BTN apology
I received this todayfrom BTN:
"Thank you for your email.
Melanie Collins, who does sideline reporting and other work for the Big Ten Network, has been disciplined for her irresponsible statements on Twitter. Her actions were unacceptable for anyone associated with the Big Ten Network. The network regrets any unintended consequences of this statement incurred by the Forcier family, University of Michigan, its alumni and fans.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Conlisk
VP/Communications & University Relations
Big Ten Network
--- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --- on 8/19/2010 - 12:14 AM
RE: Melanie Collins
So, you've regressed to the point of allowing bikini girls to tweet rumors to get traffic? Is there an actual editor onsite? Did anyone there receive a real journalism degree, or are you just . . . I really don't know . . . using the Force? Is yellow your favorite color?
August 21st, 2010 at 10:10 PM ^
She's been disciplined? Did anyone else have a very kinky image when they read that?
Thank you sir may I have another.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:18 AM ^
NO HUMOR is allowed on this blog. Well screw 'em, I thought it was funny. Plus one for you, my sick friend.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:44 AM ^
Yeah, obviously I was being 100% serious (along with the other posters on here). How dare I post a sexual joke on the internet.
I'm sorry, I was drunk and strayed from my daily routine of reading the bible when I wake up, drinking the milk from my own cow, having no impure thoughts about my very plain wife, and staying away from civilization in general. I have to be in tip-top shape to sit in the alumni section come September 4th!
August 22nd, 2010 at 10:24 AM ^
since Day 1.
But I didn't want to post it because of Brian's "don't post anything you wouldn't want your mother to see" warning.
Since the floodgate is now open . . . (and my mom doesn't read MgoBlog and doesn't know my screen name)
+1 to you.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:59 PM ^
I didn't, ........but I do now. Thanks for that. +1 for you sir.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
Disciplined...I think a good spanking is in order.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^
Double post. I suck.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^
I think it's interesting that they let her have a twitter page with her pics like that when she is associated with BTN.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^
Wow, something went right this month?
August 21st, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Melanie to me: hey slap your grandma
Me: sorry grandma
August 21st, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
she should be forced to do sideline reporting in the nude...you know...to teach her a lesson.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
This is a highly creepy post.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:53 PM ^
than any of the other posts?
Someone posts a video of Monty Python and the spanking scene? Someone else talks about her being "disciplined"... I just don't get how that is any creepier than any of the other messages on here...
August 21st, 2010 at 11:56 PM ^
I thought it would be poor form to reply "this is a highly creepy post" to every post on this thread. Also, I LOVE Monty Python.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
May I have another?
August 21st, 2010 at 10:57 PM ^
So, you've regressed to the point of allowing bikini girls to tweet rumors to get traffic? Is there an actual editor onsite? Did anyone there receive a real journalism degree, or are you just . . . I really don't know . . . using the Force? Is yellow your favorite color?If so, I'm surprised they even responded. Are formal, well-written complaints a thing of the past?
August 21st, 2010 at 11:08 PM ^
It's a media outlet. Traditional business etiquette (with which I am perfectly familiar) is useless. You've read the news recently, yes? You have to communicate in their idiom: the lowest common denominator which will still get attention.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
I'm with MGoRob. If that is the message you sent them, I'm a little embarrassed on your behalf.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
You knock yourself out, there, Ms. Post. We can, each of us, keep kidding ourselves that any emailed response (your "Dear Sir or Madam," or my "hey jackwagon") does a bit of good, while at BTN they count the hits and add up the advertising revenue and make their decisions based upon that.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^
Yeah, that's true. It probably doesn't make much of a difference, regardless of letter style.
I always knew my mom was full of it with her "you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" nonsense. Plus, what do I want with a bunch of flies?
August 22nd, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
I lol-ed. Haven't seen that one before.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
We all get it. She's hot. Can the board possibly stop demanding she be forced to be naked and/or spanked? I know it's an anonymous internet message board, but show a little class. If you want to see hot naked ladies get spanked, it shouldn't be that hard to find. You're on the internet, after all.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
Wait, you can find hot naked ladies on the internet? Why wasn't I informed of this critical information sooner?
August 21st, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
Well, truth be told they're a little hard to find and there aren't many. Only one or two.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:29 PM ^
Sure you're not lost in Durham again?
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:40 AM ^
"Wait...Quagmire...you don't know about Internet porn?"
