Dude sell the ball! That’s my two cents versus the potential six figures that awaits Matt Murphy, the college kid from Queens, New York, who was lucky enough to emerge from the bottom of the pile with Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball. Even if the IRS wants a cut, sell it now because the value is going to plummet when A-Rod passes the mark or Bonds goes to jail for perjury. Give a shout out to Todd McFarlane — I’m sure he’ll buy it. This got me to thinking about the sports collectible industry. I connected with Rich Mueller, who is the editor of Sports Collectors Daily to learn more about it.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK is a little freaky and reminded me of The Blair Witch Project. It comes from Keith Serry, who is up to 68 episodes with his podcast Pregnant Without Intercourse. Check it out!
The inspiration for this, the fourth installment of THE DISH ON SPORTS, came from a column I read a few weeks ago by Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Michael writes a column covering technology law issues called Law Bytes, which appears regularly in the Toronto Star. In his piece, Give the Internet a Sporting Chance, he addresses the growing number of leagues and sports associations trying to assert control over athlete blogging, posting photographs and video online, and even the use of player statistics. We discuss whether sports bloggers will ever be taken seriously as legitimate media.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK offers a little humour from Terry Fallis of the Inside PR podcast. Surely, he could not be serious in singing the praises of this particular member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Episode #2 could be called “the public relations edition,” even though I never intended it to be when I first started hatching what would be covered. The main interview guest in this show is Steve McAllister, the sports editor of The Globe & Mail based in Toronto, Canada. The G&M is considered by many as the newspaper of record in Canada and it’s certainly one most of my clients like to be featured in. To be completely transparent, Steve and I worked together at Tennis Canada many moons ago. So, Steve knows both sides of the fence – public relations and journalism. We cover a variety of topics including how best to pitch a sports reporter and where the newspaper business is headed.
The RANT-OF-THE-WEEK also has a PR slant to it this episode, as my colleague Ted Griffith from NATIONAL Public Relations offers some free advice to Barry Bonds as he swings for the record books.
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