EDSBS on Rosenberg

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In today's Curious Index, Spencer Hall over at Every Day Should Be Saturday threw in this little gem about Mike Rosenberg's commentary regarding the Cam Newton situation.

Michael Rosenberg, better known to the world as the man who would connect Somali food supply instability to Rich Rodriguez's improper and excessive use of athletic tape on Michigan's shoulder pads, takes the ice to the tune of Nickelbacks "Hurrg Gurngle Fartbuckle Urngh" 'and executes a perfect triple Salchow of stupidity.

What I find remarkable is that, if all of this is true, the under-the-table payments are what would upset people the most. I mean, yes, it is against NCAA rules. But in any other segment of society, if a college kid found a way to use his talents to bring in money to support his father's church, he would be a hero. There would be glowing newspaper profiles and probably a few humanitarian awards. If a kid does it in college football, he's a villain.

There are few words. But the one that comes to mind is HOLYFUCKROSENBERGYOUGODDAMNHYPOCRITE.  On the bright side, I am reminded again of how much I like Spencer Hall.

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WestCBlue

November 11th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^

This post is amazingly accurate.  He exactly what you posted.  As a bonus, he is arrogant as hell about his stupidity.

Add all that up and you have one ridiculously loud idiot, with a microphone.

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ChasingRabbits

November 11th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^

The dude can't write, can't make any sort of logical sense, can't do a lick of real research,  and has it out for RR.  We know all this already, is this surprsng or something new?

If others catch on and he is finally sent to sports writer purgatory the world would be a better place. 

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willywill9

November 11th, 2010 at 11:21 AM ^

Forget any of that... what about just being consistent.  He blasts Michigan for breaking an NCAA rule... then it comes to light it was blown way out of proportion and no harm was done at all... they were just "practicing too much"... Well, now apply the "If this weren't college... it wouldn't be a big deal..." argument.  I want to fart in his face.

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CAHLChamp

November 11th, 2010 at 11:17 AM ^

I was playing trivia at a local bar and Nickelback was the answer to a question.  And you better believe that I pretended I didn't know to hide my shame.  Stupid early 20's.  Well..I guess it was early 20's and beer.

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bluenyc

November 11th, 2010 at 11:40 AM ^

He is really smart.  First, he went to Michigan.  Second, he wrote a story about his school which makes it hard to say he is a hater, which lends some credibility to the uninformed.  If Jemele Hill wrote this, everyone would just say it's MSU hater.  Rosenberg is incredibly smart, which will be his ultimate downfall.

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SFBlue

November 11th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^

Rosenberg is very smart, and a good writer.  I knew him from the Daily, and most of his work is thoughtful, sometimes insightful. 

He is, however, very biased when it comes to visions of the U-M program.  He was skeptical of RR from the start, mainly because he was not sufficiently a "Michigan Man," and it has only gotten worse.  All of this Freep Jihad stuff stems from misplaced love for the program, in my opinion, masquerading as objective journalism. 

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Section 1

November 12th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^

Jon Chait (former Daily editor) reviewed Rosenberg's book; and favorably.  And now, Chait regards the whole Rosenberg debacle as "journalistic malpractice."

I agree with you; Rosenberg can be rather smart.  I've questioned him; his answers about Stretchgate are not good ones, but he is smart.  I imagine that Rosenberg got into Michigan and excelled because he is smart.

Lots of smart people earned degrees at Michigan.  In addition to Michael Rosenberg, there were Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Ted Kaczynski.  Bill Ayers went to Michigan.  And, although he wouldn't qualify as someone smart who went to Michigan, there is Drew Sharp.  Welcome to the club, Mike Rosenberg. 

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UMAmaizinBlue

November 11th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^

But it doesn't. If this man has any shred of credibility left, those people believing it should be brought to justice (this includes his editors). 

 

Also, let us be reminded of Rosenberg's favorite past-time (besides demonizing RR):

 

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Section 1

November 11th, 2010 at 11:38 AM ^

I sarted off, muttering, "Jesus Fuck."  Then I came across JoeyB's confession that "Douche Nozzle" doesn't do it, either.

I give.

Rosenberg, you've done it.  You've outdone yourself.  You have no equal, no peer, when it comes to witless, shameless, thoughtless abuse of your position and your profession.  Such as it is.

P.S. - Spencer Hall concludes his EDSBS thoughts on Rosenberg with a nod to someone who actually is a great and interesting writer, Chris Hitchens.  Hitchens is now battling throat cancer, as you could tell from the context.  And it made me think of the great debate, in which Hitchens and his arch-enemy, the nutcase British Parliamentarian and Saddam apologist, George Galloway, basically weaponized the English language.  In the debate, Galloway called Hitchens a "popinjay."  Which of course sent everyone scurrying to their Oxford English Dictionaries to figure out what a popinjay was.

And so, as a public service to the furtherance of English Lit studies at Michigan, I hereby declare that Rosenberg is a popinjay.  The rest is up to all of you.

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bronxblue

November 11th, 2010 at 10:56 AM ^

I actually read the Rosenberg piece before I realized who wrote it, and thought "hey, this reads like a poorly-researched, high-horse style article.  I'm surprised SI paid for it."  Then I saw the name at the top and realized why it was so familiar. 

I get the point of the article, but the reason college athletes can't sell their services is because they are not professional athletes; they are already receiving compensation from the school via the scholarship (as well as all of the free "swag", tutors, and other benefits that come with being an athlete on campus).  And the notion that any other student on scholarship academically wouldn't have limitations put on his or her activities is incorrect; I knew quite a few kids on academic scholarships who were prohibitted from holding an off-campus job because the schoalrship was designed to cover their expenses and they were expected to study.  Yes, the NCAA/amateur  system is broken, but right now those are the rules and everybody needs to play be them.

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joeyb

November 11th, 2010 at 10:56 AM ^

Douche Nozzle doesn't even begin to describe this guy, yet that's the only way I can think of to describe him. Maybe Rosenberg needs to become its own (non-proper) noun, verb, and adjective.

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