(02-18-2020 07:21 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  Pony94 wrote (see above):

Clampett:
I’m starting to get worried about you.
You are a combo of DaveySt, Quo and Todge—one hellava scary combo

To Pony94:

You're the only moderator of this message that has ever expressed criticism of any of my posts. As you will note, I have a "first class" reputation score of 46, as of midnight today, and this demonstrates that my posts have generally been of interest and well received. I'm certainly trying to be supportive of the conference and of each school in it, and to make a positive contribution to this community of AAC fans.

The purpose of the post above that you have taken to task was to make it clear that there has been some difficulty keeping the topics of UConn's departure penalties payments and the changes in media payments that may result given the departure of UConn.

No one who has written about these topics has claimed to know exactly where things stand. There are many opinions and interpretations on the matter, but it seems that everyone has been speculating to some degree.

The readers are college sports fans, and most of them have graduated from or attended college. Thus, they are fully capable of reading a 1,000 or 1,500 word essay. Those who prefer not to do so are free to to such a post or thread altogether.

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Another concern to Pony94 (FW: to the other moderators)

Going forward, please refrain from objecting to informative and thought-provoking posts that the other moderators have not objected to, or deleting such posts, or moving them into the "Off Topic" section.

In addition, I request that you cease from writing what amount to gratuitously personal insults.

Here's an example of the objectionably personal insults or harassment that you have directed toward me, above:

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Pony 94 wrote:

"I’m starting to get worried about you"

(negative personal insinuation)

"You are a combo of DaveySt, Quo and Todge—one hellava scary combo."

(unduly personal insult or harassment)

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This is not the thoughtful and professional way that a website moderator is expected to handle his duties. I would ask your fellow moderators to consider whether this is a reasonable request and come to some kind of agreement about other ways to provide feedback without personal insults or harassment.

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To: The AAC message board moderators.

Pony94 has objected to the above post, and has made personally insulting remarks in his critical response above, which are generally considered unprofessional and which don't fit in the best spirit of your excellent website.

I would respectfully ask you all, as a group, to come up with an agreement or set a policy for the moderators about the importance of providing feedback to writers without leveling personal insults and without personal insinuations such as the one that was written above (quote: "I’m starting to get worried about you").

I would also request that the moderators - as a group - please consider not moving any threads into the "Off Topic" section unless they have nothing to do with the AAC.

If the moderators should decide - as a policy - that threads about the future of the AAC (e.g., schools that might join the AAC, the optimal number of AAC schools, possibilities of realignment, potential P6 status for the conference, possible improvements in media payments) should be listed under a new heading, please consider giving it an appropriate title, such as "Discussions about the future of the conference," rather than putting them into the "Off Topic" section.

On another topic, while one of the things that makes this message board interesting and popular is the diversity of posts, including posts exceeding 1,000 words, there is one moderator who has raised strong objections to posts that exceed a certain word count.

Other moderators have - I believe appropriately - been more tolerant and have not objected to the lengthier posts.

If there is a policy against posting a thread with more than 1,000 words, it may be helpful to consider adjusting the website algorithm to prevent posts from exceeding that number of words.

Another option - - if there is a policy to have fewer long posts - - might be to limit the number of long posts that a member can make each month.

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Yeah, I’m not reading all of that. Got an issue with me, condense it and pm me

I've made my request to the group, and don't want to stir the pot any further.

Ultimately, such matters are only "tempest in a teapot.

It's still a viable thread. Hope the substantive conversation continues.

I wonder if anyone else would like to see Commissioner Aresco take a moment to clarify whether any changes to the broadcasting agreement or media payments are being negotiated and what the implications might be.

From his brief remarks, he seems to be implying that some revisions are under consideration.

As to the bigger picture, he probably can't divulge anything about whether the potential replacement of UConn is part of these discussions, or whether the new MWC broadcast agreement has had any implications, but it hardly seems possible that they haven't had at least a few conversations about those matters.