are you a William and Mary athlete (niche interest), but you're a female athlete (doubly niche interest). I understand the frustration because the women put in the same time and effort, but for zero glory. All I can say is that their program seems to be headed in the right direction, so good on them.

(10-31-2018 09:08 AM)A Quest Called Tribe Wrote:   apparently Title IX now applies to fan attention. When will Title IX apply to ability to dunk the ball?

I think some of those comments began as a good faith effort to request more coverage for women's sports, but it seems to have devolved into a struggle session. Sports other than football and men's basketball, even men's sports, don't get much attention. And this is with the already low baseline for "attention" used to describe interest in William and Mary athletics. Not only are you a William and Mary athlete (niche interest), but you're a female athlete (doubly niche interest). I understand the frustration because the women put in the same time and effort, but for zero glory. All I can say is that their program seems to be headed in the right direction, so good on them.

Nice Maoist China reference. I agree with Nogre that it would be great if the blog (like may successful ones) were to expand. That would mean taking on staff - if you could call it that - to cover other sports. Whether that extra help came from athletes, men, women, or any other dedicated individual, it would be a great addition to your enterprise.

(10-31-2018 09:31 AM)3xTribe Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 09:08 AM)A Quest Called Tribe Wrote:   apparently Title IX now applies to fan attention. When will Title IX apply to ability to dunk the ball?

I think some of those comments began as a good faith effort to request more coverage for women's sports, but it seems to have devolved into a struggle session. Sports other than football and men's basketball, even men's sports, don't get much attention. And this is with the already low baseline for "attention" used to describe interest in William and Mary athletics. Not only are you a William and Mary athlete (niche interest), but you're a female athlete (doubly niche interest). I understand the frustration because the women put in the same time and effort, but for zero glory. All I can say is that their program seems to be headed in the right direction, so good on them.

Nice Maoist China reference. I agree with Nogre that it would be great if the blog (like may successful ones) were to expand. That would mean taking on staff - if you could call it that - to cover other sports. Whether that extra help came from athletes, men, women, or any other dedicated individual, it would be a great addition to your enterprise.

Wholeheartedly agree there could be more coverage of women's sports, and other men's sports as well.

But we are an independently run sports blog comprised of two W&M alumni — we are not officially affiliated with the school, and choose to run this blog in our own free time (which is very limited). We're strapped for time as it is, and as it were, we can typically only post only 1 (or 2 MAX) articles per week.

We both have full-time jobs and very limited resources. We chose to focus our efforts on W&M football and men’s basketball when we started the Blog as students in 2014, and have contributed hundreds of hours to coverage of those teams over the past 4 years. We've only received overwhelmingly positive responses to our work until now (thank you to those on these boards for your continued support!).

Including any other sport to our Blog, mens or womens, involves far more hours than one might think. Even bringing on another writer to simply write articles about women's basketball, for example, would require me or Kyle to #1 edit that work in its entirety each time, #2 create graphics/incorporate pictures each time, and #3 broadcast the article(s) across all our social media efforts (at least an additional 2 hours of work for us per article per week). It's just not possible given our constraints.

We definitely understand where this is all coming from, but have to focus on using our time as best we can, as full-time alumni who do this on our own dime and with limited free time.

We strongly support our school's athletic programs (all of them), and for anyone to suggest anything otherwise is incredibly misleading, at best.

Go Tribe!

(10-31-2018 10:18 AM)WMSportsBlog Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 09:31 AM)3xTribe Wrote:  

(10-31-2018 09:08 AM)A Quest Called Tribe Wrote:   apparently Title IX now applies to fan attention. When will Title IX apply to ability to dunk the ball?

I think some of those comments began as a good faith effort to request more coverage for women's sports, but it seems to have devolved into a struggle session. Sports other than football and men's basketball, even men's sports, don't get much attention. And this is with the already low baseline for "attention" used to describe interest in William and Mary athletics. Not only are you a William and Mary athlete (niche interest), but you're a female athlete (doubly niche interest). I understand the frustration because the women put in the same time and effort, but for zero glory. All I can say is that their program seems to be headed in the right direction, so good on them.

Nice Maoist China reference. I agree with Nogre that it would be great if the blog (like may successful ones) were to expand. That would mean taking on staff - if you could call it that - to cover other sports. Whether that extra help came from athletes, men, women, or any other dedicated individual, it would be a great addition to your enterprise.

Wholeheartedly agree there could be more coverage of women's sports, and other men's sports as well.

But we are an independently run sports blog comprised of two W&M alumni — we are not officially affiliated with the school, and choose to run this blog in our own free time (which is very limited). We're strapped for time as it is, and as it were, we can typically only post only 1 (or 2 MAX) articles per week.

We both have full-time jobs and very limited resources. We chose to focus our efforts on W&M football and men’s basketball, and have contributed hundreds of hours to coverage of those teams over the past 4 years. We've only gotten overwhelmingly positive responses to our work until now (thank you to those on these boards for your continued support!).

Including any other sport to our Blog, mens or womens, involves far more hours than one might think. Even bringing on another writer to simply write articles about women's basketball, for example, would require me or Kyle to #1 edit that work, #2 create graphics/incorporate pictures, and #3 broadcast the article(s) across all our social media efforts (at least an additional 2 hours of work for us per article per week). It's just not possible.

We definitely understand where this is all coming from, but have to focus on using our time as best we can, as full-time alumni who do this on our own dime and with our limited free time.

Absolutely fair points. You guys have been a great asset to us fans, and I hope you'll be able to keep at it now that you're in the world of the employed. I'm curious whether this was any easier when you were still on campus, or if you were just as swamped then. Either way, you've made a huge time commitment, and it is appreciated.

Thank you for the support, we truly really appreciate it. We wouldn't be writing the Blog if we didn't have supporters like you.

It was probably a little easier to do the Blog when we were on campus, definitely. There's more opportunity to allocate your time as you'd like. Out in the real world, it's a different animal!

I would also say, though, that having done this for so long now (4 years) -- our product has actually gotten better. In terms of writing, coverage, the website itself. We've learned a lot, and grown closer to the W&M community through the years.

It's been an incredible experience, and one we want to continue as long as we can.