Never A Slow Day For Sports Media

Over the last few years, the media whose job it has been to report the news, either tries to make it, or reports gossip as news, or reports things that aren't news at all.

This is particularly prevalent in sports media, where we get interveiwers talking to coaches not after games, but in the middle of games, the middle of innings, etc. Usually these mid-game "interviews" consist of one question, and the coach always has his/her mind on other things and rarely gives an answer that couldn't wait until after the game!

Another thing sports sites have taken to doing is reading athlete's twitter accounts, and reporting those as if they were news. They will also ask high-profile athletes what they think about the "hot topic" of the day, and even if the athlete has no idea what they are talking about, they will report it as if the athlete has taken a certain position.

Today, ESPN had this headline:

Tim Tebow backs BYU's Brandon Davies
Brandon Davies is the athlete who was suspended from the BYU basketball team because he had premarital sex with his girlfriend. Of course 99% of people today think there's nothing wrong with premarital sex anyway, ad if a premarital baby comes out of it, what's the problem? Just go on welfare. (My own view there is, if you never plan to get married, having unmarried sex, with someone whom you love, is just fine. But make damn sure you use prohylactics so you don't have babies you can't afford.)

In any event, a reporter for the Florida Sentinel apparently asked Tim Tebow his opnion, and Tebow, who said several times that he didn't know the details, is nevertheless quoted by ESPN, writing their own article on the story:

"I do always think that people definitely deserve second chances because no one is perfect and we mess up everyday," Tebow told the Orlando Sentinel. "There should be a punishment, but I don't know that he should maybe ... I don't know. I don't even know the situation, but I just always think about giving people a second chance. Maybe he deserves one, but I don't know the situation."

From this, ESPN's headline was "Tim Tebow backs BYU's Brandon Davies."

They also shared a Twitter from Amare Stoudemire:

Stoudemire was less diplomatic on his Twitter account Friday.

"Don't ever go to BYU, they kick a Young Educated (Black)Brother OUT OF SCHOOL. The kid had premarital sex. Not suspended, Not Release. Wow!"

I have no idea what he meant by "Not suspended, Not Release." Davies was suspended from the team - not the school.

ESPN's article also states:

On Saturday, Stoudemire backed off of his previous Twitter comments.

"I totally understand the actions of BYU, I totally respect the school an the conduct rules. BYU has a great athletic program," he posted.

Sounds like someone had a chat with Stoudemire, but the point is...who cares. None of this is sports news. None of this is any of our business, and its sad that these intrusive news articles are only going to continue.