Mickstar wrote:
Football is the peoples game . Isn't it ? well, it used to be . It is now some corporate monstrosity that has made the game unrecognisable . And the media are the puppets of the AFL . They serve there master well . As far as I'm concerned all these new age podcasters are reclaiming the game . They are bringing it back to the ordinary man in the street . Good on them I say . Watching any of these footy shows on television or Fox has become unbearable . Unwatchable . One cookie cutter clone after another . Newspapers the same . I get most of my footy information from this very site . Fruck , Bluevain and Bondi and alike shit all over Jay Clarke and Gerald . I also tune into Heath Buck , Terry , and Pommie at draft time . Also a couple of young blokes who I can't recall at the moment . I also tune into those Jumper Punch blokes on Sunday night coz one of my all time favourites David Rhys Jones is on it . Funny thing about Rhys is he is not on main street media anymore coz he doesn't walk the company line . He calls it how it is and that doesn't go down to well with big brother . Its pretty obvious Davids fellow panelists particularly Rocco are die hard Blues supporters who are obviously highly strung and a bit over emotional . Better that than not caring . A bad supporter is better than no supporter . Give them blokes credit , they have stuck around through terrible times and have not abandoned the sinking ship .
I only watch there Sunday night show so didn't see the offensive part . Poor form for sure but the bloke has apologised and I am sure he or any of the other blokes wouldn't dream about striking women or violence against them . I have never heard these blokes speak in a derogatory manner about women and I am very surprised this has come about . I reckon the media have taken advantage of the situation and are exploiting it to the max . Its just given them a chance to kick the podcasters . They can't hack the fact that they haven't got a monopoly on us any more . Good on the podcasters I say to give us an alternative information source .
I agree with the general sentiment that podcasting has democratised sports journalism. I'm not as scathing of mainstream sports journalism - you have to keep in mind that they operate within stricter time/ column inch constraints and have to communicate to a wider audience with varying levels of prior knowledge - but there is a great benefit in being able to go deep when you're focused on one team.
Putting a different spin on what you're saying: if podcasts are reclaiming the game for the fans then they arguably assume a level of responsibility as public broadcasters and unofficial representatives of their clubs. Put it this way, if someone went into Footy Classified and made a quip about "punching the @#$%&! out of" a group of women, that would be the end of their career. Podcasters have enjoyed a certain immunity as amateurs and "just like a bunch of blokes at the pub", but as their importance grows they will need to learn self regulation.
Note: I am not expressing any opinion about this particular case; I've not heard the quotes in context and I know these stories can take on a life of their own. But I don't think this is a case of the mainstream media trying to crush a challenger, I think it's a fair question whether podcasting can remain the wild west as its influence grows.
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