Jemele Hill of ESPN doesn't know what a countable hour is . . .
Please help me inform her. (politely)
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for crying out loud, this article is 5 days after the brouhaha, and she still didn't bother to find out the facts before writing this piece of crap. I sent an email pointing her to the chait piece. a few more would be good, so she can't ignore the facts.
September 4th, 2009 at 5:56 PM ^
a Sparty beat writer. What do you expect her to write.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:07 PM ^
She's also a Spartan alumna.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:16 PM ^
a little sister.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:20 PM ^
"Sister! So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her too."
September 4th, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
Link? Isnt she from the Detroit area?
September 4th, 2009 at 5:58 PM ^
links to bullshit articles.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:02 PM ^
sorry...looked on espn website and didnt see it...so maybe you could either cut and paste it or the rest of us will just ignore it too because none of us are too excited about going to freep.com looking for it
September 4th, 2009 at 6:02 PM ^
Awesome linking abilities.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:03 PM ^
what'd she say?
September 4th, 2009 at 6:11 PM ^
"If what a collection of current and former Michigan players say is true, Rich Rodriguez has confused playing college football with working on an assembly line.
Rodriguez's guilt or innocence ultimately will be decided by the NCAA and his university, but most of us shouldn't be surprised that a college football coach would circumvent the NCAA rules on practice limits and offseason workouts.
But what these Michigan players -- and some of their parents -- are alleging against Rodriguez goes far beyond a little extra work.
We're not talking about just PRACTICE (cue the Allen Iverson voice), but allegations that include spending at least nine hours on football on the Sundays after games last season, which is five hours above what the NCAA allows.
Not surprisingly, a bevy of former Michigan players and even some college football analysts have eagerly defended Rodriguez and the U of M program. And as expected, a few of them -- as well as plenty of college football fans -- have directed harsh words at the players for telling the Detroit Free Press that Rodriguez was pushing them a little too hard."
September 4th, 2009 at 6:12 PM ^
She blindly regurgitates several now-debunked assertions from the initial news splash. I'm not sure how much effort we should turn on her though, given her low exposure. But yes, reading this article makes you shake your head and feel sorry for her 2-3 times, rather than the usual one.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
Exactly. The Main Stream Media rarely thinks critically or actually investigates the situation. Just simple regurgitation. Perhaps if they bothered to get their facts before writing an article and asking the smart questions first as well, the Free Press wouldn't be struggling financially.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:00 PM ^
i just sent her an email simply stating "given your Michigan State education it does not surprise us that you cannot/did not do your homework."
September 4th, 2009 at 7:17 PM ^
BOOM. ROASTED.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:40 PM ^
I was going to email her and try to explain countable hours, but why bother? She probably can't count anyway.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:00 PM ^
I chuckled at this at first until I remembered the school of the original people who didn't do their homework.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:33 AM ^
true, but plagarizing is an even worse crime and even great indictment of her lack of intelligence and work ethic.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:11 PM ^
I'll post the link because I doubt ESPN is hurting financially so much that they really need whatever advertising money they'll get by you pressing it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/090904&sportCat=ncf
This in particular troubles me:
Not to mention the obvious hypocrisies. The people who are calling the Michigan players soft and whiny are likely the same ones who stand on a soapbox and extol the virtues of college football players making education a high priority. Those same people who think Michigan players need to shut up and be grateful for their scholarships will also rip players when they're academically ineligible, or rip the program when the team's GPA isn't up to NCAA standards.(Bold added by me) Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to explode into a CAPS LOCK fit of rage: HAS SHE EVEN LOOKED AT THE TEAM'S GPA?! I MEAN HAS SHE EVEN DONE ANYTHING BESIDES READ THE STUPID ARTICLE. WHAT THE F*** IS SHE BEING PAID FOR? I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN OPINION ARTICLE, BUT DOESN'T SOME STANDARD OF JOURNALISM APPLY HERE? AND WHERE THE HELL WAS THE EDITOR? MY GOD!!!!! Highest team GPA in Michigan history not good enough for Hill I guess. By the way, she also goes back to the Ann Arbor News academics thing and quotes Harbaugh. And BTW, apparently borderline guys take easier classes, whereas she forgot the non-borderline guys go to Engineering school. This is such a piece of crap.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:36 PM ^
for the forewarning of the all caps rage. I was all caps raging in my head when I read that line too.
Problem with columnists, whether sports or political -- they are not beholden to facts, they are not required to deeply understand anything, and they are incented to write inflammatory pieces, because it gets more traffic.
September 5th, 2009 at 3:01 AM ^
There is no reporter I can't stand more on ESPN than her. She always says the most ridiculous things when she is on First Take. I think Skip Bayless says things sometimes to get people riled up, but I think she is serious. Just another ESPN reporter (see also: Pat Forde's article) that wrote an article on the matter that didn't do their homework. Is anyone really suprised that she wrote such an uninformed piece?