OT: Bylaw Blog Author Identified

Submitted by BlueAggie on

This was posted today:
http://www.bylawblog.com/2010/07/it-was-fun-while-it-lasted/

Relevant quote:
"But I’m not going to continue posting without the approval and support of my employer. While the opinions express here are mine and mine alone, we all know that’s not the way it works."

So, no more posting until Loyola Marymount signs off on it. Sad day.

big gay heart

July 23rd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^

What was the impetus for revealing this guy's identity? Obviously he was involved in higher ed athletics in some way and, obviously, there exist/ed potential ramnifications re: his employment situation. Seems like someone ruined a good (sometimes great) thing for no reason at all.

BlueAggie

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^

I rather suspect that if an LSU fan could figure it all out, most likely many others have as well.  Recognizing the value that the Bylaw Blog provided to college football fans, they chose not to trade that for a few thousand pageviews.  Like I said, sad day.

BlockM

July 23rd, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^

That's too bad. I've enjoyed reading his opinions. He had a way of condensing situations down to the relevant issues. Hopefully he's back at some point.

Not a Blue Fan

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^

Pretty much, yeah. The bizarre thing is that he doesn't even have an impetus behind ruining one of the best CFB resources on the web other than to prove that it can be done. Well no shit, sherlock: it's not hard to look up domain registries and such.

In short, that guy is either completely clueless or the world's biggest prick.

me

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^

And I agree.  Outing someone for the sake outing someone is just stupid.  It's not as if this guy was taking shots at LSU or asking for one school to be given the death penalty.  He definitely had his opinions but I don't think he was necessarily bias.  His coverage of UM has been pretty fair even though he went to another Big Ten school.

me

July 23rd, 2010 at 1:43 PM ^

I always thought you came across without bias, other than wanting strong compliance.  And as someone mentioned, maybe that was too much for the SEC fans to handle. 

 

I hope LMU allows you to at least post updates on the decisions from the NCAA as I found your blog to be a good source on that.  Where else would I find an update on Ball State Women's Tennis major violations and how they could affect UM?

 

This is information I need.

Kal

July 23rd, 2010 at 3:49 PM ^

It takes a special kind of hubris to not see the problem in what you did. The block quote from Bylaw Blog made it very clear that the author would “attempt anonymity, for as long as the internet allows.” What he said wasn’t that he was okay with being outed, but rather that he knew that at some point he probably would be. After all, he was smart enough to predict that at some point, some ambitious two-bit hack with a poorly written blog would decide to out him.

You had to know that he didn’t want to be outed, but moreover, that outing him would effectively kill his ability to continue his publishing. I’m dying to hear the rationale here. I would LOVE to hear the benefit that would offset the elimination of a valuable resource, destroying a guy’s work, and probably putting his job in jeopardy. If you can point to one positive result here, I’ll back off and congratulate you on your success.

But you can’t. Because you’re a hack. You’re searching for your 15 minutes of fame, gleefully ignorant of both the damage you have caused and the fruitlessness (even counterproductivity) of your efforts. My only consolation here is that people still like and respect Mr. Infante, blog or no. I doubt people can say the same about you.

 

+1 to your sir, I was happy to see an MGoCommenter verbally dismantle him, bit by bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CrankThatDonovan

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^

I really hate people, sometimes.  Ruining someone's passion (and readers' enjoyment) for a sense of pride and a lunch bet is so self-serving, it's despicable.  What a douche

Ernis

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^

This guy was providing a great service. Truly, his work embodied the original spirit of the Interwebs as a powerful resource for the masses. I hope he is allowed to continue... seems unlikely though

hailtothevictors08

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:34 PM ^

it might be one thing if the byaw blog was bashing this guy at ensbsn but he wasnt ...

he basically used these "computer skills" he claims to have and used them like a mercenary..

huge huge huge dick move

Tha Quiet Storm

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:37 PM ^

Seriously?  You are so uncreative that you have to plagiarize another blog's title because you can't come up with one on your own? 

What a tool, that will be the first and only time I visit that site.

Tim Waymen

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:38 PM ^

You'd think the guy from ENSBN would expose a CIA operative in North Korea if he had the chance.  It's disgusting how one's personal need to invade another's privacy is more important than something that other people enjoy as well as the website author's job security.  Cap'n Ken is a disgusting person.

kvnryn

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^

For all of us, this sucks, and I agree that this was really poor form by ENSBN. But I'm willing to wager that some pretty powerful people in the compliance world have been reading Mr. Infante's blog and now that he's been identified, maybe he can cash in, so to speak, on all of his hard work and get a nice promotion. That is, of course, if he even wants that.

 

But yeah, total bummer :(

kvnryn

July 23rd, 2010 at 12:56 PM ^

Yeah, I was talking more about being hired by another university (or institute! or academy!). I can't imagine he'd be blackballed from his entire profession after clearly demonstrating his competence for so long.

MGoDC

July 23rd, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^

Just throwing it out there that maybe even a TV network like ESPN would hire his services to help analyze/explain the compliance situations if there's ever any breaking stories regarding college sports. Nothing like a permanent position, but a decent paycheck to occasionally check in for those 3 minute "phone conversations" on College Football Live concerning recruit eligibility or current player violations etc.

Tim Waymen

July 23rd, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^

Someone just posted a comment on ENSBSN with Kap'n Ken's name, address and phone number, not that it will have the same impact as Cap'n Ken's own selfish act.

I won't copy and paste because I don't want to get anyone here in trouble in case that's possible, and I don't believe in "turn the other cheek" but I also don't believe that two wrongs make a right, although revenge is a dish best served cold.  Just be sure to keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

InterM

July 23rd, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^

At first it made my skin crawl and my blood boil, and I thought he should be called on the carpet or taken out to the woodshed.  But by then, the horse was already out of the barn, so I figured, let bygones be bygones and turn the other cheek.  When the rubber meets the road, though, I agree that cliches should be avoided like the plague.