The fact that the Chiefs refuse to accept the internet never mind embrace completely boggles my mind. If not for her, I would know three things about the Chiefs:
1. They are a WHL team
2. They play in Spokane
3. They were the team that broke the Memorial Cup.
To quote Lorelai Gilmore "They should fall down on their knee socks every day you even deign to show up at that loser school." Only in this case it should be writing about their team not going to their school. Every team should want a blogger like her. She is funny, smart and actually gets you to care about her team. In fact, if I am ever in Spokane I would now consider going to a game. The fact that she provides information about a team that doesn't even get mentioned on this side of the country is just another reason why they should be grateful for her.
The thing that bothers me the most is the fact that she can't even post her own pictures. This line is directly from the Chiefs or the CHL, I don't know which
"they’re very protective of how their product (the players images, logos, etc.) is portrayed."
I'm sorry but she is the one taking the photo, she owns it. She is the one who bought the camera and took the photo. She should be able to distribute it how ever she wants. As long as the photo isn't altered in an unnoticeable way then the way the players, logos, etc. are being portrayed is accurate. They have no ownership over the actual photo.
I hope she can get this whole issue resolved and it won't have a huge effect on the content of her blog.
I know this was sort of ranty but I really don't want to talk about the Blackhawks today. Weren't they supposed to have a great end of the circus trip?
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Thank you so much for the love!
I'm not sure teams need to embrace bloggers. Since we don't have access to the team and its players, we can give a far more unvarnished opinion. The teams obviously don't want to sanction (by way of allowing access) that kind of editorializing of players they are trying to promote or trade.
Thank you so much for the love!
You're welcome!
I'm not sure teams need to embrace bloggers. Since we don't have access to the team and its players, we can give a far more unvarnished opinion.
I agree on some of what you said. I was not encouraging access and in re-reading my post I should have clarified on what I meant by embrace. I am glad that most bloggers don't have access because then they can voice their opinions without worrying about the teams having to approve it. However, as in Wrap's case the Chiefs sounded like they wanted any reason to bug her and any time she was right they would come up with a new issue. I would understand if they had one specific issue and stuck to it. I think I should have used accept bloggers not embrace embrace.
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