As always I dont get into this petty
back and forth shots between networks. But also as always, when called
out I will always defend myself. With that said, a tweet earlier today
from a MSU scout reporter gave a 'shoutout' to sites that covered their
school's big events instead of running media relations releases. For
those that say that site doesn't throw shots at our site (mainly cause
of what we've accomplished in less than a year) then you are not looking
very hard.
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Yes, that was a shot at me and yes, I was unable to make the SEC
baseball tournament and rarely travel for events outside of football and
some basketball games. I traveled for 15 straight years in the
newspaper business and was paid for my mileage and hotel rooms on those
trips. I am not in a financial position yet to travel as I please
especially with a six-month old at the house and two other kids. But
this site will get their soon enough and I thank God every single day
for blessing me to work with 247sports network cause it is the best
around with the best people around.
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Truth is, every single MSU media member that covered the SEC
Tournament and other road events gets reimbursed for their travel except
for Logan Lowery, who made the long week in Hoover, Ala., on his own
dime.
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As you know me by now, I go all out for coverage of MSU sports
and recruiting and summer camps. I travel around north Mississippi every
spring talking to MSU prospects and hs coaches and don't have to tweet
about it every time I leave the house. I cover every single hour of MSU
camps and don't just show up one day for a few hours and call it a week.
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Now, I say all of this to defend being called out today. I know
some of our members dont like the shots taken at other sites/networks
and neither do I. Personally I consider many of the media members my
friends (Logan, John Farley, Bob Carskadon, Brad Locke, Brandon
Marcello, Michael Wardlaw) and interact with them on a friendly basis
every week of our jobs). So I am just standing up for what was said
against me today and don't want this thread into a 'bash another
network' situation. So I have spoken my peace to the ones I worry about -
my loyal subscribers - and will leave this thread locked (which is the
first thread I've ever locked, lol).</p>
