Welcome to the Friday Feedback, which is thinking of going to law school. Oh, the student loans will be an albatross, but once out I can hack it in court for, say, three years because of all the legal dealings witnessed while covering this WVU beat. By 2017, I should be satisfactorily employed in a college football or basketball program somewhere. I want to swing my sword, so that’s the plan.
By the way, that’s a purposeful choice of words because of what’s been done to ESPN’s Bruce Feldman. Ridiculousness. I can’t remember seeing a reaction quite like this before. It’s a unique case and the social media changes everything, but, man, it’s taken off quickly and nastily. I don’t have an ESPN Insider account or a The Magazine subscription, but if I did …
This is another case where what’s happened isn’t the story, but what happens next is. I’m curious in the outcome here. The unintentional consequence is the book and Mr. Feldman have received a big boost out of this, which is probably what the suspenders wanted to avoid. Can there be a reconciliation — ESPN, despite all its criticisms, is still ESPN — or does someone woo Feldman, who is just really, really good at what he does, to a presumably happier place? I’m also curious if any of you care, either before reading this or afterward.
I digress. Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. #FreeBruce
Josh24601 said:
Welcome to the big chair, Mr. Holgorsen. Time to grow a mustache.
I picture him tousling his mustache in his office, thinking of ways to use seven eligible receivers on a play, but not for this. He didn’t even allow time for a wispy mustache. Fast action. And what would happen if he did indeed grow a mustache? I think parts of the internet would quake and collapse.
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