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:43 AM ^
August 21st, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
While hot, she handled the entire "false rumor" tweet very VERY poorly.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:43 PM ^
been a very very naughty girl, you will of course be disciplined oh yeah, yes you will.
Was that creepy enough for you?
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 AM ^
All you dorks who keep negging everyone for posting "suggestive" humor need to GTF over yourselves, or better yet get laid so you're not so uptight. Almost every poster above who tried add humor to this thread got negged, and I've noticed it on other threads too.
Maybe Billy Graham has a blog you'd be more interested in.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:28 AM ^
You're a HE-MAN-WOMAN-HATERS-CLUB charter member huh? Adding humor doesn't have to be misogynistic and belittling to woman.
If a male reporter made the same mistake, would it be funny to post that he should get spanked and remove clothing at a tailgate? Also, why the fuck do you even think that is funny?
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:59 AM ^
THE NEXT TIME A MALE REPORTER EFFS UP I DEMAND HE BE STOCKADED AND HORSEWHIPPED IN A KINKY MANNER FOR MY LOLZ BECUZ HE IS JUST A SILLY MAN.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:00 AM ^
hott
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 AM ^
this is a highly creepy post.
/sarcasm
thank you, i spit the water out of my mouth when i read this.
August 22nd, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
But only cuz you demanded it.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
and no it wasn't that funny, but I took it for what it was, a joke. Animal House references tend to make me laugh anyhow. Most women I know enjoy this type of humor too, and can more than hold their own in exchanges like this.
It's funny, I've enjoyed reading many of your posts on this blog lately. I'm surprised by your heated response. More than one reason to be afraid of you? He he he - okay tough guy - I fear nobody, ever. When is the 500th anyhow? I have my tix for the UMass game - just had to get to the Big House at least once this year and an opportunity came up to grab decent seats.
In any case I was only defending a guy who has a different sense of humor that you do. He certainly meant no harm and wasn't degrading all the women out there. Anyhow I hope you enjoy the season - that we ALL have reasons to enjoy the season. You are, after all, a fellow blue fan.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
So you're saying we're not allowed to neg unfunny jokes?
and P.S. the BH500 thing is in his sig line, dumbass.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:26 PM ^
asswipe. But when you hit "reply", the tagline shows in the same font as the post...it should really be a different font, as it is on the thread. That explains why his reply seemed stronger than necessary.
Sorry if not everyone has 6,000 points and knows everything like you. You guys should really lobby to shut the site down to newer users. Anyone with less than 1000 points is out, and no new activations allowed. Clearly that's what you want.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^
Yes, I'm sorry I obviously had so much more time to get used to an update that was just released in the past week or two.
But I got to go, me and my mgopoints are gonna go make it rain at a strip club.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:31 AM ^
the combination of your handle and your posts on this thread have added more than enough humor for me. Unfortunately for you, I'm not laughing with you.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^
I guess you nailed me with that response, but just curious why my handle is so awful. I've hated ND ever since they were the only team on TV every Saturday like we were being force-fed (I'm almost 50 now, so that goes back a few years!).
The "Sux" part I got from a text my daughter sent me that day. I guess I couldn't think of anything more clever, and I wanted to get signed up and start interacting. One thing for sure is I would NEVER associate myself with Fidel Castro.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
USA! USA!
And I wouldn't associate with a guy who thinks that someone should be opened for a different sort of criticism because they have boobs.
August 22nd, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^
and I apologize for that. I don't feel that way at all, I just saw the comment as relatively harmless.
August 22nd, 2010 at 1:06 AM ^
that is wrong with the internet.
P.S. the "humor" is not the least bit funny. And railing against people for being "PC" doesn't validate your idiotic posts. Try and act like a normal human being, it's fun.
August 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 AM ^
Try and act like a normal human being, it's fun.
No, it's not. Acting infantile blows it away.
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
but I'll decide what I think is funny. I'll give my posts an extra read, but I just thought the negging was unnecessary. Being PC doesn't make you any better person than anyone else - IMO it is often faked. I'm a 100% honest, hard working, productive human being with a good heart. I have nothing to apologize to anyone for. My character never wavers, and will stand against anyone else's every day of the week.
Thanks for the feedback even if we don't agree...you have every right to your viewpoint. Looking forward to a great season this year and I hope you enjoy it too.